In 2024, President-elect Donald Trump managed to earn the help of many high-profile figures – entertainers, athletes, podcasters and executives – who overtly aligned themselves with the Make America Nice Once more message this yr and challenged the seemingly insurmountable blue wave of stars who stay Trump cynics.
What was as soon as a uncommon phenomenon in liberal-leaning Hollywood appeared to develop into some semblance of mainstream, elevating questions in regards to the shifting cultural dynamics within the deep blue bastion and the function of political partisanship in shaping public notion.
From the crimson carpet to crimson MAGA hats, these Trump-supporting celebrities set their hearts on Making America – and maybe Hollywood – Nice Once more in 2024 and past.Â
TRUMP’S VICTORY: HOLLYWOOD ELITE WHO VOWED TO LEAVE US IF HE WON ARE  ‘ALL TALK, NO WALK,’ EXPERT SAYS
Elon Musk
Elon Musk speaks at a rally for former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York, Oct. 27, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP through Getty Photographs)
Elon Musk unveiled his now-iconic “Darkish MAGA” hat whereas energizing Trump supporters in Butler, Pennsylvania, three months after gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks made the primary try on the then-presidential candidate’s life on the web site.
The billionaire entrepreneur, who has lengthy defied standard norms, “absolutely” endorsed Trump after the Butler taking pictures on July 13, posting a clip of the incident on X, previously Twitter, alongside along with his message of help.
He launched a pro-Trump tremendous PAC, spoke at Trump’s large rally at New York Metropolis’s iconic Madison Sq. Backyard simply earlier than the election, and even agreed to take an lively function in his incoming administration by co-leading the newfound Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) alongside Vivek Ramaswamy.Â
With the altering of the guard subsequent month, the entrepreneurial duo seems to streamline authorities processes, reducing out wasteful spending and downsizing a bloated forms.Â
Joe Rogan
Podcaster Joe Rogan lately endorsed President-elect Donald Trump on the eve of the 2024 election. (The Joe Rogan Expertise)
Illustrious podcaster Joe Rogan shocked many when he publicly endorsed Trump on the eve of the 2024 election, crediting Elon Musk for his “compelling case” for then-candidate Trump.Â
“The nice and highly effective @elonmusk. If it wasn’t for him we would be f—ked. He makes what I believe is probably the most compelling case for Trump you may hear, and I agree with him each step of the best way. For the report, sure, that is an endorsement of Trump. Benefit from the podcast,” Rogan wrote.
Identified for his candid opinions and immense affect, Rogan’s final minute endorsement dealt a major blow to the Harris marketing campaign, which had already struggled to safe quite a few key endorsements.
Each Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance made appearances on Rogan’s podcast earlier than the Nov. 5 faceoff, with Trump’s humorous and genuine demeanor impressing the host. Harris reportedly had plans to sit down down with Rogan for an interview as properly, however her marketing campaign’s insistence that the interview final just one hour – and that Rogan journey to fulfill her – by no means labored out.
Hulk HoganÂ
Skilled entertainer and wrestler Hulk Hogan rips his shirt as he speaks on stage on the fourth day of the Republican Nationwide Conference on the Fiserv Discussion board on July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photographs)
“Trumpamaniacs” stuffed the Fiserv Discussion board at this yr’s Republican Nationwide Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – their cheerleader, WWE legend Hulk Hogan, taking to the stage to indicate his help shortly after the Butler, Pennsylvania taking pictures.
Hogan stood on stage in a darkish shirt branded along with his “Actual American Beer” brand underneath a darkish jacket, however he proceeded to take off the latter and rip off the previous in true pro-wrestling trend, revealing a crimson Trump-Vance shirt.
“Sufficient was sufficient, and I mentioned, let Trump-a-mania run wild, brother. Let Trump-a-mania rule once more. Let Trump-a-mania make America nice once more,” he shouted.Â
“I’ve seen some nice tag groups in my time – Hulk Hogan and oooh, yeah, the ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage. However you recognize one thing? I see the best tag staff of my life standing upon us and on the point of straighten this nation out for all the true People,” he added.Â
The wrestling icon additionally pumped up the group at Trump’s Madison Sq. Backyard rally in October, the place he tore into Harris for her mishandling of the southern border disaster and praised Trump because the “solely man that may repair this nation at this time.”
Jake Paul
Jake Paul speaks onstage throughout the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson Boxing match Arlington press convention at Texas Dwell! on Might 16, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (Cooper Neill/Getty Photographs for Netflix)
YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul opened up about his help for Trump in October, taking to social media to announce that he had primarily “rescinded” his proper to vote within the then-upcoming presidential election by transferring to Puerto Rico, however he wished to make his voice heard one way or the other.
Paul mentioned he was “nervous” to make the video and weighed the way it may influence his profession. He proceeded to criticize the present trajectory of the nation that has largely remained underneath Democratic management for 12 of the final 16 years, asking, “So, if we aren’t pleased with the present political state, financial state, environmental state, then who’s in charge?”Â
“Do the best factor, vote for Donald Trump. Not as a result of I mentioned so, not as a result of Beyoncé mentioned so, however as a result of it’s what’s proper… Please, go, for the love of God, go train your proper to vote on my behalf and vote for Donald Trump on this election. America depends upon it,” he mentioned.
Paul celebrated Trump’s win over Harris shortly after the Fox Information desk projected the victory, saying, “The reality and God received in America.”
Brett Favre
Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre listens to Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump converse throughout a marketing campaign occasion on the Resch Middle on October 30, 2024, in Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photographs)
Packers quarterback legend Brett Favre made the group roar on the Resch Middle in Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin when he spoke out in help of Trump, likening him to the Packers group by calling him a “winner.”
“The US of America received along with his management,” he advised the group.
Favre took on an crucial tone as he spoke of the Nov. 5 election, warning that “there’s by no means been a extra necessary time in our lives than proper now.”
He additionally spoke in a language many simply understood, his phrases rife with soccer analogies and references to the staff that voters in the important thing swing state adore. He talked about the definition of madness – doing the identical factor repeatedly whereas anticipating a special outcome.
“Seems like the primary couple of years of my tenure right here with the Packers,” he joked. “Mike Holmgren would say, ‘What within the hell are you doing, Brett?’ I mentioned, ‘Hell, I don’t know, Mike.’ However we discovered a option to get it completed.”
Tethering the instance to the Biden-Harris administration, he added, “It might be insane to offer Kamala 4 extra years in workplace.”
Danica Patrick
Former NASCAR driver Danica Patrick speaks throughout a Donald Trump marketing campaign rally at Lancaster Airport on November 3, 2024, in Lititz, Pennsylvania. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Photographs)
Former NASCAR driver Danica Patrick voted for the primary time ever within the 2024 presidential election, casting her poll for Donald Trump.Â
Patrick, who stays the one girl to win an IndyCar Sequence race in historical past, mentioned her determination on “Jesse Watters Primetime” in October and speculated that many ladies reluctant to vote for Trump could have had a problem along with his persona.Â
“It appears like voting for Donald Trump is just like the vote of motive. It’s just like the rational, cheap selection,” she mentioned.
“I really feel like most of all, although, what this nation could possibly be if he will get into workplace, with all of the superb, good people who find themselves supporting him, I really feel prefer it cannot solely make America nice once more, however make America higher than it’s ever been,” she added later.
The previously apolitical racecar driver started paying shut consideration to the information earlier this yr and developed her opinions. She confirmed her help for the Trump-Vance ticket previous to her dialogue with Watters, internet hosting a Q&A session with Vance in Greensboro, North Carolina in October.
Patrick even made appearances at Trump-related occasions reminiscent of a Trump Workforce girls’s tour cease in Atlanta, Georgia and a rally in Lititz, Pennsylvania.
Amber Rose
Rapper & Influencer Amber Rose speaks on stage on the primary day of the Republican Nationwide Conference on the Fiserv Discussion board on July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photographs)
Discovering rapper and formerly-adamant Trump opponent Amber Rose on stage at any GOP-related occasion might need appeared unthinkable to some, but her smile beamed on the crowd as she spoke to delegates and spectators at this yr’s Republican Nationwide Conference.
Her objective? Explaining how Trump had earned her help.
“I notice Donald Trump and his supporters don’t care in case you’re Black, White, homosexual or straight, it’s all love. And that’s when it hit me, these are my individuals. That is the place I belong,” the TV persona mentioned.
Critics on either side of the aisle hurled insults her manner earlier than and after she took the stage, with some conservatives criticizing her for being not conservative sufficient and a few liberal voices calling out the alleged bid to recruit extra minority voters.
Not all had been vital of her presence, nonetheless.
ESPN host Stephen A. Smith got here to her protection amid the criticism, saying, “I do know that Amber Rose took a variety of hits. Y’all kick rocks with that. She did a very good job. She did a very good job.”
Younger conservative Xaviaer DuRousseau mentioned that Rose’s addition to the visitor checklist provided proof that the 2024 RNC can be a “historic occasion.”Â
“Amber Rose is one among many Black People who lastly awoke from the Left’s lies after doing her personal analysis about President Trump,” he mentioned.
Dennis Quaid
Actor Dennis Quaid speaks at a marketing campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump on October 12, 2024, in Coachella, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Photographs)
“Reagan” star Dennis Quaid rallied for Trump in Coachella, California weeks earlier than Election Day, telling voters “it is time to decide a facet” whereas evaluating and contrasting Trump and Harris’ visions for the long run.
“Are we going to be a nation that stands for the Structure? Or for TikTok? Are we going to be a nation of regulation and order? Or vast open borders? Which is it? As a result of it is time to decide a facet,” he mentioned, donning a MAGA hat.
With record-high inflation, hostages within the Center East and an obvious blanket of malaise over the U.S., he likened the 2024 race to the 1980 faceoff between Ronald Reagan and then-Democratic President Jimmy Carter.Â
“I will ask you a query that Reagan requested America again then, and I believe it is the query that bought him elected. Are you higher off than you had been 4 years in the past?” Quaid mentioned.Â
Earlier this yr, Quaid applauded Trump for paying visits to New York neighborhoods after his rally within the South Bronx, suggesting that the transfer made him seem “extra human” to individuals.
Drea de Matteo
Actress Drea de Matteo attends the twenty fifth Annual Dances With Movies – U.S. premiere of “The Latin From Manhattan” at TCL Chinese language Theatre on June 11, 2022, in Hollywood, California. (Paul Archuleta/Getty Photographs)
“Sopranos” star Drea de Matteo could name herself a “liberal,” however, in her eyes, the “mean-spirited” nature that has possessed the progressive left falls wanting the best way issues must be.
“Say what you need about Trump, and I perceive that lots of people have Trump Derangement Syndrome,” she mentioned. “I used to be one among them. However individuals can change. And it isn’t that Trump modified, I modified, and I did my analysis, and I paid extra consideration to what was occurring.”
She criticized celebrities who overtly mocked the July assassination try in opposition to Trump, together with “Star Wars” star Mark Hamill and Kyle Gass, a bandmate of actor and musician Jack Black.
“Everyone has their proper to their opinion, they usually have freedom of speech, so right here we’re,” she advised Fox Information Digital. “However, once more, I am a liberal. I’m a liberal who doesn’t perceive how the left has develop into so rebellious, with not one undertone of peace, love, concord and compassion. You are purported to be the occasion of inclusivity, of affection, of peace. And swiftly, these are the rioters. These are the mean-spirited people on the market. And I do not perceive that.”
She known as for celebrities who’re vehemently against Trump to do some inside reflecting, to ask themselves “why they’re so stuffed with rage.”
Russell Model
Comic, actor and podcaster Russell Model has been notoriously outspoken, difficult the system and vehemently opposing censorship.
He sounded off on the 2024 election earlier this yr, choosing Trump as the higher candidate for preserving democratic values.
“In a straight selection between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, in case you care about democracy, in case you care about freedom, I don’t know the way you may do something apart from vote for Donald Trump for exactly the explanations that they declare that you could’t,” he advised RNC spokeswoman Elizabeth Pipko throughout a June clip of the “Keep Free with Russell Model” podcast, obtained by Fox Information Digital on the time.
President Biden was nonetheless a contender within the race on the time, later passing the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris after a debate efficiency that was broadly thought of poor.
Model was additionally in Milwaukee for this yr’s Republican Nationwide Conference, in accordance with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and was lately noticed at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Florida.
Zachary Levi
Hollywood star Zachary Levi endorses Donald Trump for president at occasion in Michigan. (X/@TulsiGabbard)
“Shazam!” star Zachary Levi additionally endorsed Trump this yr, revealing the choice whereas moderating an occasion in Michigan with former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard – now each Trump cupboard nominees.
“We’re going to take again this nation. We’re going to make it nice once more, we’ll make it wholesome once more. And so I stand with Bobby and I stand with everybody else who’s standing with President Trump,” Levi mentioned in September.Â
“Of the 2 decisions that we now have, and we solely have two, President Trump is the person that may get us there.”Â
Levi refuted claims that his profession had suffered following his Trump endorsement, telling HBO’s Invoice Maher that it is nonetheless “full steam forward” for a number of in-progress tasks, although he didn’t but know what the “final results” of the endorsement could be.
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Fox Information’ Cortney O’Brien, Alexa Moutevelis, Alexander Corridor, Yael Halon, Paulina Dedaj, Scott Thompson, Danielle Wallace, Joshua Q. Nelson, Gabriel Hays, Gabriele Regalbuto, Charles Creitz and Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.
