--- description: Nicole Kidman says people now need to support Donald Trump. "However that happened, he's there, and let's go," she said. title: Nicole Kidman Says It’s Time to Support Donald Trump image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt458bb5999f23d555/6988b57ae20a87188ca93bf0/gettyimages-631247698.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Nicole Kidman Says It’s Time to Support Donald Trump  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 13, 2017 12:56 PM CUT  Actress Nicole Kidman attends the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. Actress Nicole Kidman attends the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.Frazer Harrison—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 13, 2017 12:56 PM CUT Nicole Kidman says people now need to support Donald Trump. “He’s now elected and we as a country need to support whoever is president because that’s what the country’s based on,” the actress told BBC in [an interview](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04p04r8 "undefined") that aired this week. “However that happened, he’s there, and let’s go.” Kidman is a dual Australian-American citizen. In contrast to Kidman, TIME editor-at-large David Von Drehle [wrote in the new issue of TIME](http://time.com/4632656/movie-stars-speak-through-art/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") of the dangers of celebrities using their platform to speak out against the president-elect, as actress [Meryl Streep did at the Golden Globes](http://time.com/4628147/read-meryl-streeps-powerful-golden-globes-speech/ "undefined") last weekend. “Prior to Streep’s speech, newscasts had been buzzing with genuine issues,” Von Drehle said. “What was the nature of [Russia’s election meddling](http://time.com/4600177/election-hack-russia-hillary-clinton-donald-trump/ "undefined")? Would Trump’s Cabinet choices bother to complete the customary ethics disclosures? What would the Republicans offer to replace Obamacare? “Now the country was debating Trump’s qualifications as a movie critic,” he added. “Whatever Streep’s intentions may have been, her words enabled Trump—and us—to indulge in yet another distraction.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4634249/nicole-kidman-support-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4634249/nicole-kidman-support-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Nicole Kidman Says It’s Time to Support Donald Trump","datePublished":"2017-01-13T12:56:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:42:58.967Z","description":"\"However that happened, he's there, and let's go\"","url":"https://time.com/4634249/nicole-kidman-support-donald-trump/","keywords":["celebrities","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt458bb5999f23d555/6988b57ae20a87188ca93bf0/gettyimages-631247698.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt458bb5999f23d555/6988b57ae20a87188ca93bf0/gettyimages-631247698.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"74th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Arrivals","caption":"74th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Frazer Harrison—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/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4634249/nicole-kidman-support-donald-trump/","name":"Nicole Kidman Says It’s Time to Support Donald Trump"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Nicole Kidman and Others Speak on Gender Inequality in Hollywood","description":"Before the awards ceremony got underway Nicole Kidman spoke on the red carpet about some of the injustices that come with being a woman in Hollywood.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/KMP4OYJe/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-17T16:58:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/KMP4OYJe.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4634249/nicole-kidman-support-donald-trump/","duration":"PT1M55S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4634249/nicole-kidman-support-donald-trump/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```