Acclaimed American author Bret Easton Ellis has never minced words, nor is he beholden to the confines of political correctness. The Less Than Zero author once again skewered Hollywood, an industry he knows well, during an interview about the anti-Trump protests sweeping the nation. 

Ellis, who did not vote for Trump, was at least able to remain objective, calling the protests an "overreaction" and questioning what, exactly, they will accomplish in the end.

The American Psycho author said the hysteria surrounding Trump bothers him far more than any Trump policy with which he may disagree. The Irish Times summarized its interview with the man who's long had his finger on the pulse of celebrity, and popular culture: 

Speaking as he launched his art exhibition in central London alongside multimedia artist Alex Israel, Bret said: “I didn’t vote Trump, I’m just saying the hysteria is bothering me a lot more than the reality of what he’s doing.

“I don’t really know what the path to power is with protest, it’s done, this is where we are. If you wanna protest, protest the DNC, protest Hillary, protest whatever. But what you’re protesting here is an elected president.

“I think the protest is aiding this divisiveness, social media is aiding this, celebrity culture, the worst, is aiding it.”

Criticizing former president Barack Obama’s administration for carrying out deportations, the writer added: “It is all about image and how people are swayed by surfaces and Trump disgusts people.

Ellis, a gay man, seemed nonplussed about the internment camps supposedly being built to house him and other minorities, and he also hit the nail on the head when it came to the reasons why celebrities hate Trump. 

"They see this big orange lump, angry, big puffy face and it really is quite a different step from the celebrity hep-cat, glamor of Obama," the author noted. 

"People love celebrities, I love celebrities, I’m obsessed with celebrities, I’ve written books about celebrities, so I love that celebrity culture exists. But when celebrities become these kind of strident, political advisers, wagging their finger, really people don’t buy it. It did not help Hillary Clinton at all having this mountain of celebrities on her side. Rejection, rejection."

That about sums it up. Now if only the rest of the industry could remove their ideological blinders. 

"It happened," Ellis said of Trump's election. "He was elected. He is our president. He’s moving very quickly. It’s bothering a lot of people. He is doing what he said he would do. He is elected."