Waking up is hard in Hollywood. After spending a hundred days calling on their fans to vote for Democrat Kamala Harris, the stars were clearly not heard. Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, was chosen by American citizens for the highest office.
As Cardi B summed up in her Instagram Stories: “I hate you all to my core.” A message a little less virulent than the previous one posted on X then deleted, in which she associated the frequency of hurricanes in the States and their vote for Donald Trump. Tropical Storm Rafael is currently on its way to the Cayman Islands with a risk of becoming a hurricane when it reaches the American coast, starting with Florida, the stronghold of Donald Trump and where the majority voted for him.
Same anger, but more contained, at Demi Moore during her visit to the Cinémathèque de Paris. “America was built on puritans, religious fanatics and criminals. As you can see with our election right now,” the headliner said. The Substance.
Democracy and women's rights in danger
The director of Don’t Look UpAdam McKay, for his part was ironic about the choices of the Democratic Party. “Who could have imagined that lying about Biden's cognitive health for two years, refusing to hold a convention for a new candidate, never mentioning public health and praising fracking, the Cheneys and the massacred children in Gaza for a year was not a winning strategy? Is there anyone with half a brain? “, he wrote on the microblogging site owned by Elon Musk.
The master of horror Stephen King is, for his part, very worried about democracy in the United States, which he compared to “the message that we can see in lots of stores that sell sublime but fragile things: adorable to look at, a delight to wear, but once you break it, it’s sold.”
Actress Christina Applegate thought of Sadie Grace, her 12-year-old daughter, “in tears because her rights as a woman have just been taken away.” The star, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, suggested to her fans who “voted against the rights of women and people with disabilities” to unsubscribe from her social networks.
The creator of the cult series The Wire: wiretappedDavid Simon, attacked Elon Musk's platform by denouncing on the same network the “misinformation” that reigns there. He accused the tech billionaire of having “acquired and restructured (X/Twitter) for this specific purpose” and announced that he was leaving.
For John Cusack, the United States “demonstrated profound nihilism” with this “choice to self-destruct by voting for a convicted rapist and a Nazi.” The star of RiverdaleLili Reinhart, also referred to the accusations and convictions of Donald Trump, having a “thought for these women who saw millions of people vote for their attacker”.
Donald Trump was elected president of the United States for the second non-consecutive time, a first since 1892. Other records for the former presenter The Apprentice : he is the first convict to access the White House, and, at 78 years old, he is now the oldest president-elect in the history of his country, ahead of Joe Biden, who was 77 years old on the 3 November 2020.
