Sharon Stone, Cher and Barbra Streisand are among celebrities who promised to leave America if President Donald Trump was elected yet remained even after a decade.<\/b>
\nNearly 10 years after President Donald Trump won his first election, several celebrities have still not followed through on their past vows to leave the United States if Trump took office.
Since 2016, dozens of Hollywood figures have floated the idea of leaving the country, with some threats resurfacing during Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.
Among them was actress Sharon Stone, who told the Daily Mail in July that she was considering a move to Italy over the possibility of Trump returning to office.
\u00ab\u00a0I am certainly considering a house in Italy\u00a0\u00bb, Stone said. \u00ab\u00a0I think that\u2019s an intelligent construct at this time. This is one of the first times in my life that I\u2019ve actually seen anyone running for office on a platform of hate and oppression.\u00a0\u00bb
In a 2023 interview, singer Cher told the Guardian, \u00ab\u00a0I almost got an ulcer the last time. If [Trump] gets in, who knows? This time I will leave.\u00a0\u00bb
Singer Barbra Streisand has repeatedly threatened over the years to leave the country over Trump.
\u00ab\u00a0I can’t live in this country if he becomes president\u00a0\u00bb, Streisand told Stephen Colbert in 2023, adding that she would \u00ab\u00a0probably\u00a0\u00bb move to England.
In 2016, she also suggested moving to Canada or Australia if Trump won in 2016.
Other celebrities have made similar comments in a more joking manner but have also remained in the United States.
Singer Bruce Springsteen, who campaigned for former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris, previously told the Australian press in 2020 that he’d consider moving to Australia if Trump won the election.
\u00ab\u00a0If Trump is re-elected \u2014 which he will not be; I’m predicting right now he’s gonna lose \u2014 if by some happenstance he should be, I’ll see you on the next plane\u00a0\u00bb, Springsteen said.
\u00ab\u00a0Breaking Bad\u00a0\u00bb actor Bryan Cranston told \u00ab\u00a0The Bestseller Experiment\u00a0\u00bb podcast in 2016 that he would \u00ab\u00a0definitely\u00a0\u00bb move if Trump were elected.
\u00ab\u00a0Absolutely, I would definitely move. It’s not real to me that that would happen. I hope to God it won’t\u00a0\u00bb, Cranston said.
Singer Miley Cyrus used harsher language when threatening to move out of the country after Trump’s first election.
\u00ab\u00a0If he doesn\u2019t think he is \u2018God\u2019 he thinks he is the f—ing chosen one or some s—!\u00a0\u00bb Cyrus wrote on in a deleted Instagram post in 2016. \u00ab\u00a0We\u2019re all just f—ing jam between his rich a– toes. Honestly f— this s—, I am moving if this is my president! I don\u2019t say things I don\u2019t mean!\u00a0\u00bb
She later walked back her comments in 2017, saying that she was not planning on \u00ab\u00a0abandoning [the] country.\u00a0\u00bb
\u00ab\u00a0And trust me, I hear every day on my Instagram, ‘Just leave already! When are you going to leave?’ Well, that’s not going to be any good. Does it really matter where I am? Because wherever I am, my f—ing voice is gonna be heard, and I’ll make sure of it\u00a0\u00bb, Cyrus said.
As of 2026, these celebrities have remained in the country.
Some high-profile figures, however, have moved abroad in recent years, citing the Trump administration as one of several factors, though not all tied their decisions solely to his presidency.<\/p>\n