One hundred cultural celebrities—some more famous than others—have signed a strongly worded letter about Donald Trump that formed part of MoveOn.org’s “United Against Hate” effort released to Mic.
They don’t like him. “An open letter to the voters of the United States” is signed by the likes of Mark Ruffalo, Jane Fonda, Kerry Washington, Michael Stipe, Julia Stiles, Meg Ryan, Dita Von Teese, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Samuel L. Jackson, Chloe Grace Moretz, Olivia Wilde, Woody Harrelson and Heat Street‘s old friend Lena Dunham.
The star creatives declare: “We are a coalition of artists who, today, are joining millions of Americans in our commitment to defeat the presumptive Republican nominee for president, Donald Trump.
“We believe it is our responsibility to use our platforms to bring attention to the dangers of a Trump presidency, and to the real and present threats of his candidacy.”
But five high-profile signatories of the missive will be glad that their previous connections to The Donald were left out of the letter.
RUSSELL SIMMONS:
Simmons has been a vocal critic of Trump in recent months. But a few years ago the musical entrepreneur and Def Jam co-founder used to be friends with Trump. So much so that Simmons was a guest at Trump’s wedding to Melania in 2005. Presumably, unlike Hillary Clinton, he did get his new nemesis a wedding present.
#enterghana Russell Simmons shares thoughts on Donald Trump: The music/fashion mogul wrote; “Damn Donald you h… https://t.co/qgHi0TGqzw
— #WetUp (@inkmonstagh) March 23, 2016
CYNTHIA NIXON:
Cynthia Nixon accepted the award she won for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Sex and the City from Donald Trump—together with Simon Cowell—at the 2004 Emmys. Did she say upon receiving it: “The man who just gave that award to me is totally a hateful ideologue”? No. She said: “Thank you very much!! Oh my Goodness!! Thank you!!”
Trump also made a cameo in a second-season episode of the HBO comedy and was name-checked in the pilot episode. So Nixon is railing against a fellow member of the Sex and the City family, albeit an incredibly minor one.
TAMARA TUNIE:
The actress and producer is on thin ice signing this petition. She has hung out with Trump on several occasions at various skating charity events at Wollman Rink in Central Park. In 2011 she even co-hosted the Figure Skating in Harlem Gala with Donald and Melania Trump. Make America Skate Again!
FYI: Figure Skating in Harlem Gala is set for Apr 4 hosted by Melania and Donald Trump + Tamara Tunie 6-9 pm a Wolman Rink: Central Park
— The Quest for it (@Thequestforit) March 25, 2011
BRYAN CRANSTON:
The Breaking Bad star has changed his tune dramatically. He now signs a petition stating: “Donald Trump wants to take our country back to a time when fear excused violence, when greed fueled discrimination, and when the state wrote prejudice against marginalized communities into law.”
Yet last May he told CNN the exact opposite. Cranston declared then: “I will say right here, right now, on national television that I believe Donald Trump loves this country [bolding ours]. I truly believe that and I know he does. It’s just that his approach on how to remedy America’s problems differ greatly from what I think should happen.”
KATHLEEN TURNER:
Turner’s liberal credentials aren’t in question. In addition to being a Hillary Clinton backer, the Body Heat actress is a board member of Planned Parenthood. But inconveniently for Turner, until last fall, she owned an apartment at Trump Place on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, which the Donald co-developed in the 1970s. But she recently sold the pad for $3.8 million and moved to Tribeca so she now can say whatever she wants about the man who was partly responsible for building the roof over her head.
What the hell did Donald Trump say to Kathleen Turner in 1988? ????:: Time & Life Pictures via @GettyImages pic.twitter.com/rFI2fBbUbC
— Bucky Turco (@buckyturco) May 12, 2016
