To promote a project these days, it seems an actor must be filmed eating chicken with one of two media personalities or share their hottest take on the New York City subway. During her most recent turn on the press circuit, Cate Blanchett, who stars in the just-released Steven Soderbergh film Black Bag, opted for the latter. Its a natural choice, since the Oscar winner has had the perfect subway take in her arsenal for years. When Kareem Rahma, the host of the popular TikTok series, asked the question that begins every video in his franchiseSo, whats your take?Blanchett answered with one of her most staunch, well-established opinions: Leaf blowers need to be eradicated from the face of the Earth.Its a metaphor for whats wrong with us as a species. We blow shit from one side of our lawn to the other side, and then the wind is just gonna blow it back, she explains in the two-minute-long video, which was published on Thursday. If Blanchetts gripe sounds familiar, its likely because youve heard her talk about it before. Last year, another TikTok composed of various clips of the Carol star ranting about her hatred of the lawn care tool made the rounds. Her vendetta goes back much, much further, however. Just how far? Lets explore.2007Blanchetts first on-record mention of leaf blowers was in a 2007 interview with W Magazine. If her hatred for leaf blowers was a person, they would be old enough to vote. (Ideally, for a candidate who will ban their use once and for all.) Citing ecological reasons, the Lord of the Rings actor told the outlet that leaf blowers sum up everything that is wrong with the human race.2019The actors distaste for the disruptive machines didnt publicly surface again until an interviewer opened the floodgates during the press cycle for Blanchetts 2019 film Whered You Go, Bernadette. When asked about her breaking point, the actor had another opportunity to spread her anti-leaf-blower message: I fly intowell, I think theyre quite rationalrages, but other people might think theyre irrationalabout leaf blowers, she responded. If I see a leaf blower, I go from nought to a thousand. I just, I cannot. Its all that is wrong with the human race. They drive me nuts. Im like a barking dog, like Im going SQUIRREL! If I see a leaf blower, thats it. Im gone for the rest of the afternoon.On the red carpet for the films premiere, Blanchett was teasingly presented with a photo of a leaf blower, causing her to launch into an impassioned rant: I could be here for three hours talking to you about leaf blowers. I hate them so much. You blow leaves from one side of the pavement to the other side of the pavement, only to have the wind blow them back in the first place. Its like, what happened to the broom? I hate leaf blowers so much.2022When Blanchett was a guest on Hot Ones in 2022, she took another moment to air her grievances. Moving leaves from one place to another, only for them to be blown back again. The gardenersthey know that what theyre doing is stupid.2024During a Cannes press conference for the 2024 film Rumours, an audience member asked Blanchett what makes her laugh. When she brought up leaf blowers, director Evan Johnson uttered, This again? And codirector Guy Maddin advised the audience to Just google Cate Blanchett and leaf blowers. The Dont Look Up actor then mused, Yeah, I mean, they make me laugh and cry. Laughing and crying is a really good state to be in, actually.