Celebrities give their views on the U.S. Presidential race

Record ID: 79600

  • Title: Celebrities give their views on the U.S. Presidential race
  • Date: 7th November 2016
  • Summary: BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 18, 2016) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) MUSICIAN AND ACTRESS, CHER, SAYING: "Oh he's brought down the process to a level that no one could have ever imagined. He has said things that are so base and so vile and so without respect for humanity, the basic respect you have for basic humanity, you know and nothing is beneath him and lies mean nothing to him and women mean nothing to him and America means nothing to him." LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (OCTOBER 18, 2016) (REUTERS) "I, DANIEL BLAKE" POSTER TO DIRECTOR KEN LOACH SPEAKING TO MEDIA ON RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR, KEN LOACH, SAYING: "Well the U.S. election is a shameful advert for the democracy of that country - it seems only very rich people will be allowed to stand as president. The way the election has degenerated, it brings shame on their election system and I would hope that they would say: How can we have a real democracy that isn't just simply rich people abusing each other?" LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (SEPTEMBER 24, 2015) (REUTERS) MATT DAMON BEING INTERVIEWED (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, MATT DAMON, SAYING: "My wife just got her citizenship a few years ago. You know it's very personal for us to hear that kind of rhetoric in a country that's built by immigrants, you know what I mean. It's crazy talk - and talking about putting up a wall like to keep my family out. So it's definitely - it's incredible to me that a major party is actually saying that thing, that type of thing with a straight face." ACTOR JEFF DANIELS SPEAKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, JEFF DANIELS, SAYING: "I'm for, on every single issue, locking the number one Republican in a room with the number one Democrat and they don't come out, you don't feed them, you don't give them water, nothing until they have a deal. That would be great for America. People can find their way back to talking to each other instead of just yelling at each other from opposite extremes."
  • Embargoed: 22nd November 2016 12:07
  • Keywords: US. president celebrities entertainment election
  • Location: BERLIN, GERMANY / CANNES, FRANCE / LONDON, ENGLAND, UK / LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
  • City: BERLIN, GERMANY / CANNES, FRANCE / LONDON, ENGLAND, UK / LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Music
  • Reuters ID: LVA00557G45DZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Celebrities from across the worlds of TV, film mad music have been giving their opinions of the race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
    Speaking in general about American politics in February, actor George Clooney was critical of some of Trump's pronouncements about Muslims, but he expressed the belief Americans would 'do the right thing' at the polls.
    "I think it was Winston Churchill said 'you can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they have exhausted every other possibility' so you know it's all going to be fine it's just going to take us a minute.''
    Pop star Justin Timberlake refused to say who he was supporting, while promoting 'Trolls' in Cannes, but said he would be heading to the ballot box.
    "I'm not gonna, I don't think I am gonna use my sort of influence to tell people what to do but I am gonna vote you know,' he told Reuters.
    Rapper Pitbull was critical of Trump and suggested he was speaking ' from an ignorant standpoint', adding 'when you are up there and you are speaking from ignorant stand point... I'm not opposed to you - you are doing it to yourself. You see what I mean? People see this."
    Singer and actress Cher was perhaps most outspoken in her condemnation of Donald Trump, saying that 'America means nothing to him', adding: "Oh he's brought down the process to a level that no one could have ever imagined. He has said things that are so base and so vile and so without respect for humanity."
    Veteran British film director Ken Loach said the U.S. presidential race had been 'a shameful advert for the democracy of that country'.
    American actor Matt Damon was critical of Trump's policies, saying: "My wife just got her citizenship a few years ago. You know it's very personal for us to hear that kind of rhetoric in a country that's built by immigrants, you know what I mean. It's crazy talk - and talking about putting up a wall like to keep my family out. So it's definitely - it's incredible to me that a major party is actually saying that thing, that type of thing with a straight face."
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