--- title: Octavia Spencer Condemns Trump Voters Over 'Hidden Figures' description: Find out what Octavia Spencer said about Donald Trump supporters who think 'Hidden Figures' is not a true story. canonical: https://time.com/4660118/octavia-spencer-condemns-donald-trump-supporters-hidden-figures/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-03T22:06:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:40.533Z og:title: Octavia Spencer Strikes Back at Donald Trump Supporters Who Claim ‘Hidden Figures’ Didn’t Happen og:description: 'It’s mind-boggling to me that we have totally regressed to this' og:url: https://time.com/4660118/octavia-spencer-condemns-donald-trump-supporters-hidden-figures/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9aa2e3a4d6af81d/6988b8c28fd2ee4a1f355aa8/octavia-spencer-trump-supporters-hidden-figures.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Octavia Spencer Strikes Back at Donald Trump Supporters Who Claim ‘Hidden Figures’ Didn’t Happen twitter:description: 'It’s mind-boggling to me that we have totally regressed to this' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9aa2e3a4d6af81d/6988b8c28fd2ee4a1f355aa8/octavia-spencer-trump-supporters-hidden-figures.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Octavia Spencer Strikes Back at Donald Trump Supporters Who Claim ‘Hidden Figures’ Didn’t Happen > Sponsored content. 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Steve Granitz—WireImage  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 3, 2017 10:06 PM UTC [Octavia Spencer](http://motto.time.com/4634404/octavia-spencer-hidden-figures-free-screening/)‘s turn in [_Hidden Figures_ ](http://time.com/4594571/hidden-figures-john-glenn-space-race/)as [Dorothy Vaughan, a real-life mathematician](http://time.com/4602996/hidden-figures-langley/) who helped send John Glenn into orbit in 1962, has already earned her rave reviews and an Oscar nomination for the role. However, there are some detractors who doubt that the story behind the film is true, and Spencer is taking them to task for it. In an interview with [the New York _Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/movies/octavia-spencer-condemns-trump-followers-who-reject-hidden-figures.html), Spencer revealed that “there are a few idiots out there who think it didn’t happen,” which she related to the current political climate. “It’s the Trumpites who think people are bending the truth,” Spencer said. “It’s mind-boggling to me that we have totally regressed to this whole labeling and colorism and just ridiculous racist bigotry that is percolating in society right now.” Spencer didn’t shy away from politics later in the interview, urging fans to call their representatives and to donate to the American Civil Liberties Union, as well as [to practice self-care](http://time.com/4573201/tiny-care-bot-self-care-twitter/). “Every now and then I have to turn the news off, and guard my space, my home, with solace, with positive energy,” she said. “We have four years to put up with this.” \[[The New York _Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/movies/octavia-spencer-condemns-trump-followers-who-reject-hidden-figures.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4660118/octavia-spencer-condemns-donald-trump-supporters-hidden-figures/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4660118/octavia-spencer-condemns-donald-trump-supporters-hidden-figures/"},"headline":"Octavia Spencer Strikes Back at Donald Trump Supporters Who Claim ‘Hidden Figures’ Didn’t Happen","datePublished":"2017-02-03T22:06:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:40.533Z","description":"'It’s mind-boggling to me that we have totally regressed to this'","url":"https://time.com/4660118/octavia-spencer-condemns-donald-trump-supporters-hidden-figures/","keywords":["motto","entertainment","celebrity","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9aa2e3a4d6af81d/6988b8c28fd2ee4a1f355aa8/octavia-spencer-trump-supporters-hidden-figures.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9aa2e3a4d6af81d/6988b8c28fd2ee4a1f355aa8/octavia-spencer-trump-supporters-hidden-figures.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Arrivals","caption":"23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Steve Granitz—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4660118/octavia-spencer-condemns-donald-trump-supporters-hidden-figures/","name":"Octavia Spencer Strikes Back at Donald Trump Supporters Who Claim ‘Hidden Figures’ Didn’t Happen"}}]}] ```