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Donald Trump’s Celebrity Fan Club: Who’s In, Who’s Out..See More 👇
A brief rundown of Trump’s current and former celebrity fan club, from Kid Rock to Omarosa to Amber Rose to Roseanne Barr.
Say what you will about Joe Biden (and we’ve been as candid as anyone), the man has enjoyed an A-list roster of celebrity fans in recent years: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lawrence and George Clooney are among those who have endorsed and/or fundraised. While Biden’s famous supporters haven’t been nearly so public or enthusiastic since his debate disaster, Hollywood loves the Dems and isn’t shy about it.
Donald Trump, despite having spend a great deal of time in Hollywood, has never drawn much star support. Yet he still has an odd assemblage of mostly C- and D-listers. To some extent, this is true of most modern Republican presidential candidates (with Ronald Reagan probably being the last to draw a fair amount major star support).
Do celebrity endorsements matter? Probably not. And among Republican voters, almost certainly not. But nomination conventions are basically multiday TV events, and TV shows benefit from breaking up a sea of yammering politicians with a few pretty famous faces and, therefore, celebs tend to get trotted out. Trump’s offerings have traditionally been meager on this front, sometimes embarrassingly so.