The filmmaker and actress, 58, said the quiet part out loud during a Zoom call on Tuesday afternoon, about a week after former President Donald Trump won the US presidential election against Vice President Kamala Harris. Pundits and experts give all kinds of reasons for his political comeback. Bateman, unlike many of her Hollywood colleagues, agrees with those who cite American exhaustion over political correctness.

“Trying to silence everyone, even wanting to discuss things that are going on in our society, has had a bad outcome,” she says. “And we saw in the election results that more people are done with it. That’s why I say it’s over.”

Anyone who follows Bateman on social media already knows what she’s thinking – or at least the bite-sized version of it.

Bateman wrote one Twitter thread last week after the election started: “Decompression from walking on eggshells for the past four years.” She “found the past four years almost unbearable. A very un-American period in which every question, every opinion, every preference or disapproval was submitted to a very limited list of ‘allowed positions’ to judge its acceptability. .” Many agreed with her. The answers were: “Same. It feels like a long war has just ended and I’m finally home.” “It’s really refreshing. I already feel freer and, for the first time, optimistic about my child’s future.” ‘Your courage and boldness are rare in Hollywood. Bravo.’