This is my reaction every time a so-called 'celebrity' makes the announcement that they're leaving the US because they don't want to live here while Trump is President. Here's what I have to say to them - ALL of them, both the ones I like and the ones I don't.
First off, this isn't an airport. You don't have to announce your departure. Just pack your shit and leave.
Second, who cares? I mean, really, aside from your close family, who cares? You do what you think is best for you and your family, but do it without the unnecessary fanfare and drama. Yeah, I know, you're a celebrity and a very important person, so you're used to the fanfare and the people drooling over your every move and expect this to happen every time you blow your nose or skin your knee.
News flash - WE DON'T CARE. Not even the most rabid of your fans will give a damn where you live, as long as you keep acting or singing or doing whatever it is you do. Oh, a few of them will cry and moan and whine about you leaving - the ones with blue hair and a septum ring - but they'll be the exception rather than the rule. Everyone else will just move on.
Third, and most important, what makes you think that your decisions and your opinions are worth more than mine or anyone else's? Are you an expert in politics? Science? Math? No? Then why do you think your opinions matter more than anyone else's?
The truth is that they don't. No matter who says it, an opinion is just that - an opinion. And you know what they say about opinions, right?
My advice for any performing artist of any kind, be it acting, singing, comedy, whatever, is very simple.
Just shut up and act. Or sing. Or whatever. Keep your personal/religious/political opinions to yourself, and do whatever it is you do that makes you popular. Speaking as a consumer, I don't listen to a singer or watch an actor because I like their religion or their politics. As long as you can sing or act, that's all I care about. I don't give a damn who you voted for or who you pray to, or even if you pray at all. (On the other hand, if that person comes out as a rabid liberal ala Robert DeNiro, I'll never spend another cent on that person or watcth/listen to anything they do ever again.)
Just shut the hell up and sing. Simple as that.
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