--- title: Celebrities Praise President Barack Obama's DNC Speech description: President Obama's lengthy address Wednesday urging Americans to back Hillary Clinton drew quick praise from American celebrities canonical: https://time.com/4428089/president-obama-dnc-speech/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-28T11:36:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:36:55.108Z article:section: Politics og:title: Celebrities Praise President Barack Obama's DNC Speech og:description: President Obama's lengthy address Wednesday urging Americans to back Hillary Clinton drew quick praise from American celebrities og:url: https://time.com/4428089/president-obama-dnc-speech/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6934c49fc5bdfdbc/69889ff7cd1bba705a701b4d/barack-obama-dnc-speech.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2600 og:image:height: 1463 og:image:alt: president barack obama dnc speech og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Celebrities Praise President Barack Obama's DNC Speech twitter:description: President Obama's lengthy address Wednesday urging Americans to back Hillary Clinton drew quick praise from American celebrities twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6934c49fc5bdfdbc/69889ff7cd1bba705a701b4d/barack-obama-dnc-speech.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stars Went Crazy for President Obama's DNC Speech  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jul 28, 2016 11:36 AM UTC  President Barack Obama is given a huge applause at the end of his speech on the third day of the Democratic National Convention on July 27, 2016. President Barack Obama is given a huge applause at the end of his speech on the third day of the Democratic National Convention on July 27, 2016.Carolyn Cole—LA Times via Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jul 28, 2016 11:36 AM UTC President Obama’s [lengthy address](http://time.com/4426150/dnc-barack-obama-transcript/?xid=homepage) Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention urging Americans to back Hillary Clinton in her electoral battle with [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4427753/dnc-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/?xid=homepage) drew quick praise from American celebrities. The Democratic National Convention was a major draw for a [long list of celebrities ](http://time.com/4425582/dnc-celebrities/)including Meryl Streep, Bradley Cooper, Lena Dunham, Lee Daniels, Alicia Keyes and many more. But even outside the convention hall, celebrities seemed to be cheering the convention, especially on Twitter. Here’s what they said about Obama’s speech. > [](https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/758512760133128192) > [](https://twitter.com/Alyssa%5FMilano/status/758513428956745728) > [](https://twitter.com/michaelianblack/status/758514528783138816) > [](https://twitter.com/Andy/status/758507435732639744) > [](https://twitter.com/Oprah/status/758503694526590976) > [](https://twitter.com/UzoAduba/status/758508182343938049) > [](https://twitter.com/IJasonAlexander/status/758508339173191680) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4428089/president-obama-dnc-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4428089/president-obama-dnc-speech/"},"headline":"Stars Went Crazy for President Obama's DNC Speech","datePublished":"2016-07-28T11:36:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:36:55.108Z","description":"\"Our president is brilliant\"","url":"https://time.com/4428089/president-obama-dnc-speech/","keywords":["Democratic National Convention"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6934c49fc5bdfdbc/69889ff7cd1bba705a701b4d/barack-obama-dnc-speech.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6934c49fc5bdfdbc/69889ff7cd1bba705a701b4d/barack-obama-dnc-speech.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"president barack obama dnc speech","caption":"president barack obama dnc speech","creditText":"Carolyn Cole—LA Times via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/democratic-national-convention/","name":"Democratic National Convention"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4428089/president-obama-dnc-speech/","name":"Stars Went Crazy for President Obama's DNC Speech"}}]}] ```