--- title: Celebrity Reactions to Kanye West Meeting at Trump Tower description: Celebrities sounded off on Twitter after Kanye West met up with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in NYC. canonical: https://time.com/4599582/celeb-reactions-kanye-west-trump-tower/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-13T19:52:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:27.002Z og:title: Celebs React Online to Kanye West's Visit to Trump Tower og:description: Stars on the Internet had a lot to say og:url: https://time.com/4599582/celeb-reactions-kanye-west-trump-tower/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b8d13f25045698e/6988b2c7e20a87ad6fa93853/kanye-west-donald-trump-tower.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President-Elect Donald Trump Holds Meetings At Trump Tower og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Celebs React Online to Kanye West's Visit to Trump Tower twitter:description: Stars on the Internet had a lot to say twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b8d13f25045698e/6988b2c7e20a87ad6fa93853/kanye-west-donald-trump-tower.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's What Celebrities Had to Say About Kanye West's Visit to Trump Tower  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 13, 2016 7:52 PM UTC  President-elect Donald Trump and Kanye West in the lobby at Trump Tower, December 13, 2016 in New York City (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) President-elect Donald Trump and Kanye West in the lobby at Trump Tower, December 13, 2016 in New York City (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Drew Angerer—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 13, 2016 7:52 PM UTC Since [Kanye West strode into Trump Tower on Tuesday morning](http://time.com/4599064/kanye-west-donald-trump-tower/), the Internet has had plenty of reactions — and celebrities are no exception. (The purpose of the meeting between the two who have both publicly praised each other is unknown, but Trump told reporters, “we’ve been friends for a long time.”) From movie stars to news pundits, celebs had plenty to say about West meeting with president-elect Donald Trump. Some, like comedian Josh Gad, chose to opine on the politics behind the meeting, while others, like Rosie Perez, kept their thoughts succinct. Some, like musician Josh Groban saw the humor in the fact that [two of pop culture’s most notorious Twitter users were meeting up](http://time.com/4236039/kanye-west-twitter-spree-new-album/). See various celebrity reactions to Kanye West’s visit to Trump Tower below. Actor Sophia Bush saw the Kanye West visit as a distraction from other pressing issues. > [](https://twitter.com/SophiaBush/status/808709178059530240) While Piers Morgan wanted to make sure everyone knew that the visit was legitimately happening. > [](https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/808678708802424832) Patton Oswalt used his trademark humor in the situation. > [](https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/808717303697149952) Meanwhile, Josh Gad had a more sobering view of the situation. > [](https://twitter.com/joshgad/status/808687430337437696) And Alyssa Milano seemed to be in [utter disbelief](https://twitter.com/Alyssa%5FMilano/status/808720824454627328) about the visit. Rosie Perez kept her reaction succinct. > [](https://twitter.com/ananavarro/status/808682183862927360) But Josh Groban is looking forward to seeing [possible collaborative tweets between the two](http://time.com/4592043/donald-trump-twitter-poll/). > [](https://twitter.com/joshgroban/status/808730696625881089) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4599582/celeb-reactions-kanye-west-trump-tower/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4599582/celeb-reactions-kanye-west-trump-tower/"},"headline":"Here's What Celebrities Had to Say About Kanye West's Visit to Trump Tower","datePublished":"2016-12-13T19:52:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:27.002Z","description":"Stars on the Internet had a lot to say","url":"https://time.com/4599582/celeb-reactions-kanye-west-trump-tower/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Kanye West","celebrity","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b8d13f25045698e/6988b2c7e20a87ad6fa93853/kanye-west-donald-trump-tower.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b8d13f25045698e/6988b2c7e20a87ad6fa93853/kanye-west-donald-trump-tower.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President-Elect Donald Trump Holds Meetings At Trump Tower","caption":"President-Elect Donald Trump Holds Meetings At Trump Tower","creditText":"Drew Angerer—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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4599582/celeb-reactions-kanye-west-trump-tower/","name":"Here's What Celebrities Had to Say About Kanye West's Visit to Trump Tower"}}]}] ```