But not so fast.
“I believe that there should be stricter background checks and I believe that gun shows should not exist in the way they do now. I believe that if you are going to have a strong gun, you should have a bigger license, kind of like driving a car compared to driving a mac truck,” he explains.
“Getting older doesn’t scare me but politics does, in a good way,” says Bones, who recently announced that he would be returning to the new season ofAmerican Idolas an in-house mentor. “I am so moderate and there are just so many issues that I fall on both sides of. I mean, when you look at social issues like gay rights, I’m like, ‘Of course! What are we thinking?’ So both sides are oddly and covertly pitching me right now and I’m like, ‘What world is this?’ So this is why I think I’ll do it.”
“I didn’t come from privilege. I came from a welfare grandma and a food stamp mom and I suffered through the addiction of my mom and my dad left when I was 5 or 6 years old. I’ve seen that and I have been the voice of my people and those people that have struggled. I’ve gone through a struggle, and I feel like if I’m not there to speak for them, who will?”
So how close could Bones be to an actual political run?
“If someone said they would fund my campaign, in a minute that’s what I would do,” the Season 27Dancing with the Starschampion says emphatically. “That’s the lane I would drive down but I’ve seen the landscape change too. Like, in my lifetime, I have seen the meaning of Democrat and Republican change a little bit and who knows, in four years, where it’s going to sit.”
He takes a long deep breath as Stanley wakes up from his deep sleep.
“It would have to be three or four years before I would consider it,” he says, “but to say that I’m not having conversations right now, like serious ones, that would be false.”
Indeed, for Bones, his relatable nature has, in fact, caused him to have a swelling legion of loyal fans, fans that just might serve him and his political aspirations incredibly well in the coming years.
“I’m so grateful for the hardships I have been through,” he concludes. “I used to like, ‘Ugh this sucks. Why me?’ But now, I think it’s the greatest gift that I went through the struggle because so many people are going through the struggle right now. I don’t sympathize as much as I emphasize with them. I know what that is. I got you.”
source: people.com
