Celebrities Anne Hathaway, Andy Cohen and Dennis Quaid have made endorsements in the 2024 election.
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Celebrities have weighed in on the 2024 presidential race in a variety of ways in recent weeks, with some of the biggest names in politics and Hollywood backing a particular candidate in hopes of moving the needle this November.Key Facts
Actress Anne Hathaway sung Queen’s “Somebody to Love” at a Broadway for Harris rally Monday and said: “In case you didn’t know, I am voting for Kamala.”
TV show host and producer Andy Cohen posted a video with Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff on Monday and said he would be voting for Harris because “it’s an investment in my daughter’s future. I want her to make her own decisions.”
Actor Dennis Quaid attended a Trump rally in California where he called President Ronald Reagan his “favorite president of the 20th century” and Trump “my favorite president of the 21st century.”
Omarosa Manigault Newman, a former member of the Trump administration and contestant on his reality show “The Apprentice”, endorsed Kamala Harris in an interview with Variety and said she hopes Harris will “usher in a new generation of young political leaders.”
Manigault Newman appeared on “The Apprentice” in 2004 and served as director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison under Trump in 2017, but was fired from the White House and later blasted the former president in her memoir.
“Breaking Bad” actor Bryan Cranston said he will support Kamala Harris in November “as the father of a daughter” because women should “be able to have, within their lifetime, the fundamental right of freedom of choice.”
Musician Neil Young said on his website that he will vote for Harris because she is “an honest forthright truth teller who is experienced in the White House, free from ambiguity or evasiveness, who goes straight to the point.”
Kansas City Chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker—who made headlines earlier this year after giving a controversial college graduation speech that touched on Catholic values, abortion, IVF and a woman’s role in society—endorsed Donald Trump, calling him “the president who is going to be the most pro-life president” in a Fox News interview. What Other Celebrities Have Endorsed Harris?
A number of the biggest names in Hollywood came out in support of Biden before he dropped out of the race, before turning their support to Harris. Olivia Rodrigo, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris by sharing a video of a speech the vice president gave promising to “stop Donald Trump’s extreme abortion bans.” Major Democratic fundraiser George Clooney, who used a New York Times essay to call for Biden to drop out of the race, lent his support to Harris and Barbra Streisand said she would support Harris because of her vow to fight for reproductive rights. Musician John Legend, who performed at the Democratic National Convention in 2024, posted he was “so ready” for a Harris presidency. Director Spike Lee, “West Wing” creator Aaron Sorkin and director Ken Burns hrew their support behind Harris, along with actresses Rosie O’Donnell and Jamie Lee Curtis. Robert De Niro, who narrated an advertisement for the Biden campaign, praised the president’s “selfless patriotism” in a statement that did not mention Harris but said “there is nothing more important for our country than defeating Donald Trump at the ballot box.” British pop artist Charli XCX brought Harris into the Gen Z fold by tweeting “kamala IS brat”, an endorsement that was met by Harris’ team changing the background photo on her X account to the “brat” green color and using the same font used on Charli XCX’s album of the same name. Rapper Cardi B, who in May said she wouldn’t be endorsing Biden, tweeted “AHAHAHAHA LETS GOOOOO I TOLD YALLL KAMALA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE 2024 candidate….
