--- title: Donald Trump: Celebrity Advice for Dealing With Election description: Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton Wednesday to become the 45th president of the U.S., sparking an outpouring of celebrity reactions. canonical: https://time.com/4564155/donald-trump-president-celebrity-advice/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-09T15:11:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:11.081Z og:title: Here’s Celebrity Advice on Dealing With Donald Trump’s Victory og:description: "The sun is up and the world still spins" og:url: https://time.com/4564155/donald-trump-president-celebrity-advice/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here’s Celebrity Advice on Dealing With Donald Trump’s Victory twitter:description: "The sun is up and the world still spins" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here’s How Celebrities Think You Should Deal With Donald Trump’s Victory  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 9, 2016 3:11 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 9, 2016 3:11 PM UTC [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4563685/donald-trump-wins/) defeated [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4562406/sarah-paulson-nonchalantly-read-hillary-clintons-emails-on-samantha-bee/) early Wednesday morning to become the 45th president of the United States, receiving 276 electoral college votes to her 218\. The[ Republican nominee’s victory](http://time.com/4563946/election-2016-donald-trump-victory-how/) is being called the [biggest election upset in U.S. history](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/election-results-2016-clinton-trump-231070) and has sparked an outpouring of reactions — both positive and negative —across social media. Those speaking out online include celebrity supporters of the Clinton campaign, many of whom have taken to Twitter and Instagram to offer advice to voters who were hoping for a different outcome. **There are pleas for love and tolerance.** > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/796252371739430913) > [](https://twitter.com/ABFalecbaldwin/status/796333696949387265) > [](https://twitter.com/ABFalecbaldwin/status/796334394034286592) **And reminders that the world goes on.** > [](https://twitter.com/Lin%5FManuel/status/796343986231377920) > [](https://twitter.com/mcuban/status/796262780550586368) **Some are advocating for more activism.** > [](https://twitter.com/Madonna/status/796256645227708416) > [](https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/796272680185905153) > [](https://twitter.com/jamieleecurtis/status/796330470057201665) > [](https://twitter.com/katyperry/status/796261802740944898) > [](https://twitter.com/jayduplass/status/796255376492462080) **While others are encouraging a period of personal reflection.** > [](https://twitter.com/Skrillex/status/796267074750291968) Donald Trump: Celebrity Advice for Dealing With Election ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4564155/donald-trump-president-celebrity-advice/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4564155/donald-trump-president-celebrity-advice/"},"headline":"Here’s How Celebrities Think You Should Deal With Donald Trump’s Victory","datePublished":"2016-11-09T15:11:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:48:11.081Z","description":"\"The sun is up and the world still spins\"","url":"https://time.com/4564155/donald-trump-president-celebrity-advice/","keywords":["Newsfeed","2016 Election","celebrities","2016 presidential election","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/4564155/donald-trump-president-celebrity-advice/","name":"Here’s How Celebrities Think You Should Deal With Donald Trump’s Victory"}}]}] ```