Family Ties star Justine Bateman says she feels ‘relief’ after Trump’s election victory as friends turn their backs on her

Family Ties star Justine Bateman has revealed that close friends of hers turned their backs on her after she came out and attacked the Biden administration.

Just days after Trump was formally crowned the next Commander in Chief, Bateman posted on X that she was “decompressing from walking on eggshells for four years.”

In a lengthy post on her social media, the 58-year-old said she had found the past four years under President Biden “an almost unbearable period.”

She said she had found it “suffocating” and labeled it an “un-American period”, thinking that only “permissible behavior and speech was allowed.”

Bateman, Jason Bateman’s older sister, wrote: ‘Complete bigotry became almost a religion and one’s professional and social life was under almost constant threat.

“Those who spoke differently were ruined as a warning to others. Their destruction became visible for all to see on the ‘town square’ of social media.”

In an interview with The New York Post After her post, she said people told her “oh Justine, I didn’t know you were a Nazi.”

She said: ‘I’ve had friends say, “I love you, call me anytime, but I have to unfollow you” or “I have to distance myself from you online, in public.”

Just days after Trump was formally crowned the next Commander in Chief, Bateman posted on X that she was “decompressing from walking on eggshells for four years.”

In a lengthy post on her social media, the 58-year-old said she had found the past four years under President Biden, seen here, “an almost unbearable period.”

Bateman continued, “So the fact that people have to distance themselves from me… Look, I still love them, that’s fine.

“But every time they do that, and I’m talking about strangers now, they absolutely prove my point.”

She told the newspaper that she was in Washington DC on election night and watched as Trump won battleground states to solidify his return to the White House.

“I was surprised when I physically felt a relief in my body,” she added. “I didn’t realize how uncomfortable the past four years had been until I felt that balloon deflate.”

According to Bateman, she first felt the air in the balloon release when Elon Musk took over Twitter.

Bateman said she was glad the “woke era” was over, saying: “That era of not being able to question things is over. That woke up the police, that’s over.’

While she preferred Trump, she said USA today that she wouldn’t reveal who she actually voted for.

She told the outlet, “I’m not going to play the game. I’m not going to talk about the way I voted in my life. It’s not relevant. It’s absolutely irrelevant.

“For me, all I’m doing is expressing that I feel like there’s been a shift spiritually, and I’m very excited about what’s emerging. And frankly, reaffirming freedom of speech is good for everyone.”

Bateman can be seen here in her role as Mallory Keaton in the show Family Ties which ran from 1982 -1989

She played Michael J. Fox’s older sister Mallory on the show; (L-R) Fox, Bateman, Michael Gross, Meredith Baxter Birney and Tina Yothers pictured in a 1982 promo shot

Justine is the older sister of actor Jason Bateman. The brother duo is pictured at the 39th annual Primetime Emmy Awards on September 20, 1987

Bateman was a sitcom star in the 1980s on Family Ties, where she played Michael J. Fox’s older sister Mallory, and has been in the spotlight since her teenage years.

In addition to Family Ties, Bateman’s work also includes Satisfaction, Men Behaving Badly, Californication, The TV Set and Desperate Housewives.

She has since taken on the role of director. Her directorial debut, Violet, starring Olivia Munn and Justin Theroux, premiered at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival.

Bateman has previously spoken out in interviews about ignoring Hollywood beauty standards and embracing her wrinkles.

The actress told 60 Minutes Australia that she didn’t realize there was an obsession with her natural face until she Googled herself one day.

“I googled my name Justine Bateman and up came an autocomplete that said ‘looks old,’ and I was like, ‘What!’

When later asked if it was possible that people thought growing older was “beautiful,” she replied, “I just don’t care about it.” I think I look great, I think my face represents who I am. I like it.’