Cardi B, Sabrina Carpenter, Ariana Grande, & More React to 2024's U.S. Presidential Election Results

The 2024 US presidential election is over, and the results show Donald Trump has won, to the dismay of many, including celebrities Cardi B, Lili Reinhart, and more.

In the early morning of November 6, Trump was declared the president-elect after securing more than 270 Electoral College votes, the number needed to win. As noted by AP News, Trump is en route to becoming the first US president to be elected to two non-consecutive terms since Grover Cleveland in 1892. And at 78, he will become the oldest president to take the oath of office and the first US president convicted of multiple felonies.

Reactions started trickling in via social media. Below, see how some celebrities are reacting to the news.

Cardi B, who had just appeared at a Kamala Harris rally days before, reacted to Trump's win by filming herself while the results were still being called. “I hate y'all bad,” she wrote in the video. In a video posted later, she asked Trump supporters to stop bothering her.

Courtesy of Cardi B via Instagram

Eilish, who endorsed Kamala Harris, took to her Instagram to react to Trump's win on November 6. “It's a war on women,” the singer wrote in a white type font against a black background. Eilish also addressed the issue mid-concert in Nashville, Tennessee, telling the crowd before singing “Your Power”: “Someone who hates women so so deeply is about to be the President. This song is for all the women out there. I love you, I support you.”

Courtesy of Billie Eilish via Instagram

Ariana Grande, who is currently in the middle of promotions for Wicked and who has publicly endorsed Harris, took to her Instagram stories to address her fans in light of the election's results. “Holding the hand of every person who is feeling the immeasurable heaviness of this outcome today,” she posted in white letters against a black background. Grande also shared Harris's post-result post to her stories.

Courtesy of Ariana Grande via Instagram

Sabrina Carpenter, who made headlines for logging more than 35,000 voter registrations via HeadCount.org, reacted to Trump's win mid-concert. “I feel so sorry about our country and to all the women in here, I love you so much. And I really hope that the rest of the night you can enjoy yourselves because you absolutely deserve it,” she told the crowd.

Jack Antonoff took to his X account to react, writing: “We turn to each other at the best times as we do at the worst times. our community is alive because we lift and take care of each other. we are not moved by bullsh*t. When we’re afraid we lean on each other. Right now we are going to do exactly that. We are going to be there for each other. Do not be cynical. Do not have the conversation alone in your head. Go be together. be around those who do not assume the worst of you. Fight for the rights of oppressed people. Respect the earth and its creatures. Live with the most dignity and remember that every tiny thing is carried on. As always the ally coalition’s work does not rest. As always our people do not rest and know greater strength and joy than those who put others down.”

Finneas reshared various posts to his IG stories in light of Trump's win, including sister Billie Eilish's mentioned above. He also posted a slide of his own, writing, “He told you he'd rob the house and we unlocked the door,” over a picture of grass.

Courtesy of Finneas via Instagram

Hailey Bieber reacted to Trump's win by sharing a slide from the popular Instagram account Sh*t You Should Care About, which read: “Supporting a convicted felon over a woman is f*cking insane.” She added her own two cents under, writing: “That's really all there is to say.”

Courtesy of Hailey Bieber via Instagram

Condecorated Olympian Simone Biles took to X to react to Trump's win by addressing the current administration. “Mr Biden, I need you to stand up, straighten your back and make some things shake before your departure,” she wrote, signing off her post for “the women in America.”

Kimmel addressed Trump's win during his opening monologue. “We had the choice between a prosecutor and a criminal, and we chose the criminal to be president of the United States. More than half of this country voted for the criminal who’s planning to pardon himself for his crimes. I guess this election wasn’t rigged,” he said.

He added: “It was a terrible night for women, for children, for the hundreds of thousands of hard-working immigrants who make this country go. For health care, for our climate, for scientists, for journalists, for justice, for free speech. It was a terrible night for poor people, for the middle class, for seniors who rely on Social Security, for our allies in Ukraine, for NATO and democracy and decency. It was a terrible night for everyone who voted against him and guess what? It was a bad night for everyone who voted for him, too, you just don’t realize it yet.”

Stephen Colbert also addressed Trump's win in his monologue. ““After a bizarre and vicious campaign fueled by a desperate need not to go to jail, Donald Trump has won the 2024 election,” he began. “The deep shock and sense of loss is enormous. But let’s look at the bright side. This way at least there’ll be a peaceful transfer of power. Mike Pence, olly olly oxen free. All day yesterday, I was walking around proudly wearing my ‘I Voted’ sticker. Today I wore my, ‘I am questioning my fundamental belief in the goodness of humanity’ sticker.”

Fellow late-night host Seth Meyers also used Trump's win in his monologue. “I don’t think Donald Trump’s a good person. I’d even go so far as to say he’s a bad person,” Meyers said. “Now, in my defense, I’m only basing that on everything I’ve ever been taught about what makes someone good or bad. That’s it. And this is real and this is something I accept — half the country thinks he’s a good person or they don’t care that he’s not because they think he’s a good president and because of that, he’s gonna be our president again. That’s how democracy works in America. A country that is a privilege to live in, even on a morning like today.”

Riverdale actor Lili Reinhart was among the first to react to Trump's win on her social media. “I cannot fathom the feeling of the women who came forward about their sexual assault at the hands of Trump. Seeing millions of people vote for their abuser. My heart absolutely breaks for these women. I believe you, and I am so sorry,” she wrote on X.

British model and activist Munroe Bergdorf reacted to the election results from the other side of the pond with a call to action for people around the world. “NOW is the time to get politically engaged and stay politically engaged. Not when it's time to vote again in four years... NOW,” she wrote. “Your voice, your rights, your life matters. The West isn't ‘descending into fascism,’ it is here and it's going to require ALL of us showing up for ALL of us. No matter how bleak this may feel… Do not disengage.”

One Tree Hill star Sophia Bush took to X to quote a tweet about Jason Yates, sharing her overall feeling on election results in her comment. “Great job giving the MAGA gang more power, America," she wrote. "[I] wonder how many folks are seeing this and STILL saying ‘But but but at least he's not a Black woman!’ in the privacy of their homes tonight. My heart is broken.”

Married... with Children and Samantha Who? star Christina Applegate also took to X to ask people to unfollow her if they had voted for Trump. “Please unfollow me if you voted against female rights. Against disability rights,” she wrote. “Unfollow me because what you did is unreal. Don’t want followers like this. So yeah. Done. Also after today I will be shutting down this fan account that I have had for so many years because this is sick.”

In a previous tweet, she wrote:" Why? Give me your reasons why????? My child is sobbing because her rights as a woman may be taken away. Why? And if you disagree, please unfollow me."

Community star Yvette Nicole Brown commented on senator Sherrod Brown losing the race in Ohio and Trump's then-projected win. “Sherrod Brown losing in Ohio is a [loss] to Ohio and our nation. This is a disgrace at a level I can’t even quantify. My home state of Ohio chose a criminal. And it looks like this nation is choosing a criminal. AmeriKKKa is showing out tonight. Just showing out.”

The famed actor took to X to comment as results were being called. “The fact that the country would choose to destroy itself by voting in a convicted felon rapist … is a sign of deep nihilism. To put it mildly.”

Actor Jeffrey Wright, known for his roles in The Batman and Westworld, among others, took to X to comment on Trump's win by quote-retweeting his own post from a few days before, which read: “We're crazy, America. But we're not as crazy as Trump.” In his quote post-results, he wrote: “Let me just say ‘I was wrong.’”

Actor Bette Midler, known for her role in the Hocus Pocus franchise, took to X to lament Trump's win by quoting H.L. Mencken.

“When a candidate for public office faces the voters he does not face men of sense; he faces a mob of men whose chief distinguishing mark is the fact that they are quite incapable of weighing ideas, or even of comprehending any save the most elemental — men whose whole thinking is done in terms of emotion, and whose dominant emotion is dread of what they cannot understand. So confronted, the candidate must either bark with the pack or be lost…," her post reads. "All the odds are on the man who is, intrinsically, the most devious and mediocre — the man who can most adeptly disperse the notion that his mind is a virtual vacuum… The Presidency tends, year by year, to go to such men. As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”

Film exec Franklin Leonard, known for creating The Black List, commented on the election on X during the night: “Too many of y’all appear to have forgotten how absolutely wild the Trump years were," one of his posts reads. “I don’t have certainty about what just happened, and I’m reasonably certain no one else does either," he added later.

Actor Kevin McHale, known for portraying Artie Abrams in the beloved show Glee, also commented on the election throughout the night on his X account. “Sorry, rest of the world,” he posted as news of Trump's win started to be reported. “I don't want to do this again. What do we do?” he added later. “Supreme Court gone for the rest of my lifetime. Ultra-conservative evangelical bigotry, xenophobia, racism is the mandate,” he continued in another post.

Famed horror novelist Stephen King seemingly commented on the election's result on X. “There's a sign you can see in many shops that sell beautiful but fragile items: LOVELY TO LOOK AT, DELIGHTFUL TO HOLD, BUT ONCE YOU BREAK IT, THEN IT'S SOLD. You can say the same about democracy,” he wrote.

Activist DeRay Mckesson also took to X: “People keep saying that being afraid of Trump wasn’t enough of a motivator. I feel like I’m in the twilight zone. But I have no speeches left,” he wrote. “If he does even a fraction of what he said he’ll do, they’ll learn the hard way. This is going to be brutal.”

Writer Mary Trump, who also happens to be Trump's niece and has been an outspoken critic of his views and politics, lamented his uncle's win by posting on X. “I am so deeply sorry. I thought better of us," she wrote.

Queer Eye's Jonathan van Ness took to their Instagram to post a message of hope following Trump's win. “We are going to keep showing up. We are going to keep working together. We are going to be okay. I love you. We are going to be okay,” they say in the video.

Drag queen Trinity The Tuck took to Instagram similarly asking followers who had voted for the Republican candidate to unfollow their account. “If you voted for him… unfollow me. I'm literally disgusted. You failed women. You failed queer people. You failed immigrants. You failed struggling families. You failed the public education system. You failed the separation between church and state. But you sure helped a felon who has been found liable for *ape get back into the White House and bring forth Project 2025. You helped cut taxes for the richest, and you are giving permission for people to be openly racist, misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic. No we can’t agree to disagree. No I don’t want your dollar. No I do t want your support. I don’t care if you are family or we were friends for 20 years. You are not the type of person I want in my life.”

The Succession actor took to X to write: “Trump won because the majority of Americans are ignorant enough to choose a corrupt, unhinged felon born with a silver spoon in his nasty mouth over a woman of color. That’s it. Nothing else mattered to them. It’s disgusting, shameful, and clear as day.”

The Boys actor Erin Moriarty took to Instagram to share a quote by feminist Joyce Stevens. “We reclaimed an insult, we’ll reclaim autonomy. xo, a (hopeful) nasty woman,” she wrote in her caption.

Singer/producer Ethel Cain posted a long statement on Tumblr: “Everybody is so incredibly hateful. We are a loveless, disrespectful nation. We are so spread thin by our government that we would sell each other out in a heartbeat for an ounce of relief. This is what we’ve come to,” it reads. “It’s not even about Trump at this point. He’s gonna get in office and do whatever he does and it’s gonna be a mess but whatever. This is indicative of deeper problem. This is just the ugly consequence of the already present reality in this country that we all just despise each other. There is no solidarity and there is no love. Trump being in office or not doesn’t change the fact that America is a breeding ground for violent hatred.”

Cain finished the post, writing: “If you voted for Trump, I hope that peace never finds you. Instead, I hope clarity strikes you someday like a clap of lightning and you have to live the rest of your life with the knowledge and guilt of what you’ve done and who you are as a person.”

The Freakier Friday star took to IG to react to Trump's win, writing: “Many will be celebrating, possibly even gloating over their victory. Many will be stunned and sad with the terrible feelings of the loss. That is the same result despite who wins because that's what America and democracy looks like. Has always looked like. So what does it mean? It means a sure return to a more restrictive, some fear draconian time. Many fear their rights will be impeded and denied. Many, minority groups and young people will be afraid. Gay and trans people will be more afraid. We know that many women will now find it difficult to get the reproductive healthcare that they need and deserve. For all those people there will be those who will help you. Me included. But what it really means is that we wake up and fight. Fight for women and our children and their futures and fight against tyranny, one day at a time. One fight at a time. One protest at a time. That's what it means to be an American. That's what it has always meant and will always mean regardless of the outcome.”

This post has been updated.