How Clooney, Oprah and Beyonce led the celebrity charge to back Kamala Harris but are silent now Donald Trump has smashed through with a resounding win [Video]

08:24 EST 06 Nov 2024, updated 10:39 EST 06 Nov 2024

The Hollywood A-listers who led the charge to back Kamala Harris on the campaign trail have remained silent this morning after Donald Trump smashed through with a resounding election win.

Harris, 60, had dozens of stars backing her White House bid, with Showbiz royalty Oprah and Beyoncé, among others, accompanying her at her events.

Blockbuster stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts featured in her campaign ads, and millennial and Gen-Z icons, such as Taylor Swift and Charli XCX, urged citizens to turn up at the polls – but her campaign’s reliance on ‘virtue-signalling’ A-listers was not enough.

Trump, 78, became the nation’s next president after captured votes in a wave of swing states, winning both the popular vote and the electoral college overnight.

He received the backing of firebrands Tesla CEO Elon Musk, former WWE star Hulk Hogan, and Joe Rogan, who delivered a last-minute endorsement of …