On November 16, 2015, Donald J. Trump formally announced that he was running for the office
of President of the United States of America.
At the time, many people didn’t take his candidacy seriously.
After all, this was a man who both had a hit reality show on network television and had
made appearances in films such as Home Alone 2 and Zoolander.
But lo and behold, seemingly against all odds, not only did Trump win the GOP nomination,
but he went on to clinch victory in the 2016 presidential election thus becoming the 45th
President of the United States.
Love him or hate him, Trump proved that celebrities shouldn’t just be brushed off as novelty
candidates in presidential elections.
Just as Arnold Schwarzenegger had done before when he became the Governor of the state of
California, Trump showed us that fame and widespread recognition can be used to one's
advantage to win over the masses.
With the 2024 Presidential election just around the corner, many are beginning to wonder if
Joe Biden will seek out reelection.
If he does, who will he be up against?
If not, who will take his place and what kind of competition will he or she have come election
day?
In the past, we’ve seen countless celebrities announce that they were running for president.
While some of them were seeking nothing more than publicity, a few have been dead serious
in their political ambitions.
Join Facts Verse as we take a closer look at a few names that you just might be hearing
a whole lot more of in the months leading up to the election.
Kris Jenner
While she certainly would have more than enough resources to attempt a presidential run, it
looks like Jenner was only joking around when she announced her 2024 run on TikTok.
Hopping aboard the popular “Krissed” TikTok trend, Jenner made a video with a caption
that read “I’m so excited to finally announce….”
The video quickly garnered 56.9 million views and over 12 million likes.
Howard Stern
At the end of June on his popular SiriusXM radio show, Howard Stern announced that he
would consider running for President next year if Trump0 ends up being the Republican
nominee.
Stern's announcement came right after the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade.
He told his co-host, Robin Quivers, that after that landmark decision, he would probably
have to run.
He went on to express his opinion that what’s wrong with the country is that most presidents
are trying to push too big an agenda.
He then said that his only agenda would be to make the country fair again.
On his list of things, he’d like to accomplish include eliminating the electoral college
and appointing more Supreme Court justices.
On June 30, 2022, Fox News reported that Howard Stern had chosen actor Bradley Cooper to be
his running mate.
This isn’t the first time that Stern has dabbled in politics.
Back in 1994, he ran for governor of New York on the Libertarian Party ticket but ended
up withdrawing from the race after refusing to disclose his finances.
Kanye West
As you no doubt recall, Kanye ran for President in 2020 but unsurprisingly he ended up losing.
Recently, however, West has been dropping hints indicating that he might be up for another
run in 2024.
Back in April, he dropped the track “Keep it Burnin” with his buddy Future.
The song's first verse includes a lyric about running in 24.
While West hasn’t officially announced his intention to run again, it wouldn’t surprise
us if he did so in the next several months.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
The idea of The Rock being the President has been floated in the media for years after
the actor and former wrestler said that he would consider a run in 2017.
Back in 2019, the “Run The Rock 2020” campaign committee was filed with the Federal
Election Commission.
That made him an eligible candidate for the 2020 race but he ended up never actually running.
Many began to wonder, however, if he would be willing to give it a go in 2024.
Unfortunately for all those that had their hopes up, The Rock seemingly put these rumors
to rest in October 2021 when he made a post on Instagram stating that despite immense
public support for his candidacy, he didn’t know the first thing about politics, and although
he has some leadership qualities, that doesn’t mean he would be a great Presidential candidate.
Seemingly having a change of heart, however, sources close to The Rock reported in May
2022 that the actor was feeling once again ‘motivated’ for a presidential run and
that he was ‘excited’ about giving it a go.
According to OK, Dwayne is ‘absolutely serious’ about a run and that even though he lacks
the credentials, he’s willing to take a course in political science to prep for a
prospective run.
Johnson has previously told Stephen Colbert that he would need to first get some experience
and understand the policy before announcing his candidacy.
According to other sources close to the actor, he’s been feeling motivated to help people
and he’s been upset by all of the division that has been happening throughout society
in recent times.
Beyond that, The Rock reportedly feels like most politicians are ‘a bunch of losers’.
Diplo
On July 4, 2022, Diplop shared a photo of himself rocking a patriotic Budweiser beer
star and stripes shirt along with a caption that read “Dear America, you been letting
me down a lot lately.
But you can always turn this sh”t around.
Also – I’m running for president.
Diplo 2024.”
Camila Cabello offered Diplo her support in those comments by saying that she would vote
for him.
Likewise, Paris Hilton seemed to endorse him by leaving a fire emoji.
Ellen Degeneres
According to a poll conducted by entertainment site Ranker, Degeneres ranks near the top
of celebrities that people would like to see one day become president.
While she hasn’t announced a 2024 run and such a thing doesn’t look like it’s in
the cards at the moment, she did briefly discuss the Ranker poll on her award-winning talk
show.
She mentioned that she loved private planes so that part of being president appealed to
her but she went on to explain that she has no political ambitions.
If she were to become president, however, she said that the first thing on her agenda
would be to close the gender pay gap.
Ellen further added that her wife Portia de Rossi would make for a beautiful first lady.
Will Smith
In 1997, the fresh prince said that the Presidency was something that was in his sights.
He told one reporter that he just needed 10 years and then he’d make that a reality
provided that he could squeeze in an NBA championship before then.
While Smith accomplished neither of two things in that time frame, in 2016 he brought up
the topic once again when that year's election fever was in full force.
Smith was quoted as saying that with all of the crazy stuff that was being talked about
in the news lately about ‘walls and muslims’, he felt like he was being called to the political
arena.
While Smith might have at one point seriously considered getting involved in politics, after
slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars early in 2022, any of those aspirations likely went
up in a cloud of smoke.
Tom Hanks
After The Rock said that he was running for President while hosting SNL in 2017, Tom Hanks
dropped in just to say that he was going to be Johnson’s running mate.
Meryl Streep later said that Hanks should be the one leading the ticket since in her
opinion no one knows more about history and statesmanship than he does.
Unfortunately, Hanks never was seriously considering a Presidential run at that time and since
then he has given little indication that he is interested in pursuing such a thing.
That being said, we think that Hanks would make for one seriously great leader.
Or at least, he would be able to play the part convincing enough.
George Clooney
Once again, this actor hasn’t made any solid plans to run for president in 2024, but he
has expressed interest in pursuing such a path in the past.
During the 2017 Venice Film Festival press conference, Clooney was asked if he would
like to be president.
Clooney responded to that question by saying that such a thing sounded like fun.
Matt Damon chimed in by saying that he would like anybody to become the next president
of the United States as soon as possible – clearly indicating his disapproval for then-current
incumbent Donald Trump.
While Clooney didn’t mind briefly entertaining the idea of becoming President one day, he
later said that he’d prefer it if celebrities did not run for office.
That way ‘someone who actually knows hot to make policy’ could do so instead.
So, is Clooney 2024 a possibility?
Probably not.
But one can dream.
Are there any celebrities that you would like to see run for president in 2024 or do you
think that celebrities should leave politics to politicians?
Let us know in the comments down below.
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