Donald Trump has admitted he was “so disappointed” when he saw Julia Roberts take part in a pro-Kamala Harris ad ahead of the election, saying she will “look back and cringe.”
The former president spoke to Fox & Friends after Roberts aired an ad for the liberal group Vote Common Good that encouraged women to hide their support for Harris from their husbands.
In response, Trump said, “I’m so disappointed in Julia Roberts because I love… she’s going to look back on that and she’s going to cringe.”
Roberts’ ad was released alongside another voiced by another pro-Harris A-lister, George Clooney, encouraging men to hide their vote for Harris from their male Republican friends.
Donald Trump admitted he was ‘so disappointed’ when he saw Julia Roberts take part in a pro-Kamala Harris ad ahead of the election
Roberts sparked backlash after she narrated an ad for the liberal group Vote Common Good that encouraged women to hide their support for Harris from their husbands
Roberts’ ad showed two women approaching a polling box, one of whom appeared nervous about which candidate to vote for.
One of the women hesitates before voting for Kamala Harris, while Roberts says, “In the only place in America where women still have the right to choose, you can vote any way you want, and no one will ever know.”
One of the women’s husbands, wearing a baseball cap with a bald eagle in a veiled parody of a MAGA hat, then asks her, “Did you make the right choice?”
“Sure, honey,” she replies with a wink at the camera.
Roberts then said in commentary, “Remember, what happens in the booth, stays in the booth. Vote Harris-Walz.”
In response to the clip, Trump joked that the ads “don’t say much about her relationship.” The star has been married to Danny Moder since 2002.
“I’m sure she has a great relationship, but the wives and husbands, I don’t think that’s the way they interact,” he continued.
“I mean, can you imagine a woman not telling her husband who she’s voting for? Have you ever heard anything like this before?
Roberts’ ad showed women hesitant about who to vote for, as she said, “Remember, what happens in the booth, stays in the booth. Voice Harris-Walz’
Roberts says in the ad: “In the only place in America where women still have the right to choose, you can vote any way you want, and no one will ever know.”
The ads were released by Vote Common Good, a nonprofit organization that aims to mobilize religious voters for Democrats.
In the other ad featuring George Clooney, a group of men went to vote with their families.
‘Come on guys. Let’s make America great again,” one of the men tells the group.
One looks at a family photo while deciding who to vote for, as Clooney says: “Before you cast your vote in this election, consider the impact it will have on the people you care about most.”
The friend asks him, “Are you doing your patriotic duty?”, to which he replies, “I certainly did, brother.”
The ads sparked online backlash from conservatives, as critics of the ad accused the organization of encouraging cheating between married couples.
One user on I can’t imagine my wife not talking to me about these controversial topics. I can’t believe there is a campaign encouraging women to lie and cheat on their husbands.’
The same group also released an ad aimed at men, in which a man hides his vote for Kamala Harris while a friend tells a group, “Come on guys. Let’s Make America Great Again
‘Right. Encourage marital problems. That’s the way to reach married women. This is so disturbing,” said another.
There was also disapproval from female users, who called the ad “misogynistic.”
“I suspect the people who made this ad were never married,” said one.
“I have no words for how condescending this is to women,” wrote another. “Do the Democrats think marriages are stuck in the 1950s?”
“If you have to lie to your partner about voting, that’s the least of your problems…” said another.