Jamie Lee Curtis, Christina Applegate and More Hollywood Stars React With Shock, Dismay to Donald Trump’s Election: ‘Why? Give Me Your Reasons Why?’
Donald Trump’s decisive presidential victory shocked Hollywood as actors, celebrities and media personalities took to social media late Tuesday and early Wednesday to share their feelings of hurt and dismay.
Former “Married…With Children” star Christina Applegate said that Trump’s win threatened reproductive rights, which were already impacted after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. “Why? Give me your reasons why?????” Applegate wrote on X. “My child is sobbing because her rights as a woman may be taken away. Why? And if you disagree, please unfollow me.”
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She continued in a separate post: “Please unfollow me if you voted against female rights. Against disability rights. Yeah that. Unfollow me because what you did is unreal. Don’t want followers like this. So yeah. Done. Also after today I will be shutting down this fan account that I have had for so many years because this is sick.”
Jamie Lee Curtis said on Instagram that Trump’s win “means a sure return to a more restrictive, some fear draconian time. Many fear their rights will be impeded and denied. Many, minority groups and young people will be afraid. Gay and trans people will be more afraid. We know that many women will now find it difficult to get the reproductive healthcare that they need and deserve. For all those people there will be those who will help you. Me included.”
She continued, “But what it really means is that we wake up and fight. Fight for women and our children and their futures and fight against tyranny, one day at a time. One fight at a time. One protest at a time. That’s what it means to be an American. That’s what it has always meant and will always mean regardless of the outcome.”
Rapper Cardi B kept it simple, posting a video of herself on her Instagram Story with the caption “I hate y’all bad.”
“Glee” actor Kevin McHale posted on X: “Supreme Court gone for the rest of my lifetime. Ultra-conservative evangelical bigotry, xenophobia, racism is the mandate.”
David Simon, the creator of “The Wire,” offered a salty analysis of the results, writing on X: “God bless us all. Even the scrotes and shitheels.” Wendell Pierce, one of the stars of “The Wire” as well as another Simon series “Treme,” shared his concerns about Trump’s ability to solidify the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority after his election.
“The Supreme Court will be changed for a generation,” he wrote. “I’ll never see a moderate court again in my lifetime. Alito and Thomas will step down and Trump will appoint 40 year old partisans to the bench. The damage he is about to inflict on our institutions the next 2 years will be irreparable.”
Yvette Nicole Brown, one of the stars of “Community,” weighed in on the loss of Sen. Sherrod Brown to challenger Bernie Moreno, which shifted control of the Senate to the Republicans, calling it “a disgrace at a level I can’t even qualify.” Reacting to Trump’s victory, she said on X: “For us this is an every day Wednesday. Black folks are used to this. The rest of you are about to be shocked by how America treats you when it doesn’t care about you. And your new #DearLeader doesn’t care about ANY of you. The find out phase has begun.”
Stephen King sounded a more elegiac note. “There’s a sign you can see in many shops that sell beautiful but fragile items: LOVELY TO LOOK AT, DELIGHTFUL TO HOLD, BUT ONCE YOU BREAK IT, THEN IT’S SOLD. You can say the same about democracy,” he wrote on social media.
Actor and comedian Michael Ian Black tried to put a positive spin on things, writing: “Guys, let’s make it the best End of America ever!”
Mark Cuban, however, congratulated Trump for winning “fair and square.” He also congratulated Elon Musk and ended his post with “#Godspeed.”
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