As the results started to trickle in, Hollywood stars began to panic. Hillary Clinton wasn’t as far ahead as they had expected her to be. In fact, the race was far from a landslide. Reflecting the anxiety of the Tinsel Town set, actress Mia Farrow re-tweeted a NYT poll showing that, as of 9:40 pm, Trump had a 55-percent chance of winning the election. As a comment on the tweet, she simply posted: “Xanax.”
The Hollywood Reporter writer Lacey Rose declared “So. Much. Anxiety.” Comedian Sarah Silverman seemed to despair further. “Someone give me hope,” she pleaded. Rapper/Singer and Hamilton star Lin Manual Miranda tried to calm the bunch. “Breathe,” he wrote above an attached picture with the words: “We will survive.”
The one emotion that warms me inside is knowing after all these months of celebrities insulting Donald Trump and his candidacy, and the insults heaped on those such as me because I do not fall in line with their collective beliefs. I feel good this morning that I was not the only one thinking this way.
Sarah Silverman finally gave up around 11 p.m with the alarmist comment: “Putin’s gonna win this thing.”
What do you think?