Their publicists did not reply to a request for comment. Similarly, Barbra Streisand, who said she would move to Australia or Canada, and Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston, who pledged he would “definitely move” north if Trump won, have not brought up the idea of moving since the election. A publicist for Sevigny said she did not have any other information on the topic. After telling Vanity Fair that she would escape to Canada’s east coast province of Nova Scotia if Trump became president, the actress Chloë Sevigny said nothing more. Others simply never addressed their promise. But the segment ended with her preparing to head back to the US.
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Raven-Symoné’s promise to move north prompted a six-minute TV segment featuring her travelling to British Columbia, dressed as a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer and throwing axes with a flannel-clad man in an attempt to get a taste for life in Canada. “Yesterday, my staff reminded me that platforms and voices like mine are needed more than ever leaving the country is quitting,” she tweeted after Trump was elected. The comedian Chelsea Handler, who had said she was ready to move to Canada if she couldn’t live in Spain, said she had been encouraged to stay in the US.
“It’s harder to live, fully and painfully aware of the injustice surrounding us, to cherish and fear your country all at once. “It’s easy to joke about moving to Canada,” she wrote on social media. Days after Trump was elected, Dunham said she would not be heading to Vancouver. As Trump took office in 2017, the number remained stable, with 7,446 applications received in the first 11 months of the year.Īmong celebrities, the follow-through was less certain. In 2016, Canada received 7,745 applications for permanent residency from Americans, a 13% increase over 2015. Media on both sides of the border featured profiles of Americans who had left behind the fraught, divisive political climate of their home country, while others detailed the lengthy, complicated process involved in making the move.īut one year after Trump took power, has there been a surge of Americans – celebrities or otherwise – moving to Canada?įigures from the Canadian government suggest an uptick in interest. Canadian officials even got into the game, hinting that distressed Americans were partly to blame for crashing the country’s main immigration site. The sentiment seemingly continued unabated on election night, sending online searches on moving to Canada rocketing. The actor Raven-Symoné said she had her ticket already and was prepared to “move to Canada with my entire family” if any Republican candidate became president. “I know a lovely place in Vancouver and I can get my work done from there.” So now that we are less than a week away from the election, do you think these celebrities will actually pack up and leave if Trump becomes the president on Tuesday? Tell us what you think on FOX 5 DC's Facebook page and Twitter account.“I know a lot of people have been threatening to do this, but I really will,” Girls’ Lena Dunham told a New York audience in 2016. Maybe it's time for me to move, you know." WHOOPI GOLDBERG: And also in an episode of "The View," Whoopi Goldberg spoke about her concerns about Trump and said, "I don't think that's America. She went on to say, "I literally bought my ticket, I swear."Ĩ. She confessed that "if any Republican gets nominated," she would move to Canada with her family. Raven-Symone was talking about leaving before Trump even became the Republican nominee. RAVEN-SYMONE: "The View" might be looking for two new co-hosts after Tuesday if Trump wins. In an exchange with another user, she said if he were to be elected "I'm moving to Jupiter."ħ. CHER: Let's talk about Cher - she took to twitter and is looking to an extraterrestrial location to call home. BARBRA STREISAND: Barbra Streisand sat down for an interview with an Australian news outlet where she said, "I'm either coming to your country, if you'll let me in, or Canada."Ħ. In an interview with Vanity Fair, she said, "I have a house in Spain that is going to be ready right after the election."ĥ. CHELSEA HANDLER: Comedian Chelsea Handler also wants to leave, but she's not going to Canada.
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