Morgan Freeman Irate Over Impersonator in GOP Campaign Ad
It’s Election Day, and after countless political ads leading up to this moment, there’s one that has Morgan Freeman fuming.
In the battle for the fourth district of North Carolina, Republican candidate B.J. Lawson ran an ad against his Democrat counterpart Rep. David Price which his team originally claimed was Freeman’s voice, but the Oscar winner strongly denies it.
“These people are lying,” Freeman said in a statement to The Huffington Post.
“I have never recorded any campaign ads for B.J. Lawson and I do not support his candidacy. And, no one who represents me ever has ever authorized the use of my name, voice or any other likeness in support of Lawson or his candidacy.”
Lawson’s camp quickly scrambled after Freeman denied their claim, blaming the production company for the error in an interview with CNN.
“We’re apologizing to Congressman Price, to the voters, and most of all to Morgan Freeman because this is not the campaign we wanted to run, and not the campaign we have run,” spokesman Martin Avila said.
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