# Likely 2025 Kennedy Center Honorees - Ted Nugent, Kid Rock, Rosanne Barr, Ye, and Scott Baio **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [February 8, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-2025-kennedy-center-honorees-ted-nugent-kid-rock-rosanne-barr-ye-and-scott-baio/1014055 "2025-02-08T18:57:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-2025-kennedy-center-honorees-ted-nugent-kid-rock-rosanne-barr-ye-and-scott-baio/1014055/21 "2025-08-13T23:12:22Z")
I’m guessing that ticket sales for the Kennedy Center Honors is an important fund raiser. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-2025-kennedy-center-honorees-ted-nugent-kid-rock-rosanne-barr-ye-and-scott-baio/1014055/22 "2025-08-13T23:19:44Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > My guess is that all have either endorsed Trump or at least not been openly critical Stallone’s brother Frank is a rabid Trumpist. Sylvester is too, but slightly more more low-key. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-2025-kennedy-center-honorees-ted-nugent-kid-rock-rosanne-barr-ye-and-scott-baio/1014055/23 "2025-08-13T23:35:54Z")
But will Hulk Hogan be posthumously be inducted? ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-2025-kennedy-center-honorees-ted-nugent-kid-rock-rosanne-barr-ye-and-scott-baio/1014055/24 "2025-08-14T06:16:46Z")
What surprises me most is that other than KISS and maybe Sly Stallone, this group really isn’t too far outside the norm as far as the sort of people one would expect to receive a Kennedy Center Honor. I was seriously thinking they would be honoring hacks like Kid Rock, Dean Cain, Dinesh D’Souza and Vince McMahon. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-2025-kennedy-center-honorees-ted-nugent-kid-rock-rosanne-barr-ye-and-scott-baio/1014055/25 "2025-08-14T07:25:36Z")
I understand you hate Trump but you can’t call Sly Stallone a shitty actor when he’s got two different Academy Award Nominations for acting and has immortalized some of the most ironic characters in cinema. You can say his modern stuff is shit but so are more older actors. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-2025-kennedy-center-honorees-ted-nugent-kid-rock-rosanne-barr-ye-and-scott-baio/1014055/26 "2025-08-14T08:32:02Z")
I like the idea that his characters are ironic. But, yeah, he’s pretty bad. He was decent in Cop Land, but he’s a one-dimensional actor with two nominations for his punch drunk, boxer character. Much maligned actor Keanu Reeves has a far wider range than Stallone. That should tell us something. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-2025-kennedy-center-honorees-ted-nugent-kid-rock-rosanne-barr-ye-and-scott-baio/1014055/27 "2025-08-14T09:27:28Z")
I think that was referring to Scott Baio. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-2025-kennedy-center-honorees-ted-nugent-kid-rock-rosanne-barr-ye-and-scott-baio/1014055/28 "2025-08-14T10:12:34Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Much maligned actor Keanu Reeves has a far wider range than Stallone. That should tell us something. Sure, but Reeves is not American. He’s Canadian. That would automatically disqualify him in Trump’s eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-2025-kennedy-center-honorees-ted-nugent-kid-rock-rosanne-barr-ye-and-scott-baio/1014055/29 "2025-08-14T12:36:03Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > But, yeah, he’s pretty bad. Let’s not forget he wrote _Rocky_. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-2025-kennedy-center-honorees-ted-nugent-kid-rock-rosanne-barr-ye-and-scott-baio/1014055/30 "2025-08-14T15:52:11Z")
That’s the thing; I don’t remember previous honorees being checked for loyalty to the current president. That was simply not an issue, partly because previous presidents didn’t get involved in the selection process. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-2025-kennedy-center-honorees-ted-nugent-kid-rock-rosanne-barr-ye-and-scott-baio/1014055.md?page=1)