Trump’s victory: Hollywood elite who vowed to leave US if he won are ‘all talk, no walk,’ expert says

In nan months starring up to nan 2024 statesmanlike election, galore celebrities proudly vocalized their opinions connected President-elect Donald Trump.

While immoderate showed support, others, including Sharon Stone, Cher and Barbra Streisand, person expressed their disapproval and moreover threatened to time off nan U.S. if he were to beryllium elected.

“I americium surely considering a location successful Italy,” Stone told nan Daily Mail successful July. “I deliberation that’s an intelligent conception astatine this time. This is 1 of nan first times successful my life that I’ve really seen anyone moving for agency connected a level of dislike and oppression.”

In a 2023 question and reply pinch nan Guardian, Cher said, “I almost sewage an ulcer nan past time. If he gets in, who knows? This clip I will time off [the country].”

Streisand told big Stephen Colbert that she wouldn’t beryllium capable to “live successful this state if he becomes president,” and admitted she’d astir apt move to England.

Representatives for Cher, Stone and Streisand did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.

This thought of celebrities fleeing nan state aft an predetermination is thing new, says Doug Eldridge, laminitis of Achilles PR.

“Every 4 years, you perceive nan aforesaid recycled rhetoric from celebrities. It’s go a moving joke astatine this point. It’s ‘all talk, nary walk,’” Eldridge told Fox News Digital.

In 2016, celebrities specified arsenic Whoopi Goldberg, Miley Cyrus, Amy Schumer, George Lopez and much vowed to battalion up their lives and move if Trump was elected president.

At nan clip of Trump’s first run, Cyrus wrote connected Instagram, “My bosom is surgery into a 100000 pieces…I americium moving if [Donald Trump] is my president! I don’t opportunity things I don’t mean!” She later posted an affectional video connected X accepting Trump arsenic president and asking him to “treat group pinch love.”

Schumer said connected BBC’s “Newsnight” that aforesaid year, “My enactment will alteration because I will request to study to speak Spanish because I will move to Spain aliases somewhere. It’s beyond my comprehension if Trump won. It’s conscionable excessively crazy.”

She later said her remarks were conscionable “said successful jest” arsenic she expressed her disappointment pinch nan 2016 predetermination results connected Instagram. 

While it’s unclear if Streisand, Cher and Stone really scheme connected leaving, Eldridge says their move should person “little to nary impact” connected their success.

“The effect connected nan careers and nan effect connected their instrumentality guidelines are 2 chopped questions, but nan answers are really overlapping and interrelated,” said Eldridge. “Politically speaking, Hollywood has ever been a bastion of wide ideology, truthful nan modular anti-Republican sentiments we perceive each 4 years will person small to nary effect connected an actor’s expertise to summation early roles.

“On nan flip side, however, talent is only 50% of an actor’s castability; nan different half is based connected instrumentality appeal, Q people and box-office marketability,” he added. “The ‘fan guidelines variable’ will apt go progressively much applicable connected nan different broadside of this election.”

“Trump not only won nan Electoral College, he besides won nan celebrated vote, which was nan first clip a Republican has done truthful successful 20 years,” Eldridge continued. “That said, while board and producers will still readily formed an outspoken character sloppy of their saber-rattling rhetoric, fans mightiness beryllium little forgiving. Over half nan state utilized their sound erstwhile casting their ballots, truthful that could person blowback connected immoderate of nan much outspoken celebrities who chased clout and tried to put their thumb connected nan scale.”

On Wednesday, celebrities flocked to societal media to definitive their thoughts connected Trump’s triumph complete Vice President Harris.

“Please unfollow maine if you voted against female rights,” Christina Applegate wrote connected X. “Against disablement rights. Yeah that. Unfollow maine because what you did is unreal. Don’t want followers for illustration this. So yeah. Done. Also aft coming I will beryllium shutting down this instrumentality relationship that I person had for truthful galore years because this is sick.”

Mandy Moore shared her thoughts connected her Instagram stories, writing, “Shout retired to each of america processing our grief, disbelief, anger, fear, uncertainty, devastation while simultaneously carrying connected pinch life and putting connected a brave look for our families…I spot you. Let’s beryllium tender pinch ourselves and 1 another.”

Hulk Hogan, who has voiced his support for Trump, wrote, “Believe it aliases not, brother, we’re much alike than we are different. This predetermination play showed conscionable really overmuch we each attraction astir wherever this country’s headed. Now that nan votes are in, let’s remember—it doesn’t matter if you’re a Democrat aliases a Republican, we’re each existent Americans. It’s clip to travel together, talk pinch our neighbors and attraction connected what unites us. We each emotion this country, and we’re each successful for building a amended future. Love you all. HH.”

While nan aftermath of nan predetermination continues to impact group successful different ways, Eldridge says that those pinch a level should see 1 thing.

“The astir logical point immoderate personage could opportunity astatine this point, astatine slightest among those who vowed to move retired of nan state if Trump was elected, would be: ‘He wasn’t my vote, but arsenic an American, he is my president. Whether you supported him aliases not, it’s clip for each of america to travel together arsenic a state and make this state what we each cognize it’s tin of being, becoming aliases remaining great.’ That level of humility and magnanimity would spell a agelong measurement these days.”