15 celebrities who got political in 2017
LAS VEGAS, NV – OCTOBER 04: Model and television personality Chrissy Teigen (2nd L) and singer/songwriter John Legend (R) pose with a cardboard cutout of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton as they take photos with students during a voter registration drive at UNLV on October 4, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Chrissy Teigen
After nine years of regular trolling, model Chrissy Teigen joined the privileged few blocked by the President of the United States of America. The tweet that did her in? “lol no one likes you.” But don’t let the small-seeming straw that broke the camel’s back fool you — Teigen has been calling Donald Trump out before he even eyed the White House.
Although intensely proud of the admittedly juvenile tweet that earned her that rare distinction, that’s not why she made the list. It’s her willingness to stand up for what she believes and fearlessly call out anyone who spews or supports racist, xenophobic or misogynistic rhetoric, whether on Twitter or in the Capitol. Just this year, she’s spoken out on the immigration ban, white supremacy in Charlottesville and the sexual assault allegations sweeping Hollywood. We expected nothing less from a woman who skipped Sundance to attend the Women’s March.
PARK CITY, UT – JANUARY 22: Writer Stephen King speaks at the Amazon Fishbowl with Bill Maher at the Shop during the 2006 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2006 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images)
Stephen King
In 2015, the Washington Post said the scariest thing about Stephen King is not his capacity for horror, but rather his tweeting about politics. Donald Trump agreed because by 2017, the acclaimed horror writer joined Chrissy Teigen in the elite ranks of those blocked on Twitter by the sitting president.
He is by no means a newcomer to political commentary or trolling, but since the election, he has unintentionally established himself as a must-follow celebrity for the politically-inclined. The recent renaissance of his work has taken a whole new meaning under the current administration as well. One columnist even called It a “parable for life under Donald Trump,” while another described The Mist as a show “built for our current Trumpian era of political and cultural polarization.”
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