Celebs in shock over Trump‘ing' win
LOS ANGELES: Hollywood celebrities have expressed shock over billionaire businessman Donald Trump's surprise win over seasoned politician Hillary Clinton in the knife-edge US Presidential elections.
Trump, a former reality star, who has hosted ‘The Apprentice', swept Clinton in battleground states like Florida, North Carolina and Ohio.
Many celebrities had openly backed Clinton and have now taken to social media to share their despair.
Kunal Nayyar, the IndoAmerican star of ‘The Big Bang Theory' expressed fear over Trump's election win. "Never in 15 years of living In this country have I ever felt afraid to look like I do. #immigrant," he wrote.
Veteran singer Cher tweeted, "World will never be the same. I feel Sad for the young. (Donald) will never be more than the toilet, I've used as a symbol for Him. You can't Polish."
"The positive element from all this is that we can no longer pretend that we are free of racism & sexism. The question is, what do we do now?" wrote actress Jessica Chastain.
Actress Amanda Seyfried said with this result, US has hit "rock bottom". "Maybe this is rock bottom and there's no where to go but up," she posted.
"Well this is utterly terrifying," wrote pop star Ariana Grande. "I am in tears," she added.
‘Captain America' star Chris Evans called Trump's victory "embarrassing." "This is an embarrassing night for America. We've let a hatemonger lead our great nation. We've let a bully set our course. I'm devastated," Evans added.
TV producer Shonda Rhimes, who has been vocal against Trump's Presidential bid, expressed her disappointment. NEW YORK: With her husband Donald Trump triumphing in the US presidential polls, Melania Trump is set to become the first foreign-born First Lady of the US in almost two centuries.
Melania, 46, will be the first foreign-born First Lady since Louisa Adams – the wife of John Quincy Adams, the sixth US president (1825-29).
Louisa was born in London to an English mother and an American father, who had served as US consul, according to the White House. Till date, Louisa was the only First Lady to be born outside the United States.
Melania, a Slovenian former model, was born in 1970 in communist Yugoslavia. She is the daughter of Viktor Knavs, a car and motorcycle dealer and a member of the Slovenian Communist Party, and Amalija Knvas, according to media reports.
Melania began her modeling career when she was only 16 years, and at the age of 18 signed with a modeling agency in Milan, Italy.
Melania has her own jewellery and skincare line and speaks five languages – Slovenian, Serbian, English, French and German.
She met Trump at a Fashion Week party in New York in September 1998, when he was separated from his second wife Marla Marples. They were engaged in 2004, and were married in a church ceremony in Florida the following year. In March 2006, she gave birth to their son Barron.
Melania got her Green Card in 2001 after moving to the US five years earlier and became a US citizen in 2006, a year after her marriage.
She has insisted that she is not shy about giving her husband political advice, despite avoiding the limelight for much of the presidential campaign.
In an interview with CNN, she said, “I give him my opinions, many, many times.” “I don't agree with everything he says, but, you know, that is normal. I'm my own person, I tell him what I think. And I think that's very important in a relationship,” she said.
Melania had made headlines in July, after she was accused of plagiarising parts of a speech made by Michelle Obama in 2008. She had stood by Trump after video footage emerged of his boasting about groping women. Melania is also stepmother to Donald Jr, 38, Ivanka, 34, Eric, 32, from Trump's first marriage to Ivana, and Tiffany, 22, from his marriage to Marla Maples.