The world was in for a surprise on Wednesday when Donald Trump, whose candidacy for the US presidential elections was seen as the ‘Joke of The Year’, went ahead and won the election, beating Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. The social media spent a sleepless night, creating memes, posting and sharing reactions to the result, and discussing the future of the US under Trump’s leadership.
From Hollywood to Kollywood, here’s what celebrities thought of the election result:
Author JK Rowling, who created one of the most terrifying villains popular culture has ever come across, urged people to stick together for each other :
We stand together. We stick up for the vulnerable. We challenge bigots. We don’t let hate speech become normalised. We hold the line. https://t.co/ro9AkRSc9Q
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) November 9, 2016
Even Deadpool was too shocked to react:
I watched Frozen without my two year old this morning. Despair reveals itself in many forms.
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) November 9, 2016
The Big Bang Theory star Kunal Nayyar spoke of his fears:
Never in 15 years of living In this country have I ever felt afraid to look like I do. #immigrant
— Kunal Nayyar (@kunalnayyar) November 9, 2016
Actor-producer Seth MacFarlane shared an ‘ominous text’ from a friend:
Ominous txt from a friend who’s way smarter than me: How much of his victory do you think was an unquenchable lust for wilder entertainment?
— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) November 9, 2016
Seth Myers, host of the Late Show, had been openly critical of Trump’s candidacy over the past 18 months. He said that he had been proven wrong at every juncture of Trump’s campaign and that going by that pattern “Trump will be a great f**king President”
Snoopp Dogg pointed out the uncanny 9/11 co incidence with America’s history:
This is what south Indian actor Siddharth had to say:
India fights black money. America rewards tax evasion. India wins. #JaiHind
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) November 9, 2016
Taapsee Pannu just decided to dig up an old, deleted tweet of Trump to express her shock
?????? pic.twitter.com/prBEG6KZT1
— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) November 9, 2016
Dear America , Trump is what happens when you watch too much Reality TV
— Huma Qureshi (@humasqureshi) November 9, 2016
And then there was Ram Gopal Varma, whose rejoiced about Trump’s win for a baffling reason:
US got its hottest 1st Lady since all wives of presidents starting from George Washington ..1002 kisses to Trump for making America Greater? pic.twitter.com/fAgff9Dc1X
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) November 9, 2016
