Director R.J. Cutler is riding high. After the rocky launch of his film about Martha Stewart—during which he sparred in the press with his subject for weeks, until Stewart finally came around to fully endorsing the film—the film has gone on to set all manner of streaming records for documentary.

In a recent interview with Time magazine, John veered off from his "Icon of the Year" coverage to speak out against the legalization of weed in parts of the U.S. and Canada, calling it "one of the greatest mistakes of all time."