Celebrities Join Thiels Elite Society on Controversial Topics

The guest list of one of the world's most elite and secretive social clubs has been exposed.

Known only as 'Dialog', the private organization was founded in 2006 by controversial US billionaire Peter Thiel.

According to Wired, each year Dialog gathers a mix of Silicon Valley executives, government figures, and Hollywood players for an off-the-record conference and retreat to socialize and network.

Guests and members also attend sessions focused on tech, geopolitics, and even sex.

According to Wired and The Hollywood Reporter, some of the sessions include titles like 'Money (Does?) Buy Happiness', 'Build-a-Cult', 'Bring Back Nuclear', and 'How's Your Sex Life?', and 'Navigating WWIII'.

Some of the power players invited this year include , , Senator , Treasury secretary Scott Bessent, CEO Neal Mohan, Xbox president Sarah Bond, and president Greg Brockman.

An eclectic mix of celebrities are also on the guest list this year, including actor Josh Brolin, record executive (and boyfriend of Sydney Sweeney) Scooter Braun, and actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Sophia Bush.

Oscar-winning composer Benj Pasek, A24 partner Scott Belsky, Family Guy writer Teresa Hsiao, New York Times journalist Ezra Klein, and Hype America CEO Isaac Lee also appear on the list.

It should be noted that both Gordon-Levitt and Bush have interests outside of Hollywood.

Gordon-Levitt is a co-founder of the Creators Coalition on AI and has been politically active in calling for AI regulation, while Bush is a general partner and investor at Union Heritage, a majority African American and women-owned venture capital firm.

After news of his involvement in Dialog went viral on Wednesday, Gordon-Levitt issued a lengthy statement on Instagram in response to public backlash.

'I understand why people have questions and are suspicious. Some of the headlines and posts circulating about this are alarming, if not bizarre. So let me clarify,' he wrote.

'I have been to two Dialog conferences. But, I do not know Peter Thiel. I've never met him. I've never spoken with him or his representatives. I've never seen him at an event. From what I've read about his views, we are political and ideological opposites,' he continued.

'At the Dialog conferences I've been to, there were a wide variety of people, with a wide variety of opinions, some I agreed with, some I didn't. I can't speak to every person named in the reporting, but my experience was not of a single ideological gathering.

'Over the last couple of years, l've been focused on trying to make a positive impact on how the future unfolds, especially when it comes to tech and Al. Part of that work means forming relationships with all kinds of people, trying to understand their perspective, and trying to get them to understand mine. Sometimes it's productive to engage with those we oppose.'

Brolin also responded to The Hollywood Reporter, with a spokesperson telling the publication that the Weapons actor 'would like to know what the f**k he got himself into'.

This year's Dialog retreat will be held in August in Dublin, Ireland.

Last year, Axios reported that Dialog was planning to build a campus in the D.C. suburbs for future meetings.

An anonymous source told Axios that, 'Dialog bills itself as offering global elites the chance to talk candidly across ideological lines, away from their phones and the pressures of social media, the news media, and their stakeholders.'

They continued, 'Given declining trust in institutions and anti-establishment fervor, the group actively keeps its inner workings secretive and hidden from public scrutiny.' 

The source added that the group's "secretive nature allows participants to share controversial and concerning ideas that they would not be comfortable sharing elsewhere.'