Hollywood Celebrities Obsess over Trump amid Ukraine Invasion, Offer 'Thoughts and Prayers'
Hollywood celebrities rushed to offer their “thoughts and prayers” following Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine on Wednesday. Some stars took advantage of the crisis to viciously attack former President Donald Trump while omitting any reference to President Joe Biden.
Celebrities including Barbra Streisand, Mark Ruffalo, and George Takei weighed in with anodyne but self-important entreaties for peace. Meanwhile, Rob Reiner, Rosie O’Donnell, Albert Brooks, Bradley Whitford, and others took aim at Trump, accusing him of being on Vladimir Putin’s side.
“Donald Trump and the GOP are rooting for the murderer,” Reiner tweeted.
“Exactly #ArrestTrump,” O’Donnell wrote.
The outpouring of Hollywood emotion comes as President Biden is scrambling to mount a response to Putin’s aggression, after sanctions failed to deter the Russian leader. Biden’s weak leadership is widely believed to have emboldened Putin to invade the Ukraine — something that didn’t happen under Trump’s presidency.
Rob Reiner claimed without evidence that “Donald Trump and the GOP are rooting for the murderer” — by which he means Putin.
Democratic Ukraine is under attack by a murderous Autocract and Donald Trump and the GOP are rooting for the murderer. God help US.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) February 24, 2022
The West Wing star Bradley Whitford offered his own anti-Trump screed, claiming Putin was the “object of his affection.”
We live in a world where a President of the United States was a racist, spray-tanned reality-television star and the bat-shit-fascist object of his affection just waited for the Olympic telecast to end in order to get maximum coverage of his assault on democratic independence.
— Bradley Whitford (@BradleyWhitford) February 24, 2022
Trump nemesis Rosie O’Donnell bizarrely used the Ukraine crisis to call for Trump’s arrest — something she has demanded multiple times over the years.
exactly #ArrestTrump https://t.co/3WMLoN9V5S
— ROSIE (@Rosie) February 25, 2022
Broadcast News star Albert Brooks used the crisis to resurrect the conspiracy theory that Trump is a Russian asset.
The more I hear Trump praising Putin the more certain I am those pee tapes really exist.
— Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks) February 24, 2022
This Is 40 filmmaker Judd Apatow also used the crisis to suggest Trump is working for Putin.
THIS IS WHAT TRUMP IS ABOUT—. THIS IS WHAT REPUBLICANS DID. 2016 RNC Delegate: Trump Directed Change To Party Platform On Ukraine Support : NPR https://t.co/mYErHSvmWE
— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) February 24, 2022
Disney’s Frozen star Josh Gad appeared to attack Trump by mischaracterizing the former president’s comments during a recent appearance on “The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show.”
A sovereign European nation is being attacked & innocent people are dying for no reason other than a despotic leader decided he misses the glory days of Russia. Subsequently, there is no world in which any political leader or human being should look at this & go “yay. Good job.”
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) February 24, 2022
Mrs. Doubtfire screenwriter Randy Mayem Singer falsely claimed that Trump, the GOP, and Fox News are cheering on Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Fox and Trump and the GOP are cheering on a dictatorship invading a democratic republic. Never in my life.
— Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) February 24, 2022
Rosanna Arquette implied that some GOP members of Congress are Russian assets bought off by Putin,
I wonder how many GOP congress members won’t be able to pay their big bills now with Putin’s frozen assets
— ✌🏼rosanna arquette (@RoArquette) February 25, 2022
Disney’s Hocus Pocus 2 star Bette Midler bizarrely used the crisis to push the climate change agenda.
It’s almost like TV programming. Soon as the #ChineseOlympics were over, #Putin gins up war w/Ukraine to keep our eyes glued to the Communist world. But the biggest story in the world is #ClimateChange. What good is more territory if you can’t breathe the air or drink the water?
— bettemidler (@BetteMidler) February 24, 2022
Novelist Stephen King appeared to agitate for war against Russia.
What most of us learned as kids on the playground: You don’t stand by while a big kid beats up a little kid. You might take a punch or two making the big kid stop, but that’s the right thing to do.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) February 24, 2022
Anti-Trump comedian Jim Gaffigan joked that the “new variant is called Putin.”
I guess now we know the new variant is called Putin.
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) February 24, 2022
TNT’s Animal Kingdom star Ellen Barkin appeared to agitate for the seizure of assets of people with ties to Putin.
SEIZE ALL ASSETS‼️ https://t.co/sXjxno248i
— Ellen Barkin (@EllenBarkin) February 24, 2022
Other Hollywood celebrities offered “thoughts and prayers”-style wishes.
Barbra Streisand noted that some of her relatives hailed from the Ukraine, while Disney’s The Avengers star Mark Ruffalo sent his “love and good prayers.”
Some of my family have come from Ukraine. My heart goes out to them.
— Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) February 24, 2022
Sending love and good prayers to all innocent people of Ukraine and Russia and Europe who are caught up in this sad and corrosive moment of asymmetrical violence and destruction, especially the young people. You have done nothing to deserve this perversion and obscene spectacle.
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) February 24, 2022
Every bit of my heart goes out to the Ukrainian people tonight. War rarely makes sense. This one makes none.
— jason alexander (@IJasonAlexander) February 24, 2022
I am praying for the safety of the people of #Ukraine. 🇺♥️
And praying for the safety of all the journalists there, who are making sure the world knows the truth of what’s happening there.
— Piper Perabo (@PiperPerabo) February 24, 2022
Horrified at the brazen, illegal and bloody ambitions of the despot in Moscow. Praying for the many brave souls in Ukraine.
Violence and war is never the answer. History will condemn the name Vladimir Putin.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) February 24, 2022
Sending my love and prayers out to the people of Ukraine ❤️🙏🏾
— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) February 24, 2022
I stand with these guys!!!#StandWithUkraine https://t.co/Ii3DHNO2st
— Michael Kelly (@michaeljkellyjr) February 25, 2022
This brought tears to my eyes. It takes real bravery to protest in Russian streets so openly like this, right now in this moment. Powerful. https://t.co/MV5F9ULqK4
— Amber Tamblyn (@ambertamblyn) February 24, 2022
Dear Mister President Vladimir Putin… pic.twitter.com/LbDFBHVWJf
— AnnaLynne McCord (@IAMannalynnemcc) February 24, 2022
Worldwide troops on the ground. https://t.co/ndb1k7PVTL
— Boy George (@BoyGeorge) February 24, 2022
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