Hollywood stars bemoan Trump win: 'Be gentle with yourself today'
Multiple Hollywood stars — including Jamie Lee Curtis, Cardi B and John Leguizamo — are expressing shock and dismay about President-elect Trump's election victory, while his high-profile supporters are rooting on his White House win.
"I hate yall bad," Cardi B — who hit the campaign trail in Milwaukee for Vice President Harris last week, appearing at a rally with her — wrote Tuesday on Instagram. The message was displayed over a video of the "Up" rapper listening to election results.
Trump secured a return to the Oval Office in Tuesday's presidential election, according to a Decision Desk HQ projection.
"Halloween Ends" actor Curtis penned a post on Instagram calling on Americans to "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" the 65-year-old performer said.
"Be gentle with people today. Be gentle with yourself today. Feel your feelings today but most of all.....Be an American today," Curtis advised.
Leguizamo, who told Latino voters in April that Trump "doesn't like us" and "doesn't want us here," likened the country on Wednesday morning to an "ugly" old photo.
"You ever look at a picture of you as a Teen and go 'damn I was ugly!'" the Emmy and Tony Award winner wrote to his more than 400,000 followers on the social platform X. "This [is] America now!" Leguizamo said, sharing a throwback snapshot of himself.
Author Stephen King, a fierce Trump critic, wrote on social media on Wednesday, "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," King said.
Early Wednesday morning, Christina Applegate wrote on X: "Please unfollow me if you voted against female rights. Against disability rights. Yeah that. Unfollow me because what you did is unreal."
Hours later, the "Dead to Me" actor apologized to her 1.4 million followers, writing, "I’m still reeling and sobbing. But I’m not angry anymore."
Danica Patrick and Jillian Michaels were among the well-known names celebrating Trump's win.
"My work will not be done until I can say I love this country and have EVERYONE agree that this makes us American, not Republican," former race car driver Patrick, who appeared at a Trump campaign event last month, wrote on X.
"I don’t say this to my fellow citizens on the left. I echo this message to the politicians on the left — you never once stopped to question your radical positions and instead you called the people you govern race traitors, sexists, misogynists, Nazi’s, and garbage," Michaels, formerly a trainer on NBC's now-defunct show, "The Biggest Loser," said on social media.
"Can you hear us now?" she said.