By Tory Kingdon
On Friday Donald Trump signed an order intended "to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States of America". How, you ask? Oh just by barring ALL citizens from predominantly Muslim countries - Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen - from visiting or emigrating to America. Yep, really.
Unsurprisingly, the move has caused outrage. Protestors gathered outside airports throughout the US and soon the hashtag #MuslimBan was trending on Twitter. The SAG Awards acted as a platform for lots of celebs to have their say too. One thing's for sure, no-one was staying quiet.
Ashton Kutcher
Kicking off the host-less SAG Awards, Ashton Kutcher showed his support for the protestors, saying: “Good evening, fellow SAG-AFTRA members and everyone at home and everyone in airports that belong in my America. You are a part of the fabric of who we are and we love you and we welcome you."
My wife came to this country on a refugee visa in the middle of the Cold War! My blood is boiling right now!
— ashton kutcher (@aplusk) January 29, 2017
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
On picking up her SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, the Veep star told the audience, "My father fled religious persecution in occupied France, and I’m an American patriot and I love this country, and because I love this country I am horrified by its blemishes, and this immigrant ban is a blemish and it is un-American."
Mahershala Ali
The Moonlight actor spoke of his own conversion to Islam: “My mother is an ordained minister. I am a Muslim. She didn’t do backflips when I called her and told her I converted 17 years ago. But we put things to the side and I was able to see her. She is able to see me. We love each other. The love has grown, and that stuff’s minutiae. It’s not that important . . . When you persecute people, they fall into themselves.”
Taraji P. Henson
Taraji also made a reference to the ban in her Hidden Figures acceptance speech: “This story is of unity, this story is about what happens when we put our differences aside and come together as a human race...We win. Love wins, every time.”
Other celebrities took to Twitter in protest.
Julianne Moore
The immigration and nationality act of 1965 bans all discrimination against immigrants on the basis of national origin, @POTUS #Constitution
— Julianne Moore (@_juliannemoore) January 29, 2017
Seth Rogen
One of the many reasons I am opposed to the #MuslimBan is because my family immigrated to North America after fleeing wars in Russia.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 29, 2017
One of the other reasons I oppose the #MuslimBan is that I feel it's prime effect is persecuting innocent refugees.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 29, 2017
Michael Moore
To our Muslim neighbors in the world: I & tens of millions of others are so very sorry. The majority of Americans did not vote 4 this man.
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) January 28, 2017
Jessica Chastain
I'm a New Yorker. We are a city built by immigrants. Today is a sad day for America. https://t.co/UkhfV6M5sv
— Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) January 28, 2017
Olivia Wilde
I feel sick. So ashamed of our maniac-in-chief. And SO PROUD of our protesters. #RESIST
— olivia wilde (@oliviawilde) January 29, 2017
Patricia Arquette
We might need to think about returning this beauty to France Now http://pic.twitter.com/GUw5E4nj4k
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) January 28, 2017
Chrissy Teigen
Donald Trump is an unwell, evil human being. To the core.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) January 28, 2017
Rihanna
Disgusted! The news is devastating! America is being ruined right before our eyes! What an immoral pig you have to be to implement such BS!!
— Rihanna (@rihanna) January 29, 2017
Kim Kardashian
It's not often Kim Kardashian tweets about statistics, but this table made her feelings on the matter clear.
Statistics http://pic.twitter.com/aSpyFuabct
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) January 29, 2017
Bella and Gigi Hadid
Bella and Gigi took to the streets to protest, joining thousands at a #NoBanNoWall rally in New York. The model sisters, whose Dad Mohammed is a Jordanian American, born in Palestine, carried a sign that read “We are all Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Atheists, Christians, Jews”. The letters of which spelt out Humans vertically. Bella posted a pic to Instagram.
Not everyone was united in their anger however, with Rihanna's tweet on the ban inciting Trump-supporting Azealia Banks to fight back with, "As far as Rihanna (who isn’t [an American] citizen, and can’t vote) and all the rest of the celebrities who are using their influence to stir the public, you lot really REALLY need to shut up and sit down." Rihanna responded and the feud escalated, with Banks eventually posting details of Rihanna's mobile number online.
It's a shame someone can't do the same for Trump - there's a few things we'd like to say him.
Celebrities React To Trump's #MuslimBan - And They're Angry
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