GTA 6 “too woke”, an actor tackles the haters and it hurts

GTA 6 has recently been at the heart of a controversy, as it was deemed “too woke” by some people. For this actor of the fifth opus, it is intolerable.

For a long time, GTA 6 was the subject of every possible rumor. It all came to an end (well, almost) last December, when a first trailer was revealed. We were thus able to discover one of the playable characters in the person of Lucia, but obviously not everyone liked it. In fact, generally speaking, many elements of the trailer were problematic for a few people who wanted to spew their venom. And for a certain actor from Grand Theft Auto 5, that doesn’t work.

Michael actor defends GTA 6

The criticisms heard were diverse and varied, but one of them came up more often than the others. The game would be “too woke”. In the GTA 6 trailer, there would be too much diversity, too many black or Hispanic men and women, too many curvy or obese people, in short, you get the idea. At the same time, the CEO of parent company Take-Two made it clear that Rockstar was looking for realism and perfection. Considering the first images, we can say that it is a success. But obviously, for a handful of “players”, this was not the right direction to take.

As a result, Ned Luke, who plays Michael in GTA 5, spoke to IGN about this situation. He obviously noted the absurdity of these famous complaints. “ There are a lot of these clowns who say: “Rockstar is becoming woke, they are sinking into the woke side of the world” ». Our man continues by returning to the character of Lucia, who is directly targeted by all of this. “ There have been other female protagonists in the past, but obviously not in something as huge as this “. Luke ends the exchange by praising what he has seen so far, and his own experience within the firm.

A problem that impacts the entire Web

If we welcome his comments on the controversy around GTA 6, the problem unfortunately does not disappear. The wave of hatred has subsided, but from time to time, social networks continue to be stormed by racist, fatophobic or homophobic comments. We go so far as to talk about “woke” propaganda, which tells you how ridiculous it is. We hope that things won’t start again when the second trailer comes out. To be continued.

That said, that doesn’t stop GTA 6 from breaking all records. The trailer on Youtube currently has 164,219,889 views, which is simply insane. The anger that was heard did not stop Rockstar in its tracks, and the new opus has already started to make history. Well, on the other hand, you will have to be patient. We won’t be able to get our hands on it before… 2025. The wait will therefore be long, but it will be worth it.