Donald Trump admitted he was “very disappointed” to see Julia Roberts take part in a pro-Kamala Harris ad ahead of the election, and said she will “look back and shudder.”
The former president spoke to Fox & Friends after Roberts ran an ad from the liberal group Vote Common Good that encouraged wives to hide their support for Harris from their husbands.
In response, Trump said, “I’m very disappointed in Julia Roberts because I love… she’s going to look back on that and cringe.”
Roberts’ ad ran alongside one voiced by another prominent pro-Harris, George Clooney, encouraging men to hide their votes for Harris from their male Republican friends.
Donald Trump admitted he was “very disappointed” to see Julia Roberts participate in a pro-Kamala Harris ad ahead of the election.
Roberts sparked backlash after she narrated an ad by the liberal group Vote Common Good that encouraged wives to hide their support for Harris from their husbands.
In Roberts’ ad, two women were seen approaching a ballot box, and one appeared to be nervous about which candidate to vote for.
One of the women hesitates before voting for Kamala Harris, as Roberts says, “In the only place in America where women still have the right to choose, you can vote however you want and no one will ever know.”
One of the women’s husbands, wearing a baseball cap with a bald eagle and a veiled parody of a MAGA hat, asks her, “Did you make the right decision?”
“Of course, honey,” he responds with a wink at the camera.
Roberts then said on commentary: ‘Remember, what happens in the cockpit, stays in the cockpit. Vote Harris-Walz.’
In response to the clip, Trump joked that the ads “don’t say much about their relationship.” The star has been married to Danny Moder since 2002.
“I’m sure she has a great relationship, but wives and husbands, I don’t think that’s the way they behave,” he continued.
‘I mean, can you imagine a wife not telling her husband who she’s voting for? Have you ever heard anything like that before?
Roberts’ ad showed women wondering who to vote for, as she said, “Remember, what happens in the booth, stays in the booth.” Vote Harris-Walz’
Roberts says in the ad, “In the only place in America where women still have the right to choose, you can vote however you want and no one will ever know.”
The ads were run by Vote Common Good, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to mobilize religious voters for Democrats.
In the other ad starring 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 of the others looks at a family photo while deciding who to vote for, as Clooney narrates: “Before you cast your vote in this election, think about how it will affect the people you care about most.”
The friend asks him, ‘Are you doing your patriotic duty?’, to which he replies, ‘You bet you are, bro.’
The ads sparked a backlash from conservatives online, as critics of the ad accused the organization of encouraging cheating between married couples.
One X user said in a post: ‘I can’t imagine not knowing exactly how my wife would vote. I can’t imagine my wife not talking to me about any of these controversial topics. I can’t believe there is a campaign that encourages women to lie and cheat on their husbands.’
The same group also ran an ad aimed at men, showing a man hiding his vote for Kamala Harris while a friend tells a group, “Come on, guys.” Let’s make America great again’
‘Good. Promote marital conflicts. That’s the way to reach married women. This is very disturbing,” said another.
Disapproval also came from female users, who described the ad as “misogynistic.”
“I guess the people who created this ad were never married,” one said.
“I have no words for how condescending this is towards women,” wrote another. ‘Do Democrats believe marriages are stuck in the 1950s?’
‘If you have to lie to your spouse about voting, that’s the least of your problems…’ said another.