--- title: Jim Carrey Called Out for Sarah Huckabee Sanders Painting description: Actor Jim Carrey was called out on social media after tweeting a painting of a woman that looks like Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. canonical: https://time.com/5205361/jim-carrey-sarah-huckabee-painting/ author: Lena Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-19T16:17:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:28.437Z og:title: Jim Carrey Made a Painting Resembling Sarah Huckabee Sanders og:description: It's called a 'painting of a so-called Christian' and he's under fire for it og:url: https://time.com/5205361/jim-carrey-sarah-huckabee-painting/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2fb7d2e9e84f59a/69892b4a22fb8550d1e251c5/jim-carrey-sarah-huckabee-sanders-painting.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: jim-carrey-sarah-huckabee-sanders-painting og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jim Carrey Made a Painting Resembling Sarah Huckabee Sanders twitter:description: It's called a 'painting of a so-called Christian' and he's under fire for it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2fb7d2e9e84f59a/69892b4a22fb8550d1e251c5/jim-carrey-sarah-huckabee-sanders-painting.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jim Carrey Under Fire for a Painting That Looks Like Sarah Huckabee Sanders by [Lena Grossman](https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/) ## Lena Grossman Mar 19, 2018 4:17 PM UTC  Christopher Polk—Getty Images; NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images by [Lena Grossman](https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/) ## Lena Grossman Mar 19, 2018 4:17 PM UTC [Jim Carrey recently painted a picture](https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/19/jim-carreys-monstrous-sarah-huckabee-sanders-portrait-is-just-his-latest-skewering-trump-gop/) that bears a jarring resemblance to White House Press Secretary [Sarah Huckabee Sanders](http://time.com/5065093/sarah-huckabee-sanders-piegate-twitter/), and the Internet is both hailing and criticizing the actor. Carrey tweeted a picture of his art with the caption, “This is a painting of a so-called Christian whose only purpose in life is to lie for the wicked. Monstrous!” > [](https://twitter.com/JimCarrey/status/975123558803259392) The painting may take a dig at Sanders, but the tweet itself seems to mimic [President Donald Trump’s own social media usage](http://time.com/5205059/white-house-donald-trump-tweet-mueller/) and phrasing, who often uses exclamation points after one or two-word phrases, such as “disgraceful!” or “witch hunt!” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/975163071361683456) Many reactions on Twitter denounced Carrey’s portrait, calling him “sexist” and a “bully.” Former governor of Arkansas and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee — and Sanders’ father — tweeted that Carrey is a “Pathetic BULLY, sexist, hater, bigot & ‘Christaphobe.'” > [](https://twitter.com/GovMikeHuckabee/status/975705224479461376) > [](https://twitter.com/MattMcKeithan/status/975693971816108032) But there were some people who did not completely disagree with Carrey’s art. One Twitter user called Carrey’s painting “interpretive art work.” > [](https://twitter.com/ChuckModi1/status/975734882960904193) [According to the _Daily Beast_](https://www.thedailybeast.com/jim-carreys-satirical-cartoons-skewering-the-trump-administration-and-soulless-gop), Carrey began painting about six years ago to “heal a broken heart,” but his artwork became increasingly more political in November. Much of Carrey’s work now revolves around political satire, including [portraits](https://twitter.com/JimCarrey/status/967217695367163904) of [Rick Gates,](http://time.com/5002847/rick-gates-paul-manafort/) who [pleaded guilty](http://time.com/5172793/rick-gates-robert-mueller-guilty-plea/) in February in Robert Mueller’s investigation, and Sen. Marco Rubio. > [](https://twitter.com/JimCarrey/status/967527178580758528) A spokeswoman [confirmed to Associated Press](https://www.apnews.com/f54c82f595ec407d81a92076d4e176c2/Jim-Carrey-criticized-for-portrait-believed-to-be-Sanders) that the painting is Carrey’s, but would not confirm it was of Sanders. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5205361/jim-carrey-sarah-huckabee-painting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5205361/jim-carrey-sarah-huckabee-painting/"},"headline":"Jim Carrey Under Fire for a Painting That Looks Like Sarah Huckabee Sanders","datePublished":"2018-03-19T16:17:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:28.437Z","description":"He called the portrait a \"painting of a so-called Christian\"","url":"https://time.com/5205361/jim-carrey-sarah-huckabee-painting/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","celebrities","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2fb7d2e9e84f59a/69892b4a22fb8550d1e251c5/jim-carrey-sarah-huckabee-sanders-painting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lena Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2fb7d2e9e84f59a/69892b4a22fb8550d1e251c5/jim-carrey-sarah-huckabee-sanders-painting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"jim-carrey-sarah-huckabee-sanders-painting","caption":"Jim Carrey and White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders","creditText":"Christopher Polk—Getty Images; NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images","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/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5205361/jim-carrey-sarah-huckabee-painting/","name":"Jim Carrey Under Fire for a Painting That Looks Like Sarah Huckabee Sanders"}}]}] ```