These Are The Celebrities Who Vowed To Leave America If Trump Wins
by Tyler Durden
Nov 9, 2016 8:25 PM
Used to dramatic theatrics even if many of them sounded dead serious, dozens
of celebs vowed over the last few months to depart the US if Donald Trump
won the White House, saying they’d buy a one way ticket to everywhere from
Canada to Jupiter. And perhaps some of them planned on carrying through on
their threat: overnight Canada’s immigration website crashed from heavy
traffic after it became clear that Trump would win.
The question, however, now is how many of these provocateurs will be true to
their word, especially in a world in which long-held conventions just got
slammed overnight: how many of these so-called starts will make good on
their promise?
So, for the sake of convenience, here is a list of celebrities who claimed
they would move out of the U.S. under a Trump administration, courtesy of
the Hill, should anyone decide to hold them accountable.
Actors
Bryan Cranston said he hopes he doesn’t have to pack his bags, but would
“definitely move” if Trump won. “Absolutely, I would definitely move,” the
“Breaking Bad” star said on “The Bestseller Experiment” podcast. “It’s not
real to me that that would happen. I hope to God it won’t.”
Samuel L. Jackson slammed Trump for running a “hate”-filled campaign and
said he would move to South Africa if he wins. “If that motherf---er becomes
president, I’m moving my black ass to South Africa,” the movie star quipped
to Jimmy Kimmel.
Lena Dunham told Andy Cohen at the Matrix Awards that “I know a lot of
people have been threatening to do this, but I really will. I know a lovely
place in Vancouver.” The star and creator of HBO’s “Girls” has been a vocal
advocate for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee.
Neve Campbell, an actress on the political drama “House of Cards,” vowed to
move back home to Canada, while “Orange is the New Black” actress Natasha
Lyonne said she would hightail it to a mental hospital.
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Singers
Cher tweeted this summer that if Trump gets elected, “I’m moving to
Jupiter.”
Miley Cyrus wrote in an emotional Instagram post in March that tears were
running down her cheek and she was unbelievably scared and sad. “I am moving
if he is president,” the young pop star said. “I don’t say things I don’t
mean!”
Barbara Streisand, a vocal Clinton supporter, told “60 Minutes” that “I’m
either coming to your country if you’ll let me in, or Canada.”
Ne-Yo told TMZ last month that he’d move to Canada and be neighbors with
fellow R&B singer Drake if the country elected Trump.
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Comedians
Comedian Amy Schumer said in September that Spain would be her destination
of choice.
“My act will change because I will need to learn to speak Spanish,” Schumer
said in an appearance on the BBC’s “Newsnight.” “Because I will move to
Spain or somewhere. It’s beyond my comprehension if Trump won. It’s just too
crazy.”
Chelsea Handler said she already made contingency plans months ago.
“I did buy a house in another country just in case,” the comedian and talk
show host said during an appearance on “Live with Kelly and Michael” in May.
“So all these people that threaten to leave the country and then don’t — I
actually will leave that country.”
Former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart said he would consider “getting in a
rocket and going to another planet, because clearly this planet’s gone
bonkers” if the real estate mogul wins.
Whoopi Goldberg, co-host of the “The View”, said on an episode of the talk
show earlier this year that if the country elects Trump, “maybe it’s time
for me to move, you know. I can afford to go.”
Keegan-Michael Key said he would flee north to Canada. “It’s like, 10
minutes from Detroit,” the comedian told TMZ in January. “That’s where I’m
from; my mom lives there. It’d make her happy too.”
Hispanic comedian George Lopez said Trump “won’t have to worry about
immigration” if he takes the White House because “we’ll all go back.”
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Political Figures
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg joked in an interview with The New
York Times in July that it’d be time to move to New Zealand if Trump were to
win.
“Now it’s time for us to move to New Zealand,” she said quoting her husband
who died in 2010. “I can’t imagine what the country would be with Donald
Trump as our president. For the country, it could be four years. For the
court, it could be — I don’t even want to contemplate that.”
Ginsburg later apologized for her comments, calling them “ill-advised.”
Civil rights activist Al Sharpton told a reporter earlier this year that he’s
“reserving my ticket out of here if [Trump] wins.”
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