{"id":1342853,"date":"2022-02-25T15:25:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T20:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1342853"},"modified":"2022-02-25T15:25:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T20:25:17","slug":"hollywood-celebrities-obsess-over-trump-amid-ukraine-invasion-offer-thoughts-and-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-celebrities-obsess-over-trump-amid-ukraine-invasion-offer-thoughts-and-prayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Celebrities Obsess over Trump amid Ukraine Invasion, Offer &#039;Thoughts and Prayers&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhollywood-celebrities-obsess-over-trump-amid-ukraine-invasion-offer-thoughts-and-prayers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1342853&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/streisandgadukraine-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Hollywood celebrities rushed to offer their \u201cthoughts and prayers\u201d following Russia\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrities including Barbra Streisand, Mark Ruffalo, and George Takei weighed in with anodyne but self-important entreaties for peace. Meanwhile, Rob Reiner, Rosie O\u2019Donnell, Albert Brooks, Bradley Whitford, and others took aim at Trump, accusing him of being on Vladimir Putin\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump and the GOP are rooting for the murderer,\u201d \u00a0Reiner tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExactly #ArrestTrump,\u201d O\u2019Donnell wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The outpouring of Hollywood emotion comes as President Biden is scrambling to mount a response to Putin\u2019s aggression, after sanctions failed to deter the Russian leader. Biden\u2019s weak leadership is widely believed to have emboldened Putin to invade the Ukraine \u2014 something that didn\u2019t happen under Trump\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Rob Reiner claimed without evidence that \u201cDonald Trump and the GOP are rooting for the murderer\u201d \u2014 by which he means Putin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democratic Ukraine is under attack by a murderous Autocract and Donald Trump and the GOP are rooting for the murderer. God help US.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rob Reiner (@robreiner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robreiner\/status\/1496721172427251715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The West Wing<\/em> star Bradley Whitford offered his own anti-Trump screed, claiming Putin was the \u201cobject of his affection.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bradley Whitford (@BradleyWhitford) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BradleyWhitford\/status\/1496709930346106881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump nemesis Rosie O\u2019Donnell bizarrely used the Ukraine crisis to call for Trump\u2019s arrest \u2014 something she has demanded multiple times over the years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">exactly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ArrestTrump?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ArrestTrump<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3WMLoN9V5S\">https:\/\/t.co\/3WMLoN9V5S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ROSIE (@Rosie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rosie\/status\/1497065871709065218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Broadcast News<\/em> star Albert Brooks used the crisis to resurrect the conspiracy theory that Trump is a Russian asset.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The more I hear Trump praising Putin the more certain I am those pee tapes really exist.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlbertBrooks\/status\/1496914566709760008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>This Is 40\u00a0<\/em>filmmaker Judd Apatow also used the crisis to suggest Trump is working for Putin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THIS IS WHAT TRUMP IS ABOUT\u2014. THIS IS WHAT REPUBLICANS DID.  2016 RNC Delegate: Trump Directed Change To Party Platform On Ukraine Support : NPR <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mYErHSvmWE\">https:\/\/t.co\/mYErHSvmWE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JuddApatow\/status\/1496947041544507409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Disney\u2019s <em>Frozen<\/em> star Josh Gad appeared to attack Trump by mischaracterizing the former president\u2019s comments during a recent appearance on\u00a0\u201cThe Clay Travis &#038; Buck Sexton Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A sovereign European nation is being attacked &#038; 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 &#038; go \u201cyay. Good job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Gad (@joshgad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshgad\/status\/1496858991321702401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Mrs. Doubtfire<\/em> screenwriter Randy Mayem Singer falsely claimed that Trump, the GOP, and Fox News are cheering on Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fox and Trump and the GOP are cheering on a dictatorship invading a democratic republic. Never in my life.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rmayemsinger\/status\/1496704687076098057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rosanna Arquette implied that some GOP members of Congress are Russian assets bought off by Putin,<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I wonder how many GOP congress members won\u2019t be able to pay their big bills now with Putin\u2019s frozen assets<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u270c\ud83c\udffcrosanna arquette (@RoArquette) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoArquette\/status\/1497237987402272772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Disney\u2019s <em>Hocus Pocus 2<\/em> star Bette Midler bizarrely used the crisis to push the climate change agenda.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s almost like TV programming. Soon as the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChineseOlympics?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChineseOlympics<\/a> were over, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Putin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Putin<\/a> gins up war w\/Ukraine to keep our eyes glued to the Communist world. But the biggest story in the world is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimateChange?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClimateChange<\/a>. What good is more territory if you can\u2019t breathe the air or drink the water?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 bettemidler (@BetteMidler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetteMidler\/status\/1496675103186186241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Novelist Stephen King appeared to agitate for war against Russia.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What most of us learned as kids on the playground: You don&#8217;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&#8217;s the right thing to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenKing\/status\/1496663194001199111?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Anti-Trump comedian Jim Gaffigan joked that the \u201cnew variant is called Putin.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I guess now we know the new variant is called Putin.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimGaffigan\/status\/1496829284345946117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>TNT\u2019s Animal Kingdom star Ellen Barkin appeared to agitate for the seizure of assets of people with ties to Putin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SEIZE ALL ASSETS\u203c\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sXjxno248i\">https:\/\/t.co\/sXjxno248i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ellen Barkin (@EllenBarkin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EllenBarkin\/status\/1496868454254596100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Other Hollywood celebrities offered \u201cthoughts and prayers\u201d-style wishes.<\/p>\n<p>Barbra Streisand noted that some of her relatives hailed from the Ukraine, while Disney\u2019s The Avengers star Mark Ruffalo sent his \u201clove and good prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some of my family have come from Ukraine. My heart goes out to them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarbraStreisand\/status\/1496781663128350721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkRuffalo\/status\/1496849372956721153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Every bit of my heart goes out to the Ukrainian people tonight. War rarely makes sense. This one makes none.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jason alexander (@IJasonAlexander) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IJasonAlexander\/status\/1496755853482938369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am praying for the safety of the people of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ukraine<\/a>. \ud83c\uddfa\u2665\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>And praying for the safety of all the journalists there, who are making sure the world knows the truth of what\u2019s happening there.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Piper Perabo (@PiperPerabo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PiperPerabo\/status\/1496731951310331905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Horrified at the brazen, illegal and bloody ambitions of the despot in Moscow. Praying for the many brave souls in Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>Violence and war is never the answer. History will condemn the name Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgeTakei\/status\/1496695215280828416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sending my love and prayers out to the people of Ukraine \u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 kerry washington (@kerrywashington) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kerrywashington\/status\/1496892005871329283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I stand with these guys!!!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandWithUkraine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StandWithUkraine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ii3DHNO2st\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ii3DHNO2st<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Kelly (@michaeljkellyjr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaeljkellyjr\/status\/1497148185340436485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MV5F9ULqK4\">https:\/\/t.co\/MV5F9ULqK4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amber Tamblyn (@ambertamblyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ambertamblyn\/status\/1496939512999653378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear Mister President Vladimir Putin\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LbDFBHVWJf\">pic.twitter.com\/LbDFBHVWJf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AnnaLynne McCord (@IAMannalynnemcc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAMannalynnemcc\/status\/1496877541772062727?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Worldwide troops on the ground. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ndb1k7PVTL\">https:\/\/t.co\/ndb1k7PVTL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boy George (@BoyGeorge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoyGeorge\/status\/1496932597863223305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>Follow David Ng on Twitter\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at\u00a0<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood celebrities rushed to offer their \u201cthoughts and prayers\u201d following Russia\u2019s invasion of the Ukraine on Wednesday. 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