Kamala Harris’ Biggest Hollywood Supporters: Taylor Swift, George Clooney
Hollywood is full of Harris endorsements this fall. From Taylor Swift to George Clooney, Bruce Springsteen to Oprah Winfrey, the boldfaced names declaring their support for presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, have packed stadiums and movie theaters across the globe, and now have turned their platforms toward ensuring Democratic victory next month.
“Vote like your life depends on it because it does,” Billie Eilish told her followers recently. Many like her — including Taylor Swift — have also included voter registration pushes with their endorsements of Harris, leading to hundreds of thousands more visitors at sites like Vote.gov.
Others have also spoken out directly against former President Trump and his running mate, J.D. Vance, with Springsteen calling the Republican nominee “the most dangerous candidate for president in my lifetime.” (See who’s supporting Trump.)
Below, here’s a list of the biggest Hollywood names to have thrown their support behind the Harris-Walz ticket.
Taylor Swift
Image Credit: Kate Green/Getty Images Swift’s was the endorsement heard round the world. After months of speculation, the superstar singer posted a lengthy statement supporting Harris shortly after the conclusion of Harris’ debate with Trump.
“I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them,” Swift wrote. “I was so heartened and impressed by her selection of running mate @timwalz, who has been standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF and a woman’s right to her own body for decades.”
Swift signed her endorsement as a “childless cat lady,” a jab at J.D. Vance’s comments earlier this year. The post reached 283 million of the singer’s followers, and subsequently led to 337,826 people visiting Vote.gov registration sites overnight.
George Clooney
Clooney was one of Hollywood’s first celebrities to endorse Harris, after also calling for Biden to step down from the race in a controversial essay in The New York Times.
“We are not going to win in November with this president,” Clooney wrote of Biden. “On top of that, we won’t win the House, and we’re going to lose the Senate.”
When the president announced his official withdrawal from the race in July, the actor told CNN that “President Biden has shown what true leadership is. He’s saving democracy once again.” He added, “We’re all so excited to do whatever we can to support Vice President Harris in her historic quest.”
Barbra Streisand
Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for BSB Streisand also offered early support of Harris, endorsing the nominee the same day that Biden announced he would end his bid for the White House.
“Joe Biden will go down in history as a man who accomplished significant achievements in his 4 year term. We should be grateful for his upholding of our democracy,” the beloved singer wrote on social media, adding later that Harris “will work to restore women’s reproductive freedom and continue with the accomplishments begun in the Biden-Harris administration.”
Jamie Lee Curtis
Image Credit: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Curtis posted her glowing endorsement of Harris after Biden stepped aside, calling her a “trusted and tested” leader who is “a fierce advocate for women’s rights and people of color.” She has since continued to share voting information on social media in the lead-up to November.
Megan Thee Stallion
Image Credit: Steve Granitz/FilmMagic Megan Thee Stallion performed at an early Atlanta rally for the presidential nominee, where Quavo, Stacey Abrams and Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock also spoke.
“Make some noise for Ms. Harris, our future president,” the Grammy winner said to a packed house. Just before performing “Body” later that night, she told the crowd, “I know my ladies in the crowd love their body. And if you want to keep loving your body, you know who to vote for.”
Charli XCX
Image Credit: Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Despite being a Brit who can’t vote in U.S. elections, brat superstar Charli XCX’s “kamala IS brat” tweet helped the Harris campaign find its footing among the memes early after its launch. Harris’ “brat” status went on to be discussed on CNN and Fox News — even Bill Maher weighed in.
“To be on the right side of democracy, the right side of women’s rights, is hugely important to me,” Charli later said about her support of Harris. “I’m happy to help to prevent democracy from failing forever.”
Kerry Washington
Image Credit: Amy Sussman/Getty Images Kerry Washington hosted the fourth and final night of July’s Democratic National Convention, at one point reuniting with her Scandal co-star Tony Goldwyn, who hosted night one.
“Look, I know that I am the one standing on this stage, but I am not the lead character in this story,” Washington, famous for her portrayal of Olivia Pope, told her Chicago audience. “I am here as a mother, as a daughter, as a proud union member. I am here as the granddaughter of immigrants, as a Black woman descended from enslaved people. I am here tonight because I am an American and because I am a voter, and because we the people are stronger when all our voices are heard.”
She later told the audience, “You are the messengers. You are the fixers. Dare I say, you are the Olivia Pope.”
Finneas and Billie Eilish
Image Credit: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images The brother-sister duo endorsed Harris in a video posted to social media on National Voter Registration Day earlier this month, citing Harris’ support of “our reproductive freedom, our planet and our democracy.”
“We can’t let extremists control our lives and our freedoms and our future,” Finneas said. His sister added, “Vote like your life depends on it because it does.”
Oprah Winfrey
Image Credit: Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Winfrey endorsed Harris at the Democratic National Convention, where she surprised guests with her appearance and told them, “Decency and respect are on the ballot in 2024.”
“Soon, very soon, we’re going to be teaching our daughters and our sons about how this child of an Indian mother and a Jamaican father — two idealistic, energetic immigrants — how this child grew up to become the 47th president of the United States,” Winfrey told the crowd to growing applause.
Beyoncé
Image Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for iHeartRadio Queen Bey offered her quiet support of Harris by allowing the campaign to use her song “Freedom” during the Democratic nominee’s first official visit to her campaign headquarters on July 22. Harris’ campaign then used the song in its first ad. Representatives for the singer confirmed she had given permission for both instances. She then officially endorsed Harris at a Houston rally on Oct. 25, where she appeared with her mother, Tina Knowles, and her former Destiny’s Child bandmate, Kelly Rowland.
Omarosa Manigault Newman
Image Credit: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images Newman was a particularly notable Hollywood endorsement because of her former work with the Trump administration. The actress first made a name for herself as one of the former president’s favorite contestants on The Apprentice‘s first season in 2004 (she also returned twice for The Celebrity Apprentice).
Before her time on reality TV and under Trump’s eye, Newman worked for the Clinton administration, and then returned to Washington as the director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison under Trump in 2017. Her 2018 memoir subsequently attacked Trump, and she told Variety in October that she was “100 percent endorsing Kamala Harris for president.”
Geraldo Rivera
Image Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Hollywood Reporter Rivera, a former Fox News host, called Trump a “sore loser” in his endorsement of Harris, which made waves across conservative and liberal media communities alike.
“If you are a Republican, Donald Trump has made a liar of you,” Rivera wrote in a lengthy statement. “He has coaxed and intimidated tens of millions into pretending he was reelected in 2020, and that the election was stolen.”
The endorsement concluded: “Former President Donald Trump is a sore loser who cannot be trusted to honor the constitution. That is why I am voting for Kamala Harris to be our 47th President.”
Michael Keaton
Image Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Keaton, an outspoken supporter of Harris, said in a video posted to social media on Oct. 23 that Elon Musk and Donald Trump “don’t really respect you. They laugh at you behind your back; they think you’re stupid. They don’t want to hang out with you. They have nothing in common with you — they’re not your bros.”
Eminem
Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety/Penske Media/Getty Images Eminem — a longtime critic of Trump — appeared at a Detroit rally for Harris on Oct. 22, where he spoke about the Democratic nominee before introducing Barack Obama.
“As most of you know, the city of Detroit and the whole state of Michigan mean a lot to me,” the Detroit rapper told the crowd. “And going into this election, the spotlight is on us more than ever… And I think it’s important to use your voice. So I’m encouraging everybody to get out and vote.”
Insane Clown Posse
Image Credit: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for MTV Insane Clown Posse‘s frontman Violent J seemingly endorsed Harris during a parody segment on The Daily Show, where he said “I want her to win because she’s a Democrat and I love my mom.”
Violent J, real name Joseph Frank Bruce, is perhaps the most influential figure in the community of Juggalos — the loosely associated fans of rap-rock group ICP and the other bands on their record label, Psychopathic Records and acts in the horrorcore genre.
In his interview with The Daily Show‘s Troy Awata, Bruce added that he despises Trump’s border wall, and also said he supported women’s rights. “They have the right to be the shit!” he quipped.
Andy Cohen
Image Credit: Ohad Kad Cohen endorsed Harris in a social media post on Oct. 23, citing reproductive rights, gun control, the Supreme Court and minimum wage increases.
“I believe women should have jurisdiction over their bodies,” the Bravo producer wrote. “As a gay American dad who had kids through IVF, the Supreme Court is on the ballot and I don’t want it filled with (more) right wing extremists who will take away my rights. I believe in sensible gun control. I believe in building the middle class, and raising the minimum wage. She is mentally fit to serve as Commander in Chief and not too old for the job. America should never cozy up to dictators. She will be a President for all Americans. I believe January 6 was one of the darkest days in our history, the result of a weak man’s fragile ego. I don’t want to go back!”
He finished his post by encouraging followers to register to vote.
Sarah Jessica Parker
Image Credit: Cindy Ord/Getty Images Sarah Jessica Parker endorsed Harris with a long list of reasons on social media, including: “For the love of my country, for our public schools, for books, for common sense gun laws, for a living wage, for opportunity, for women, for voting rights, for the Dreamers, for arts and culture, for my mother and senior citizens, for our military, past and currently serving, for the climate, for hope, for friends and loved ones in the LGBTQ+ community, for freedom, for science, for affordable healthcare, for our union members, for democracy, for my daughters, for my son, for all of our children, for equality, for dignity, for hope, for the constitution, for me, for love, for choice and for a certain childless cat lady I play on TV.”
SJP signed her message, “with an abundance of joy, optimism and pride.”
Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio, a longtime climate activist, endorsed Harris on Oct. 25.
“Climate change is killing the earth and ruining our economy, we need a bold step forward to save our economy, our planet and ourselves,” he said in a video posted to Instagram. “That’s why I’m voting for Kamala Harris.”
He also cited “the devastation that our country recently experienced from Hurricanes Helene and Milton,” writing in his caption that both natural disasters show “the continued threat of unnatural disasters caused by climate change.”
He added, “We need leaders who are equipped to enact climate policies that will help save the planet.”
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