‘We wake up and fight’

Jamie Lee Curtis, Billie Eilish, Cardi B, “Glee” actor Kevin McHale, “The View” star Ana Navarro, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” queens, and more reacted to the results.

Donald Trump has defeated Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, and celebrities have reacted with anger and disgust, after Americans headed to the polls to vote for the first president in United States history to be convicted on felony charges.

After the Associated Press officially projected early Wednesday that Trump, 78, would win Tuesday’s election after scoring electoral votes in key battleground states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and North Carolina, stars shared their thoughts on the contest on social media, with Oscar-winning actress Jamie Lee Curtis urging others to “wake up and fight” after Republicans also took control of the Senate.

“Many will be stunned and sad with the terrible feelings of the loss. That is the same result despite who wins because that’s what America and democracy looks like. Has always looked like,” the 65-year-old wrote on Instagram, pointing to fears that the nation will become “more restrictive” of others’ rights in the years ahead.

“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,” Curtis, who has a trans daughter, 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, who publicly campaigned for Harris in the days before the election, also shared an Instagram Story with a simpler message of frustration: “I hate yall bad,” the 32-year-old posted, days after she gave an impassioned speech in support of Harris and women’s rights.

Fellow musician Billie Eilish similarly declared the results to be “a war on women” on her Instagram Story, after she, too, vocally supported Harris prior to the election.

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Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis added her voice to the opposition as well, after thanking Harris on Instagram for her “bravery” and “for loving America’s promise.” In a separate post, she reshared a message from actress Kerry Washington, who indicated there’s “more work to do” amid Trump’s win.

Glee actor Kevin McHale additionally apologized to his followers as the news came in, writing, “Sorry rest of the world” on his X account, between raising alarms over his prediction that the Supreme Court is “gone for the rest of my lifetime” over what he called “ultra-conservative evangelical bigotry, xenophobia, racism” as “the mandate” Americans’ votes communicated on Tuesday night.

Several queens from RuPaul’s Drag Race also disparaged the outcome, with All Stars 5 winner Shea Couleé telling her followers that she is “gonna log off and go scream in the street,” while All Stars 4 winner Trinity The Tuck told Trump supporters to distance themselves from her.

“Im literally disgusted. You failed women. You failed queer people. You failed immigrants. You failed struggling families. You failed the public education system. You failed the separation between church and state,” Trinity wrote on Instagram, speaking on behalf of the LGBTQ+ community — which, as many have speculated, could intensely feel the impact of a second-term Trump presidency, particularly after conservative laws targeted trans people and drag artists in recent years. “You helped cut taxes for the richest and you are giving permission for people to be openly racist, misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic. No we can’t agree to disagree. No I don’t want your dollar. No I do [not] want your support. I don’t care if you are family or we were friends for 20 years. You are not the type of person I want in my life.”

Drag Race judge and trailblazing trans actress Ts Madison also chimed in, asking, “You all really wanted a Dictatorship????????????? All of you minorities that wanted this I just want to know Why???????????????????”

Other stars like Margaret Cho, Sophia Bush ,and Anthony Rapp also voiced outrage over the election results, with Cho sharing an impassioned video to Instagram, Bush speculating that the country has “learned nothing” in an X post, and Rapp expressing that he’s “heartbroken for all of us” in the aftermath, also on X.

Late-night host and comedian Jon Stewart issued a hopeful message to viewers on the election night edition of The Daily Show.

“My point is this: f—!” he said. “But this isn’t the end, I promise you. This is not the end. And we have to regroup, and we have to continue to fight and continue to work day in and day out to create the better society — for our children, for this world, for this country — that we know is possible. It’s possible.”

Ana Navarro, a Republican who voiced staunch opposition to Trump from her post on The View and also spent several weeks traveling across the country for political purposes ahead of the election, offered a somber yet clear-headed reaction to Trump’s victory.

“I am at peace. I have no regrets. I did everything I could to support a qualified, decent woman, offering an optimistic vision for a unified America. I am proud of having done so,” she wrote on Instagram. “The majority has spoken. This is a democracy. We must accept the results and hope for the best for our country. And we must keep fighting, denouncing the abuses of power and injustices. It’s ok to be down today. Tomorrow, we stand up.”

Other stars, like conservative performer James Woods and model Amber Rose — who spoke at the Republican National Convention earlier this year — celebrated Trump’s victory.

“It is morning in America again. Congratulations, President Trump!!!” Woods wrote, while Rose said in an Instagram Story video: ““Trump, Trump baby, all day! We won!”

Celebrity ire came amid the Associated Press projecting that Trump won his second-term presidency after amassing 277 electoral votes in the high-profile contest against Vice President Harris, while also likely finishing the election by winning the popular vote for the first time, after he previously lost the popular tally against Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden in 2016 and 2020, respectively.

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The run-up to Tuesday’s election came amid intense pushback from celebrities, including many prominent political figures who previously worked with Trump — particularly former White House staffer and current View cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin, who resigned from Trump’s administration in 2020 and warned Americans about the dangers of electing him to a second-term presidency.

“Four years ago today, I was in the White House with Donald Trump on election night,” Griffin said on Tuesday’s episode of the talk show. “I believed he deserved to lose that night, at that point. I thought he hadn’t fought to win the election, but I thought the next four years would be the Republican party rebuilding and becoming something I could believe in and turning the page on Donald Trump, and it didn’t do that. So, this weekend, on Saturday, for the first time in my life, I voted for a Democrat.”

Celebrities also made headlines this election cycle for helping to register a number of new voters, including pop star Sabrina Carpenter, whose partnership with the HeadCount nonpartisan organization increased new voter registration by 35,814 thanks to activations and other initiatives on her Short n’ Sweet album tour.