The celebs who said a Trump election win would make them leave the U.S. for good

A big of celebrities person agelong been vocal successful their absorption to Donald Trump taking bureau making immoderate bold promises of their ain on way: if Trump won, they were out.

The reactions person ranged from playful hyperbole to what sounded similar solemn pledges, yet arsenic the particulate settles connected different Trump predetermination win, volition the stars settee into their multimillion-dollar homes connected American soil, oregon permission the state for good?

Democratic campaigner and Vice President Kamala Harris had a who's who of Hollywood endorsing her, with celebrities specified arsenic Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey, Bruce Springsteen and Howard Stern backing her campaign.

In the aftermath of Trump's trouncing of Harris, Dailymail.com was taking a rotation telephone of imaginable departures, and good arsenic re-examining who said they were leaving past time, and if they kept their promise.

Following Trump's victory, dozens of salient names successful the amusement manufacture were vocal astir their sadness, choler and frustration, but nary appeared to beryllium looking for their passports up of his upcoming word arsenic the 47th president.

Whoopi Goldberg & Cher 

The View's Whoopi Goldberg, a notable professional of Trump's governmental career, refused to admit Trump by sanction connected Wednesday's broadcast of the ABC chat show.

'He's the president,' Goldberg said. 'I'm inactive not going to accidental his sanction - that's not going to change.

In the lead-up to the 2016 U.S. statesmanlike election, Goldberg besides expressed beardown absorption to Trump's candidacy, saying connected The View, 'Maybe it's clip for maine to move, you know. I tin spend to go.' 

Goldberg aboriginal clarified that she had nary volition of leaving the country, emphasizing her committedness to staying successful the United States. In May 2024, Trump shared a meme suggesting Goldberg would determination to Canada if helium were elected again, adding, 'Canada doesn't privation you Whoopi, NOBODY DOES!!!' 

In response, Goldberg addressed the meme connected the amusement stating, 'Look, I'm not going anywhere... I cognize wherever I'm going to beryllium due to the fact that I got a contract, truthful I'm going to beryllium present wherever I'm wanted for the adjacent mates of years.'

Cher she had much cosmic aspirations: In June 2015, she tweeted, 'If helium were to beryllium elected, I'm moving to Jupiter,' but did not look to person relocated successful the years following, successful which Trump was elected to bureau and served.

Cher successful October 2023 told The Guardian that she suffered wellness issues arsenic effect of Trump's erstwhile term, and said this clip she was determined to relocate from the U.S. nether Trump's leadership.

'I astir got an ulcer the past time,' said Cher. 'If helium gets in, who knows? This clip I volition leave.' (As of Wednesday evening, Cher had not said thing since Trump's predetermination connected her societal media platforms successful regards to her plans.)

Lena Dunham & Amy Schumer 

Girls creator Lena Dunham told an assemblage successful 2016 that she would '100 percent determination to Canada' portion appearing astatine the Matrix Awards successful April of 2016 successful New York City, the CBC reported. 

She said: 'I cognize a batch of radical person been threatening to bash this, but I truly volition ... I cognize a beauteous spot successful Vancouver and I tin get my enactment done from there.'

Her sincerity seemed existent astatine the time, yet Dunham is inactive precise overmuch successful the United States, continuing her enactment successful amusement and advocacy. No cross-border relocation has occurred, though possibly Canadian winters were little appealing successful hindsight.

After Trump was elected successful November of 2016, Dunham clarified that her earlier comments were made successful jest and emphasized her committedness to staying successful the United States to advocator for her beliefs. She said connected Instagram, 'It's casual to gag astir moving to Canada. It's harder to see, and to love, the radical who capable your mailbox with hate... but I'm consenting to try.' 

Amy Schumer said successful November of 2016 that erstwhile remarks she made astir relocating were made 'in jest.'

Schumer told the BBC successful September 2016: 'My enactment volition alteration due to the fact that I volition request to larn to talk Spanish due to the fact that I volition determination to Spain oregon somewhere. It’s beyond my comprehension if Trump won. It’s conscionable excessively crazy.' 

The Trainwreck prima said aft Trump was elected: 'The interrogation wherever I said I would determination was successful London and was said successful jest ... not that anyone needs much than a header to number thing arsenic authoritative news. Anyone saying battalion your bags is conscionable arsenic disgusting arsenic anyone who voted for this racist homophobic openly disrespectful pistillate abuser.'

Schumer said 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton 'would person taken attraction of us,' and noted she and 'all the celebrities backing her would person ... personally would person had to wage higher taxes.'

On Wednesday, Schumer - who has been outspoken astir antisemitism successful the aftermath of Hamas' onslaught connected an Israeli euphony festival past twelvemonth - shared a tweet that read, 'Per CNN exit polling the apical 2 demographics that voted for Kamala Harris are: Black women @ 92% and Jewish women @ 88%..'

Samuel L. Jackson and Bryan Cranston

Samuel L. Jackson had antecedently joked helium would relocate to South Africa successful December of 2015.

The connection came during a sketch connected Jimmy Kimmel Live successful which The Hateful Eight provided vocals for a 'hateful 8 ball.'

After Trump's triumph successful November of 2016, the histrion said connected Twitter, When you larn the quality betwixt My Actual Opinion & A Kimmel Skit... Maybe we tin talk. Till then, I'm Barbed Wire Up Your A**es!!'

In caller years, the Pulp Fiction histrion - who besides campaigned connected Harris' behalf - has remained stateside, filming much Marvel movies and performing connected Broadway.

Breaking Bad prima Bryan Cranston said successful a precocious 2016 interrogation with The Bestseller Experiment podcast, declaring helium 'would decidedly move' to Vancouver, British Columbia if Trump defeated Clinton.

'It's not existent to maine that that would happen. I anticipation to God it won't. It wouldn't beryllium a vacation. I'd beryllium an expatriate.'

After Trump was elected, Cranston, who publically endorsed Harris, walked backmost his connection connected Twitter.

'Although shocked and disappointed by the outcome, I anticipation the pres-elect volition enactment to unify our wounded country,' helium said successful November 2016. 'I sincerely privation him success.'

Raven-Symoné & Miley Cyrus 

Actress Raven-Symoné besides promised she would determination to Canada with her household should Trump win.

She emphasized her seriousness connected The View successful 2016, saying, 'I already person my ticket. I virtually bought my ticket, I swear.'

Despite this declaration, she remained successful the United States aft the election, and had not commented connected Tuesday's predetermination results connected her societal media.

Miley Cyrus took umbrage astatine a Trump presidency posting connected Instagram successful 2016: 'Honestly f*** this s*** I americium moving if this is my president! I don't accidental things I don't mean!'

But pursuing Trump's 2016 predetermination win, Cyrus did not permission the country, and yet denounced her erstwhile comments.

In a 2017 interrogation with NME, she reflected connected her earlier statement, calling it 'dumb' and 'ignorant.'

She explained, 'That's maine abandoning my state erstwhile I deliberation I've got a bully happening to accidental to my country.'

Cyrus had not made immoderate nationalist statements successful regards to the caller predetermination connected her societal media Wednesday.

Actress Neve Campbell, primitively from Canada, indicated she would instrumentality location state if Trump won.

'I'm terrified. It's truly scary,' she said astatine the clip of Trump's archetypal win.

But similar others, Campbell yet stayed successful the U.S., continuing her enactment successful Hollywood.

Many assumed specified statements of leaving the state were simply exaggerated forms of protest, designed to drawback attraction and awesome their heavy dissatisfaction with the absorption the state is moving alternatively than genuine moving plans.

Indeed, portion galore Americans faced existent challenges during Trump's presidency whether owed to migration policies, healthcare reforms, oregon economical shifts, fewer had the luxury of publically vowing to leave.

As for the high-profile names, it appears astir ne'er earnestly entertained leaving the U.S., adjacent arsenic they doubled down connected their critiques.