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Just kidding: Stars change their minds after vowing to leave country if Donald Trump wins
By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times - Nov. 10, 2016
Miley Cyrus, Chelsea Handler and Amy Schumer now have a different message after vowing to leave the country if Republican Donald Trump won the presidency: Never mind.
The comedian Handler, who said in May that she had bought a house “in another country just in case,” reversed course Thursday, explaining that she plans to stick around for the good of the nation.
“Yesterday my staff reminded me that voices and platforms like mine are needed more than ever; leaving the country is quitting #keepfightin,” said Ms. Handler on Twitter.
In an interview six months ago on “Live with Kelly and Michael,” however, Ms. Handler said, “So all these people that threaten to leave the country and then don’t—I really will leave that country.”
Meanwhile, the comedian Schumer dismissed Tuesday her pre-election comment on BBC about moving to Europe, saying it was made “in jest,” and blasted those calling for her to take a hike. Read more
By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times - Nov. 10, 2016
Miley Cyrus, Chelsea Handler and Amy Schumer now have a different message after vowing to leave the country if Republican Donald Trump won the presidency: Never mind.
The comedian Handler, who said in May that she had bought a house “in another country just in case,” reversed course Thursday, explaining that she plans to stick around for the good of the nation.
“Yesterday my staff reminded me that voices and platforms like mine are needed more than ever; leaving the country is quitting #keepfightin,” said Ms. Handler on Twitter.
In an interview six months ago on “Live with Kelly and Michael,” however, Ms. Handler said, “So all these people that threaten to leave the country and then don’t—I really will leave that country.”
Meanwhile, the comedian Schumer dismissed Tuesday her pre-election comment on BBC about moving to Europe, saying it was made “in jest,” and blasted those calling for her to take a hike. Read more
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US election fallout – celebrity edition - The Spectator
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Not yet 72 hours into Donald Trump’s victory, and already the finest promises of the campaign are slipping away. Namely, the celebrities #WithHer who had vowed to leave the US are now backing down. As if Americans haven’t been through enough, it seems they’re stuck with Amy Schumer for another four years.
‘The interview where I said I would move was in London and was said in jest,’ Schumer snapped on Instagram, referring to her September chat with Newsnight in which she floated a relocation to Spain. Ditto Samuel L. Jackson, who was quick to disavow his earlier declaration on a late-night sketch show that he would move to South Africa if Trump won. On Thursday, he tweeted, ‘When you learn the difference between My Actual Opinion & A Kimmel Skit… Maybe we can talk.’
Al Sharpton was on hand to explain these reversals, himself having promised last year to get ‘my ticket out of here if he wins’. Speaking to Hollywood-gossip site TMZ this week, Sharpton clarified: ‘All of us said that. That was said in jest. We’re not going anywhere.’ Read more
‘The interview where I said I would move was in London and was said in jest,’ Schumer snapped on Instagram, referring to her September chat with Newsnight in which she floated a relocation to Spain. Ditto Samuel L. Jackson, who was quick to disavow his earlier declaration on a late-night sketch show that he would move to South Africa if Trump won. On Thursday, he tweeted, ‘When you learn the difference between My Actual Opinion & A Kimmel Skit… Maybe we can talk.’
Al Sharpton was on hand to explain these reversals, himself having promised last year to get ‘my ticket out of here if he wins’. Speaking to Hollywood-gossip site TMZ this week, Sharpton clarified: ‘All of us said that. That was said in jest. We’re not going anywhere.’ Read more