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Do you know Joe Pantoliano?
You might recognize him.
He won an Emmy for his role as Ralphie in the “The Sopranos”.
But he’s also the actor who infamous turned on Neo and took the “Blue Pill” in The Matrix.
That’s right, the movie that gave us the famous “Red Pill” phrase, now synonymous with “waking up” is literally taking the Blue Pill again in real life.
Joe Pantoliano played Cypher in The Matrix (1999), and he is indeed the character who betrays Morpheus and the crew and asks to be reinserted into the Matrix — in other words, he chooses the “blue pill” metaphorically afteralready having taken the red pill.
To clarify:
Cypher originally took the red pill (like Neo) to leave the Matrix.
But later, disillusioned, he makes a secret deal with Agent Smith to return to the Matrix, asking to forget everything and live in blissful ignorance.
So while he doesn’t literally swallow a blue pill on screen, he’s the symbolic embodiment of the “blue pill” choice — choosing illusion over truth.
As Elon Musk always says, fate loves irony, and nowhere has that ever been more apparent than right here.
Pantoliano expressed he’s looking to leave the United States due to his discontentment with the Trump administration.
While being interviewed by Page Six, Pantoliano shared, “I’m so uncomfortable with the nature of what’s happening in our country, and I just want to run for the hills.”
PAGING DOCTOR BLUE PILL!
He later noted that he had recently been staying in Portugal and had been living there for the last 18 months.
‘Sopranos’ star Joe Pantoliano ‘uncomfortable’ in US, ‘looking into’ Portugal move: ‘I just want to run for the hills’ https://t.co/rHrpeJWIPD pic.twitter.com/Bo0kw0p1uO
— Page Six (@PageSix) May 3, 2025
Exclusive | ‘Sopranos’ star Joe Pantoliano ‘uncomfortable’ in US, ‘looking into’ Portugal move. Say it ain’t so Joe. I did not realize you were a left wing jackass. https://t.co/BF1ee0XHxJ
— Nevergiveup (@Nevergi95414627) May 3, 2025
Check out what Page Six reported:
“Sopranos” alum Joe Pantoliano is the latest celebrity contemplating a move abroad after President Trump’s election.
“I’m so uncomfortable with the nature of what’s happening in our country, and I just want to run for the hills,” he exclusively told Page Six at the “Tucci in Italy” premiere earlier this week.
The 73-year-old, who has over 150 different acting credits, added that he’s finding it difficult to focus on his job while watching the news coming out of the current administration.
Pantoliano shared that he and his wife, Nancy Sheppard, had recently returned from Portugal and they are contemplating a move there.
“We just got back,” he said. “We really love it there,” though he expressed concern about the 18-hour power blackout that hit Spain and Portugal last month.
“The Matrix” star stressed that’s why “I keep a lot of cash at home, not a lot but enough to get me going for a couple of weeks,” cautioning any would-be robbers that “it’s buried and there’s no map!”
If Pantoliano does move to Europe, he’ll join a growing list of celebs who have also departed following the election.
“Desperate Housewives” star Eva Longoria told Marie Claire that she was “done” with life in “dystopian” America.
Joe Pantoliano is thinking about his options outside of the United States and admitted to feeling “uncomfortable” with President Donald Trump’s administration. https://t.co/7sumMHaDg7
— Fox News Entertainment (@FoxNewsEnt) May 3, 2025
Here’s what Fox News reported:
Joe Pantoliano is looking for a change of scenery.
The Emmy award-winning actor, who starred as Ralph “Ralphie” Cifaretto in 21 episodes of the HBO drama “The Sopranos,” admitted that he’s not happy with the current administration and President Donald Trump.
Pantoliano, 73, told his social media followers that he’s even taken the steps to get out of the country and secure visas in Portugal.
While attending the “Tucci in Italy” premiere in New York earlier this week, the “Memento” star gave insight toward the current political climate.
“I’m so uncomfortable with the nature of what’s happening in our country, and I just want to run for the hills,” Pantoliano told Page Six.
“It’s hard for me to think about people’s bulls–t like making a TV show. The world is on fire, it’s hard for me to concentrate.”
Pantoliano and his wife, Nancy Sheppard, recently returned from a trip to Portugal, and they’re thinking of planting new roots abroad.
“We just got back. We really love it there,” he said before expressing concerns about the power grid following last month’s 18-hour blackout, which affected both Spain and Portugal.
“They just got hit with a cyberattack, and I think that’s just a rehearsal for what will happen here,” he said.
Speaking of The Matrix, there sure are a lot of weird things going on with that movie:
MATRIX RED PILL: The Wachowski Brothers Are Now The Wachowski SISTERS!
MATRIX RED PILL: The Wachowski Brothers Are Now The Wachowski SISTERS!
I was talking with someone recently about “taking the red pill” and what it means.
I was shocked when they told me they had no idea what that phrase means. Obviously they had never seen The Matrix.
It just goes to show that sometimes we live in our own bubble out here “red-pilling” the masses and exposing the truth on a daily basis.
We’ve reached and red-pilled so many people, but then there are people out there who literally don’t even know what the phrase means!
So there is still work to do.
After having that conversation, I was thinking back on The Matrix and then remembered that the creators were the Wachowski brothers, widely considered to be brilliant in their making of this movie. A true legendary movie on so many different levels.
But then in one of the strangest twists of fate ever, they then BOTH turned into women.
Yes, really.
They’re now the Wachowski SISTERS.
I am not making this up.
In fact, I first brought you this report over two years ago and I thought it was a very good time to post it again because we have so many new people here.
So let’s dig in….
I have to confess I can never remember if “trans woman” means you used to be a guy and now you’re a girl, or if you used to be a girl and now you’re a guy.
In any event, this one is WILD!
As they say, truth is often stranger than fiction and this certainly fits the bill.
This also isn’t “new” today, but it’s the first time I’d see this.
In fact, I did not believe this story myself when I saw it on Twitter, but I researched and am stunned to learn it’s true.
The creators of the infamous “Matrix” movies, which is where we get the concept of taking the “Red Pill”, are now both trans and now both “women”.
Yes, really.
Take a look:
When did this happen?
The Wachowski Brothers are simply known as the Wachowskis. pic.twitter.com/tT02inqihX
— Louis Nel 🇿🇦 (@LouisNel) January 9, 2022
Wikipedia confirms:
Lana Wachowski (born June 21, 1965; formerly known as Larry Wachowski)[1] and Lilly Wachowski (born December 29, 1967; formerly known as Andy Wachowski)[2] are American film and television directors, writers and producers.[3] The sisters are both trans women.[4][5][6]
Together known as the Wachowskis[a][7] (), the sisters have worked as a writing and directing team through most of their careers. They made their directing debut in 1996 with Bound and achieved fame with their second film, The Matrix (1999), a major box office success for which they won the Saturn Award for Best Director. They wrote and directed its two sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions(both in 2003), and were involved in the writing and production of other works in the Matrix franchise.
Following the commercial success of the Matrix series, the Wachowskis wrote and produced the 2005 film V for Vendetta, an adaptation of the graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, and in 2008 released the film Speed Racer, a live-action adaptation of the Japanese anime series. Their next film, Cloud Atlas, based on the novel by David Mitchell and co-written and co-directed by Tom Tykwer, was released in 2012. Their film Jupiter Ascending and the Netflix series Sense8, which they co-created with J. Michael Straczynski, debuted in 2015; the second season of Sense8 ended the series in 2018 and was Lana’s first major project without Lilly.[8][9]
And from India Today:
Matrix filmmakers, formerly known as Larry and Andy Wachowski (the Wachowski Brothers), are now the Wachowski Sisters. Almost four years ago, Larry (now Lana) Wachowski came out as a transgender and shocked the world. Now, walking the same path, Andy (known as Lilly) has announced that he is a transgender.
Lilly revealed her decision in an article in the Windy City Times on Tuesday (March 8), which was published with the headline, “Sex change shocker – Wachowski brothers now sisters!!!”
In 2012, Lilly’s elder brother Larry (now known as Lana) revealed her own transition as a woman while promoting their film Cloud Atlas.
The 48-year-old director released particulars about her transition, “Being transgender is not easy. We live in a majority-enforced gender binary world. This means when you’re transgender you have to face the hard reality of living the rest of your life in a world that is openly hostile to you.”
Folks, I don’t how to say this other than to say….what are the odds?
It’s extremely rare to have ONE family member who is trans (or at least it used to be until about 5 years ago), but to have two?
Two brothers?
BOTH trans and both now suddenly women?
Just a random fluke of nature?
Sorry, I don’t buy it.
A fan theory on “why”:
Wachowski brothers. w
Why they became transsexuals?
Just a theory#rtitbot pic.twitter.com/WfWFfXmw3c
— Humanbydesign (@Humanbydesign3) December 30, 2022
People Magazine giddily covered the story of the dual “transitions”:
The Wachowskis are siblings, partners in Hollywood, and, most important, each other’s support system.
Lilly Wachowski, 48, came out as transgender on Tuesday, saying that she feels lucky “having the support of my family.” Lilly’s sister Lana, directing partner for films like The Matrix trilogy and 2015’s Jupiter Ascending, is also a transgender woman.
While the pair’s journey to and through Hollywood success has been an interesting one, they were always by each other’s sides.
As children, Lana and Lilly grew up with their two sisters in Chicago. Early on, the pair developed an affinity for film and would spend hours with their parents at the cinema.
It was during her youth, while in third grade, that Lana first became conscious of her gender, she told The New Yorker in 2012.
“I have a formative memory of walking through the girls’ line and hesitating, knowing that my clothes didn’t match,” Lana said of Catholic school. “But as I continued on I felt I did not belong in the other line, so I just stopped in between them. I stood for a long moment with everyone staring at me, including the nun. She told me to get in line. I was stuck — I couldn’t move. I think some unconscious part of me figured I was exactly where I belonged: betwixt.”
Just wacky filmmakers?
Or does their connection run deep?
Check this out:
To tie this all back to Crowley Chaos magic,
the (formerly known as) “Wachowski Brothers”, who directed the Matrix
Also made a film called
“V for Vendetta”
based off a comic book by Alan Moore pic.twitter.com/8H3YPpfpag
— ♱ᴅʀᴜ (@DrutangReborn) August 1, 2023
“V For Vendetta” is a film that doesn’t get nearly enough attention, especially for its ties to what is happening in our world the last 3-4 years:
This film, released in 2005, takes place in 2027, in a dystopian world where you find out the government secretly released a bioweapon pandemic to gain authoritarian control…. pic.twitter.com/kUdX73TYzX
— ♱ᴅʀᴜ (@DrutangReborn) August 1, 2023
Of course now they say “The Matrix” was really all about …… being transgender!
Oh of course it was!
Sure, how could I have missed it?
I thought it was about a control matrix and plugging people into the system so much that they become unaware of their true surroundings and living a fake life in a computer Matrix?
Now I see it was mostly about being a tranny!
From Deadline:
The Matrix co-director Lilly Wachowski is giving fans the red pill on what the film trilogy is really about – transformation and being transgender.
“That was the original intention. But the world wasn’t quite ready,” says Lilly Wachowski, who revealed her status as transgender along with her sister and Matrix co-director Lana after the films came out.
Wachowski confirmed long-running fan theories about the film trilogy in a Netflix video earlier this week. “I’m glad that it has gotten out,” she said.
The upcoming Matrix 4, expected in 2022, will be directed by Lana Wachowski and will feature original cast members Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss.
The first Matrix film came out in 1999. “The corporate world wasn’t ready,” said Lilly. But, she added, transgender people understood its intent and often thanked the director.
She cited Switch, a character in the first film, as representative of the film’s intent to be about transformation. In the original script, the character changed genders upon entering the Matrix – a male in the “real” world, a female in The Matrix. Warner Bros. nixed the idea and decided on just one gender or the character in the original film.
And from the BBC:
The Matrix films are about being transgender, the trilogy’s co-director says.
“That was the original intention but the world wasn’t quite ready,” says Lilly Wachowski, who came out as trans along with her sister Lana after the films came out.
Fans have speculated about potential meanings behind the iconic films and Lilly confirmed the theory to Netflix.
“I’m glad that it has gotten out,” she said.
The Matrix first hit screens in 1999, when Lilly says “the corporate world wasn’t ready” for an allegory – a story that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning – about transgender people.
But the director says the films have always been “meaningful” for trans people.
“They come up to me and say these movies saved my life.
“I’m grateful I can be throwing them a rope to help them along their journey.”
So….are you going to take the Red Pill?
I have to confess, after seeing all of this I’m not really even sure what that means anymore!
I do know this….the original Matrix movie was great.
Matrix #4?
Not so great.
So I think this Tweet is how we have to wrap this story up:
I don’t believe it’s an indictment of female directors to say that the Wachowski brothers made better films than the Wachowski sisters.
— Jeff Wells (@JeffWellsRigInt) June 11, 2023
Accurate.
This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport.