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==Personal life== Carrey suffers from [[Major depressive disorder|depression]] and took [[Fluoxetine|Prozac]] to combat the symptoms for years. He later said that he no longer takes medications of any kind and abstains from [[coffee]], [[Alcoholic beverage|alcohol]] and [[drug]]s.<ref name="60 minutes">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carrey-life-is-too-beautiful/ |title=Carrey: 'Life Is Too Beautiful' |last=Leung |first=Rebecca |date=February 11, 2009 |work=60 minutes CBS News |access-date=April 11, 2013 |archive-date=May 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530034324/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-656547.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He received [[United States nationality law|U.S. citizenship]] in October 2004 and remains a [[Multiple citizenship|dual citizen]] of the United States and his native Canada.<ref>{{cite web |last=Silverman |first=Stephen M. |title=Jim Carrey Becomes New U.S. Citizen |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,714343,00.html |work=People |access-date=September 10, 2011 |date=October 14, 2004 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193552/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,714343,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Carrey owns various properties in [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles]] and has lived in [[Brentwood, Los Angeles|Brentwood]] since 1994.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/jim-carrey-shaves-2-4-million-off-the-price-of-his-longtime-los-angeles-mansion-2ed4a701 | title=Jim Carrey Shaves $2.4 Million off the Price of His Longtime Los Angeles Mansion | date=April 21, 2023 | last1=Block | first1=Fang }}</ref> In November 2022, the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia)|Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] banned 100 Canadians including Carrey from entering Russia as a [[Reciprocity (international relations)|reciprocity]] for the [[International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine|international sanctions]] which had been introduced due to [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russia's invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite news|date=November 14, 2022|title=Russia bans 100 Canadians including Atwood, Jim Carrey|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russia-bans-100-canadians-including-atwood-jim-carrey/2022/11/14/c717708e-6433-11ed-b08c-3ce222607059_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=November 14, 2022}}</ref> === Relationships === [[File:Jim Carrey horton hears a who 2008.jpg|thumb|Carrey with his family at the ''[[Horton Hears a Who! (film)|Horton Hears a Who!]]'' premiere in 2008]] Carrey dated singer [[Linda Ronstadt]] for eight months in 1983.<ref>{{Cite interview |interviewer=[[Howard Stern]] |title=Movie Star Jim Carrey Stops By |url=http://www.howardstern.com/howard-on-air/howard-100-101/2014-10-28 |access-date=November 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031070710/http://www.howardstern.com/howard-on-air/howard-100-101/2014-10-28 |archive-date=October 31, 2014 |date=October 28, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1987, on March 28, Carrey married former actress and [[The Comedy Store|Comedy Store]] waitress Melissa Womer. Their daughter, Jane Erin Carrey, was born on September 6, 1987.<ref>[http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/who/news/05072009/no-lie-jim-carrey-to-be-a-grandfather.html No Lie β Jim Carrey Will Be a Grandfather β Jim Carrey's 21-year-old daughter is expecting!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715044223/http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/who/news/05072009/no-lie-jim-carrey-to-be-a-grandfather.html |date=July 15, 2009 }} Yahoo!. July 10, 2009.</ref> Carrey and Womer divorced in 1995.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/mar/01/carreys-wife-speaks-out-about-pending-divorce/ |title=Carrey's Wife Speaks Out About Pending Divorce |last=Stasi |first=Linda |date=March 1, 1995 |work=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |access-date=November 9, 2016 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001159/https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/mar/01/carreys-wife-speaks-out-about-pending-divorce/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On September 23, 1996, Carrey married his ''[[Dumb and Dumber]]'' co-star [[Lauren Holly]]; this second marriage lasted less than a year.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/34930/holly-seeks-divorce-from-carrey |title=Holly Seeks Divorce from Carrey |last=Errico |first=Marcus |date=July 30, 1997 |publisher=[[E!]] |access-date=November 9, 2016 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001400/https://www.eonline.com/news/34930/holly-seeks-divorce-from-carrey |url-status=live }}</ref> From 1999 to 2000, Carrey was engaged to his ''[[Me, Myself and Irene]]'' co-star [[RenΓ©e Zellweger]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Renee Zellweger was engaged to Jim Carrey |url=http://www.zimbio.com/dating/mdGo6RLibqH/Renee+Zellweger+engaged+Jim+Carrey/Renee+Zellweger |work=Zimbio |publisher=Zimbio.com |access-date=April 27, 2012 |archive-date=February 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213030921/http://www.zimbio.com/dating/mdGo6RLibqH/Renee+Zellweger+engaged+Jim+Carrey/Renee+Zellweger |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2002, he was in a relationship with [[January Jones]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=January Jones and Jim Carrey|url=https://www.etonline.com/gallery/143858_Surprising_Celebrity_Hookups/january-jones-and-jim-carrey-3950|access-date=June 18, 2021|website=Entertainment Tonight}}</ref> In 2005, Carrey met model and actress [[Jenny McCarthy]], and he made public in June 2006 that they were in a romantic relationship. They ended it in April 2010,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Showbiz-News/Jim-Carrey-And-Jenny-McCarthy-Announce-Split-After-Five-Years-Together/Article/201004115596449?f=rss |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629044704/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Showbiz-News/Jim-Carrey-And-Jenny-McCarthy-Announce-Split-After-Five-Years-Together/Article/201004115596449?f=rss |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2012 |title=Jim Carrey And Jenny McCarthy Announce Split After Five Years Together |publisher=Sky News |access-date=February 7, 2011}}</ref> with McCarthy noting in October 2010 that they had remained good friends.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jenny McCarthy: Jim and I are still good friends |url=http://www.scoopcelebrity.com/jenny-mccarthy-jim-good-friends |work=Scoop Celebrity |access-date=April 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601002233/http://www.scoopcelebrity.com/jenny-mccarthy-jim-good-friends |archive-date=June 1, 2014}}</ref> In 2012, Carrey met Cathriona White, a makeup artist from [[County Tipperary|County Tipperary, Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web|date=September 29, 2015|title=Jim Carrey's girlfriend Cathriona White dies, aged 30|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11899510/Jim-Carreys-girlfriend-Cathriona-White-dies-aged-30.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=April 4, 2018|archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001200/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11899510/Jim-Carreys-girlfriend-Cathriona-White-dies-aged-30.html|url-status=live}}</ref> They dated between 2012 and 2015. On September 28, 2015, White was found dead from a prescription drug overdose; the death was ruled a suicide by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mec.lacounty.gov/case-detail/?caseNumber=2015-06781|title=Carthriona White case detail|website=Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner|date=June 28, 2023 }}</ref> Carrey was a [[pallbearer]] at her funeral in [[Cappawhite|Cappawhite, Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jim-carrey-attends-funeral-late-831197 |title=Jim Carrey Attends Funeral of Late Girlfriend Cathriona White, Carries Coffin |author=Natalie Stone |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 10, 2015 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001219/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jim-carrey-attends-funeral-late-831197 |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2019 when Carrey attended the [[76th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globes 2019 Party]], he was accompanied by his then-girlfriend [[Ginger Gonzaga]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/jim-carrey-is-dating-ginger-gonzaga-see-their-red-carpet-debut/ |title=Jim Carrey Is Dating Actress Ginger Gonzaga: See Their Red Carpet Debut! |date=January 6, 2019 |website=Us Weekly |access-date=January 7, 2019 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001219/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/jim-carrey-is-dating-ginger-gonzaga-see-their-red-carpet-debut/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/golden-globes/jim-carrey-is-dating-ginger-gonzaga-see-their-sweet-red-carpet-debut/ar-BBRSLei |title=Jim Carrey Is Dating Ginger Gonzaga β See Their Sweet Red Carpet Debut! |publisher=MSN |access-date=January 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107181140/https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/golden-globes/jim-carrey-is-dating-ginger-gonzaga-see-their-sweet-red-carpet-debut/ar-BBRSLei |archive-date=January 7, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The couple split after less than a year of dating.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jim Carrey and Ginger Gonzaga Split After Less Than a Year of Dating|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/celebrity/jim-carrey-and-ginger-gonzaga-split-after-less-than-a-year-of-dating/ar-AAIZ8XV|access-date=June 16, 2020|website=www.msn.com}}</ref> === Wrongful death lawsuits === Carrey's girlfriend Cathriona White married Mark Burton in 2013, in [[Las Vegas]]. She and Carrey had been dating on and off since 2012, and was still married but dating Carrey when she died in 2015.<ref>{{Cite magazine |first=Sierra |last=Marquina |date=October 7, 2015 |title=Cathriona White Was Married to Mark Burton: See the Marriage Certificate |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/jim-carreys-girlfriend-cathriona-white-was-married-to-mark-burton-2015610/ |access-date=November 30, 2022 |magazine=Us Weekly}}</ref> On September 19, 2016, Burton filed a [[wrongful death]] lawsuit against Carrey, claiming that he had used his "immense wealth and celebrity status" to illegally obtain and distribute prescription drugs involved in White's death. Carrey released a statement the following day: {{blockquote|text=What a terrible shame. It would be easy for me to get in a back room with this man's lawyer and make this go away, but there are some moments in life when you have to stand up and defend your honor against the evil in this world. I will not tolerate this heartless attempt to exploit me or the woman I loved. Cat's troubles were born long before I met her and sadly her tragic end was beyond anyone's control. I really hope that some day soon people will stop trying to profit from this and let her rest in peace.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/09/19/jim-carrey-sued-wrongful-death-girlfriend/90704556 |title=Jim Carrey sued for wrongful death of girlfriend |author=Puente, Maria |website=[[USA Today]] |date=September 19, 2016 |access-date=September 20, 2016 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001222/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/09/19/jim-carrey-sued-wrongful-death-girlfriend/90704556/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/20/jim-carrey-sued-over-former-girlfriends-suicide-cathriona-white |title=Jim Carrey sued over former girlfriend's suicide |website=[[The Guardian]] |date=September 20, 2016 |access-date=September 20, 2016 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001339/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/20/jim-carrey-sued-over-former-girlfriends-suicide-cathriona-white |url-status=live }}</ref>|author=|title=|source=}} In October 2016, White's mother, Brigid Sweetman, also filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Carrey.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/cathriona-whites-mom-sues-jim-carrey-for-wrongful-death-w444401 |title=Cathriona White's Mom, Brigid Sweetman, Sues Jim Carrey for Daughter's Wrongful Death |magazine=Us Weekly |first=Sierra |last=Marquina |date=October 11, 2016 |access-date=October 25, 2016 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001203/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/cathriona-whites-mom-sues-jim-carrey-for-wrongful-death-w444401/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Sweetman later issued a statement: "These documents show that Jim Carrey has lied to the media, the public and the court. Carrey has now been shown for what he isβa dishonest Hollywood celebrity who thinks he can say anything and fool people just because he is famous."<ref name=std>{{cite web |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrities-gone-bad/jim-carrey-alleged-std-test-has-been-submitted-as-evidence/news-story/a3cb917d20ce8a954da2ca593d3c0901 |title=Jim Carrey alleged STD test has been submitted as evidence |website=News.com.au |date=October 22, 2016 |access-date=October 25, 2016 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001207/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/jim-carrey-alleged-std-test-has-been-submitted-as-evidence/news-story/a3cb917d20ce8a954da2ca593d3c0901 |url-status=live }}</ref> Both lawsuits were dismissed on January 25, 2018, and attorneys for both sides confirmed there would be no further legal proceedings.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McLevy |first1=Alex |title=Court dismisses wrongful death lawsuit against Jim Carrey |url=https://www.avclub.com/court-dismisses-wrongful-death-lawsuit-against-jim-carr-1822630778 |website=The A.V. Club |date=February 2018 |access-date=February 8, 2018 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001209/https://www.avclub.com/court-dismisses-wrongful-death-lawsuit-against-jim-carr-1822630778 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cullins |first1=Ashley |title=Jim Carrey Clear of Lawsuits Over Former Girlfriend's Death |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/jim-carrey-clear-lawsuits-girlfriends-death-1080818 |access-date=February 18, 2018 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 31, 2018 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001350/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/jim-carrey-clear-lawsuits-girlfriends-death-1080818 |url-status=live }}</ref> === Vaccine skepticism === In 2009, Carrey wrote an article [[Vaccine hesitancy|questioning the merits of vaccination]] for ''[[The Huffington Post]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-carrey/the-judgment-on-vaccines_b_189777.html |title=Jim Carrey: The Judgment on Vaccines Is In??? |work=HuffPost |access-date=February 7, 2011 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001208/https://www.huffpost.com/static/editors-note-vaccine |url-status=live }}</ref> With former partner [[Jenny McCarthy]], Carrey led a "Green Our Vaccines" march in Washington, D.C., to advocate for the removal of "toxic substances" from children's vaccines, out of a belief that children had received "too many vaccines, too soon, many of which are toxic".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=4987758 |work=ABC News |title=Celeb Couple to Lead 'Green Vaccine' Rally |first1=Jonann |last1=Brady |first2=Stephanie |last2=Dahle |date=June 4, 2008 |access-date=March 16, 2011 |archive-date=December 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207162725/https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=4987758 |url-status=live }}</ref> The rally was criticized by [[David Gorski]], an American [[surgical oncologist]] on ''[[Science-Based Medicine]]'' blog, for being anti-vaccine and not "pro-safe vaccine",<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/jenny-mccarthy-jim-carrey-and-green-our-vaccines-anti-vaccine-not-pro-safe-vaccine/ |title=Jenny McCarthy, Jim Carrey, and "Green Our Vaccines": Anti-vaccine, not "pro-safe vaccine" |work=Science Based Medicine |access-date=July 3, 2015}}</ref> and by Steven Parker on the [[WebMD]] website for being "irresponsible".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.webmd.com/healthy-children/2008/06/green-our-vaccines.html |title=Green Our Vaccines? |work=WebMD |access-date=July 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705214043/http://blogs.webmd.com/healthy-children/2008/06/green-our-vaccines.html |archive-date=July 5, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On July 1, 2015, after the signing of a [[California Senate Bill 277|new vaccination law]], Carrey called [[California Governor]] [[Jerry Brown]] a "corporate fascist" who was "poisoning" children by enacting the vaccination requirements.<ref name=fascist>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-actor-jim-carrey-vaccines-20150701-story.html |title=Jim Carrey calls Gov. Brown a 'fascist' for signing new vaccination law |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=July 3, 2015 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001224/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-actor-jim-carrey-vaccines-20150701-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The law disallowed religious and philosophical reasons for exemption from vaccination. Carrey was criticized for being "ignorant when it comes to vaccines" by [[Arthur Caplan]], head of the Division of Medical Ethics at [[New York University]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/commentary-why-jim-carrey-wrong-about-vaccines-n385321 |title=Ethicist: Why Jim Carrey is Wrong About Vaccines |work=NBC News |access-date=July 3, 2015 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001209/https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/commentary-why-jim-carrey-wrong-about-vaccines-n385321 |url-status=live }}</ref> and by [[Jeffrey Kluger]], senior writer at ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', who described his anti-vaccination statements as "angry, dense and immune to reason".<ref>{{cite news |first=Jeffrey |last=Kluger |author-link=Jeffrey Kluger |url=https://time.com/3944067/jim-carrey-vaccines/ |title=Ethicist: Jim Carrey, Please Shut Up About Vaccines |work=Time Magazine |access-date=July 6, 2015 |archive-date=July 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707195748/http://time.com/3944067/jim-carrey-vaccines/ |url-status=live }}</ref> === Political and spiritual views === Carrey is an outspoken advocate of the "[[Law of attraction (New Thought)|law of attraction]]". In an interview with [[Oprah Winfrey]] on February 17, 1997,<ref>{{youTube|nPU5bjzLZX0|What Oprah Learned from Jim Carrey β Oprah's Lifeclass β Oprah Winfrey Network}}</ref> he revealed that as a struggling actor he would use [[Mental image|visualization]] techniques to get work. He also stated that he visualized a $10 million check given to him for "acting services rendered", placed the check in his pocket, and seven years later received a $10 million check for his role in ''Dumb and Dumber.''<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.oprah.com/oprahs-lifeclass/what-oprah-learned-from-jim-carrey-video |title=What Oprah Learned from Jim Carrey |newspaper=Oprah.com |access-date=January 19, 2017 |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202075713/http://www.oprah.com/oprahs-lifeclass/what-oprah-learned-from-jim-carrey-video |url-status=live }}</ref> Carrey practices [[Transcendental Meditation technique|Transcendental Meditation]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Hasty |first=Katie |title=Carrey on ''Dumb and Dumber'' sequel |url=http://www.hitfix.com/news/jim-carrey-on-finished-dumb-and-dumber-to-very-funny |website=[[Hitfix]]|date=February 28, 2014|access-date=April 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317080746/http://www.hitfix.com/news/jim-carrey-on-finished-dumb-and-dumber-to-very-funny |archive-date=March 17, 2014 |quote=The DLF raises awareness and furthers education on transcendental meditation, of which Carrey is a practicioner [''sic''] and admirer. |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/28/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/jim-carrey-commencement-speech/ |title=Jim Carrey's inspiring commencement speech |first=Lisa Respers|last=France|date=May 28, 2014 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> Carrey has also advocated [[socialism]] and has urged the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] to embrace the movement saying "We have to say yes to socialism, to the word and everything. We have to stop apologizing".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/10/jim-carrey-tells-democrats-we-have-say-yes-socialism/ |title=Jim Carrey tells Democrats: 'We have to say yes to socialism' |last=Wang |first=Amy B. |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 10, 2018 |access-date=February 7, 2023}}</ref> Carrey has shared his own [[political cartoon]] drawings since August 2017, including controversial renderings of then-White House Press Secretary [[Sarah Huckabee Sanders]] and then-President [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Izadi|first=Elahe|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/03/19/a-short-history-of-jim-carreys-burgeoning-career-as-an-anti-trump-political-cartoonist/|title=A Short History of Jim Carrey's Burgeoning Career as an Anti Trump Political Cartoonist|date=March 29, 2018|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url-status=live|access-date=April 5, 2018|archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001222/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/03/19/a-short-history-of-jim-carreys-burgeoning-career-as-an-anti-trump-political-cartoonist/}}{{subscription required}}</ref> He sparked an international event on March 31, 2019, posting a drawing criticizing [[fascism]] by depicting [[Benito Mussolini]]'s [[Death of Benito Mussolini|infamous death]] with [[Clara Petacci]]; this irked Mussolini's granddaughter [[Alessandra Mussolini|Alessandra]], who chided him on Twitter, calling him "a bastard" and his artworks "dirty paper".<ref name="WaPo_2019-04-01">{{Cite news|last=Farzan|first=Antonia Noori|authorlink=Antonia Noori Farzan|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/01/benito-mussolinis-granddaughter-has-spent-decades-defending-him-now-shes-feuding-with-jim-carrey/|title=Benito Mussolini's granddaughter has spent decades defending him. Now she's feuding with Jim Carrey.|date=April 1, 2019|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=April 2, 2019|archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001333/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/01/benito-mussolinis-granddaughter-has-spent-decades-defending-him-now-shes-feuding-with-jim-carrey/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NBC_2019-04-01">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jim-carrey-s-picture-mussolini-s-demise-sparks-twitter-tirade-n989566|title=Jim Carrey's picture of Mussolini's demise sparks Twitter tirade from dictator's granddaughter|last=Siemaszko|first=Corky|date=April 1, 2019|website=[[NBC News]]|access-date=April 3, 2019|archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001209/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jim-carrey-s-picture-mussolini-s-demise-sparks-twitter-tirade-n989566|url-status=live}}</ref> His drawing repertoire culminated in an exhibition titled ''IndigNation'', which opened on October 23, 2018, at the Maccarone Gallery in Los Angeles and featured 108 pen-and-ink drawings from Carrey's Twitter feed from 2016 to 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Christina Catherine |last=Martinez |url=https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/jim-carrey-trump-political-cartoons/index.html |title=Jim Carrey targets Trump with blunt political cartoons |date=November 14, 2018 |website=[[CNN]] |access-date=November 14, 2008 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001348/https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/jim-carrey-trump-political-cartoons/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 2021, Carrey announced he would discontinue political cartoons.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Alexander |first1=Bryan |title=Jim Carrey retires from political cartoons now that Donald Trump ('Orange Julius Caesar') is no longer president |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/02/21/jim-carrey-retires-donald-trump-political-cartoons/4537139001/ |website=USA TODAY |access-date=July 21, 2024}}</ref> In a 2004 interview with ''[[60 Minutes]]'', Carrey reportedly said, βI'm a Buddhist, I'm a Muslim, I'm a Christian.β<ref>{{cite web|last=Leung|first=Rebecca|title=Carrey: 'Life Is Too Beautiful'|date=November 18, 2004|website=CBS News|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carrey-life-is-too-beautiful/|accessdate=January 5, 2025}}</ref> In June 2017, Carrey delivered a speech at a [[Homeboy Industries]] event, where he said, βI want to speak to the fact that I believe that this room is filled with God, and that you are heroes to me and I admire you.β<ref>{{cite news|last=Ortega Law|first=Jeannie|title=Jim Carrey Preaches Grace of Jesus to Former Inmates: 'Suffering Leads to Salvation' (Video)|date=July 22, 2017|newspaper=The Christian Post|url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/jim-carrey-preaches-grace-jesus-to-inmates-suffering-leads-salvation.html|accessdate=January 5, 2025}}</ref> === Artwork and NFTs === In 2017, Carrey revealed that he had been painting for the past six years. In 2011, he exhibited the painting ''Nothing to See Here'' in an art show in [[Palm Springs, California|Palm Springs]] at the Heather James Fine Art Gallery.<ref name="Cascone">{{Cite news |last=Cascone |first=Sarah |date=September 27, 2017 |title=Jim Carrey Spent the Last Six Years Painting. Now, See What the Actor-Turned-Artist Has Created. |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jim-carrey-gallery-exhibition-1097609 |access-date=June 10, 2022 |website=Artnet News}}</ref> In 2017, Carrey released a six-minute documentary entitled, ''I Needed Color'', which showed him working in his studio.<ref name="Cascone"/> In April 2022, Carrey announced that he had minted his first art [[Non-fungible token|NFT]] via the NFT platform SuperRare. The NFT is based on a painting entitled ''Sunshower'', and is accompanied by original voiceover.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jacobs |first=Harrison |date=June 10, 2022 |title=Actor and Artist Jim Carrey Is Minting His First NFT on SuperRare |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jim-carrey-is-minting-his-first-nft-superrare-sunflower-1234631510/ |access-date=June 10, 2022 |website=ARTnews.com}}</ref>
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