After years of veiled threats, it seems that waves of Hollywood stars are now putting their money where their mouth is and making good on their promise to leave the United States because of President Donald Trump.
Who is the latest Hollywood elitist ready to bolt from the U.S.?
Late night talk show host and comedian Jimmy Kimmel confirmed he obtained his Italian citizenship in preparation to flee the country to escape Trump.
Kimmel shared the news while a guest on fellow comedian Sarah Silverman’s podcast late last week during a discussion on the state of the country in Trump’s second term.
“A lot of people I know are thinking about where are they going to get citizenship?” Silverman said.
“I did get Italian citizenship,” Kimmel replied.
You do? Oh, that’s amazing,” Silverman reacted.
“I do have that. And what’s going on is—as bad as you thought it was going to be — it’s so much worse. It’s just unbelievable,” Kimmel said.
“I feel like it’s even worse than he would like it to be,” he cracked.
It should be no surprise as Kimmel campaigned for Democrats in the 2024 election and has been a staunch critic of Trump over the years.
Kimmel has been teasing a move to Italy for weeks now.
Kimmel shared he had obtained his Italian citizenship at an event at the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles in June, according to Italian news agency Ansa.
“I have just obtained citizenship, thanks to my beloved grandmother Edith, whose family came from Candida, in the province of Avellino,” he told the crowd at the event celebrating the 79th Italian Republic Day.
The White House has not commented on Kimmel’s claim at the time of publication, but Trump warned last week that Kimmel would be the “next” to be canceled after fellow anti-Trump late-night host Stephen Colbert announced in July that his show would end in May 2026, according to a Fox News report.
Kimmel’s move comes comes after fellow comedians Rosie O’Donnell and Ellen DeGeneres revealed earlier this year that they had permanently relocated outside the country after the 2024 election.
HUGE LOSS: Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, Portia de Rossi, have moved to the U.K. and intend to stay there permanently following Donald Trump's election as president. pic.twitter.com/N1xVG4gyuy
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 20, 2024
Actress Eva Longoria told Marie Claire magazine earlier that she’s “privileged” to have the resources to move her family out of what she calls a “dystopian” United States, claiming she’s now splitting her time between Mexico and Spain.
‘Privileged’ Eva Longoria flees ‘dystopian’ US with family after ‘criminal’ Donald Trump wins election https://t.co/4WvxrS1GiE pic.twitter.com/hKh3xLpfK4
— Page Six (@PageSix) November 14, 2024