Since entering the world of politics, Donald Trump has won many celebrity supporters. However, the former president has also made his fair share of enemies during his political career, including A-list actors, talk show hosts, musicians and authors.
Here's a roundup of every famous face Trump has riled up to date.
Meryl Streep
While accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2017 Golden Globes, Meryl Streep criticized Trump, who as president-elect at the time, for mocking a disabled reporter.
"And this instinct to humiliate, when it's modeled by someone in the public platform, by someone powerful, it filters down into everybody's life because it kind of gives permission for other people to do the same thing," the Oscar winner said, adding: "Disrespect invites disrespect. Violence incites violence."
In response, Trump dubbed Streep a "Hillary lover," referring to his 2016 Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. He later criticized the Devil Wears Prada actor on X, then known as Twitter, calling Streep "one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood."
Spike Lee
Spike Lee has long been an outspoken critic of Trump, with the director condemning the Republican during the 2019 Academy Awards.
While collecting the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, Lee asked viewers to "make the moral choice between love versus hate" in the 2020 general election.
Following Lee's speech, Trump accused the BlacKkKlansman director of putting out a "racist hit on your president."
In June 2020, Lee suggested Trump had KKK-like "tendencies," telling GQ that the politician was "sympathetic" to the Klan's cause.
Anna Wintour
Although Donald and Melania Trump appeared on the cover of Vogue in 2005 to celebrate their wedding, the couple has had an on-again, off-again feud with editor-in-chief Anna Wintour for years.
Vogue backed Clinton during her 2016 presidential bid, the first time the magazine had ever endorsed a candidate. In October 2017, Wintour announced she would never invite Donald Trump to the Met Gala again. The star-studded charity benefit is considered one of the world's most prestigious fashion events, and it is an opportunity for A-listers to showcase their style credentials.
In December 2017, Vanity Fair released an apology after sharing a video that mocked Clinton's supporters. Following the statement, Trump took to Twitter to lambaste Vanity Fair. The fashion magazine is owned by Condé Nast, as is Vogue, and Trump used the post as an opportunity to criticize Wintour.
"Vanity Fair, which looks like it is on its last legs, is bending over backwards in apologizing for the minor hit they took at Crooked H," Trump wrote at the time. "Anna Wintour, who was all set to be Amb to Court of St James's & a big fundraiser for CH, is beside herself in grief & begging for forgiveness!"
In a 2019 interview with The Economist, Wintour dodged questions about then–first lady Melania Trump's wardrobe, instead praising former first lady Michelle Obama for being "the best ambassador this country could possibly have in many ways."
Obama appeared on the cover of Vogue three times during her husband's presidency, while President Joe Biden's wife, Jill Biden, graced the cover in 2021.
Melania Trump condemned the apparent snub during an interview with Fox Nation in 2022, accusing the magazine of being "biased."
Jimmy Kimmel
Jimmy Kimmel began criticizing Trump on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2016, during the business mogul's campaign run. In response, Trump began attacking Kimmel on social media, with their yearslong feud culminating in a 2024 Academy Awards blowout.
While hosting the show, the comedian read out a post Trump had shared to Truth Social, the social network he founded after being barred from Twitter in 2021.
"Has there EVER been a WORSE HOST than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars," Trump wrote.
He continued: "His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not, and never can be.
"Get rid of Kimmel and perhaps replace him with another washed up, but cheap, ABC 'talent,' George Slopanopoulos. He would make everybody on stage look bigger, stronger, and more glamorous."
Once he'd finished reading Trump's post, Kimmel told the audience: "Blah, blah, blah ... Okay, now, see if you can guess which former president just posted that on Truth Social. Anyone?"
"Well, thank you, President Trump. Thank you for watching. I'm surprised you're still—isn't it past your jail time?" he added, mocking the former president's ongoing legal struggles, which have included 91 charges across four jurisdictions.
In the following weeks, Trump continued to hit out at Kimmel's Oscars performance on social media. The TV star then called out the politician again, this time during his late-night talk show.
Dubbing Trump "Ranta Claus," the comedian said Republicans should be "worried" about Trump landing the party's nomination ahead of 2024's general election.
Kimmel also shot down Trump's claims that his wife and management "begged him" not to read out the Truth Social post during the Academy Awards ceremony.
"In his stories, everyone's always begging, which is not at all what happened," Kimmel said. "What happened is, I saw—they showed me what he posted. I looked at it and said, 'Oh I'm going to read this.' My wife went 'oh no,' [and] I said 'oh yes.'"
Robert De Niro
In May, Robert De Niro's Leadership Award from the National Association of Broadcasters was rescinded after the actor mounted a protest outside Trump's New York "hush money" trial.
The Oscar winner criticized the former president in a lengthy speech outside Manhattan Criminal Court. He was accompanied by Harry Dunn and Michael Fanone, two former police officers who were at Capitol Hill during the riots on January 6, 2021.
"We've forgotten the lessons of history that showed us other clowns who weren't taken seriously until they became vicious dictators," De Niro told reporters.
He continued: "With Trump, we have a second chance, and no one is laughing now. This is the time to stop him by voting him out once and for all."
The Killers of the Flower Moon star had recently voiced a campaign ad for Biden, who has since withdrawn from the 2024 race.
In response to De Niro's speech, a representative for Trump said: "Joe Biden is losing nationally. President Trump's numbers continue to rise. And the best that Biden can do is roll out a washed-up actor."
Michael Moore
In May 2017, director Michael Moore released his anti-Trump Broadway show, The Terms of My Surrender.
After the production's three-month run ended, Trump took to social media to mock the filmmaker.
"While not at all presidential I must point out that the Sloppy Michael Moore Show on Broadway was a TOTAL BOMB and was forced to close. Sad!" he wrote on Twitter.
Although Moore's one-man show reportedly fell short of its box office target by 47.2 percent, The Terms of My Surrender did not close earlier than scheduled, as Trump claimed.
Chrissy Teigen
In 2023, an old social media post of Chrissy Teigen's was mentioned in a House Oversight Committee hearing.
Launched by House Republicans, the hearing investigated Twitter's decision to block a New York Post story on Hunter Biden in 2020. However, the hearing took a surprise turn when Representative Gerry Connolly, a Democrat from Virginia, asked former Twitter employee Anika Collier Navaroli about a past spat between Trump and Teigen, a frequent critic of the Republican, on the platform.
Trump attacked the model on Twitter in 2019, calling her "John Legend's 'filthy-mouthed' wife." Teigen responded by calling Trump a "p**** a** b****."
Following the exchange, the White House reportedly contacted the social network to get the tweet removed.
"The White House almost immediately thereafter contacted Twitter to demand the tweet be taken down. Is that accurate?" Connolly asked Navaroli.
"I do remember hearing we'd received a request from the White House to make sure we evaluated this tweet, and they wanted it to come down because it was a derogatory statement directed at the president," Navaroli said.
However, the post remained, and a clip of Navaroli reading Teigen's response out loud at the hearing went viral.
Madonna
While speaking at a Women's March in 2017, Madonna said she was "angry" and "outraged" by Trump's comments about women.
"Yes, I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House. But I know that this won't change anything," she said during the rally in Washington, D.C.
Her remarks sparked controversy, leading the singer to issue an apology on Instagram. Trump called the pop star's words "disgusting," telling Fox News host Sean Hannity that "what she did was disgraceful to our country."
Rihanna
Ahead of the Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime show in 2023, Trump said the fashion icon would be "NOTHING" without her stylist.
"Bad everything, and NO TALENT!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. The business mogul was responding to comments made by former White House physician Ronny Jackson, who said the pop star was "spewing degenerate filth."
"Why is the NFL showcasing this crap? Rihanna SHOULD NOT be the halftime performer!!" Johnson wrote, referencing a 2020 photo of the Grammy winner posing with graffiti that said "F*** Trump."
Although Rihanna did not publicly respond to their posts, the music icon has been openly critical of Trump.
In 2018, Rihanna dubbed the politician's rallies "tragic" and requested that her songs not be played at Trump events.
Stephen King
In 2016, Stephen King was one of 450 writers to sign an open letter condemning Trump's candidacy in the general election. A Democrat since the 1970s, the horror author regularly criticizes Trump and his policies on X, and he has previously endorsed Biden.
Following Trump's felony conviction in May, King wrote: "A married man in late middle age spent the night with a younger woman. Contrary to the strident claims of Republican politicians, Biden wasn't in bed with them. Short form: Trump brought this on himself."
In June, after the Supreme Court ruled that Trump had immunity for official acts, the author wrote: "If Donald wins, you may call him King Trump I. He'll like that."
Earlier this month, The Shining author's comments about the assassination attempt against Trump raised eyebrows.
On July 13, a gunman identified by the FBI as Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire at a Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The former president was rushed offstage by the Secret Service, and a campaign representative later confirmed that he was "fine" after being treated at a local hospital.
"An AR-15 style semiautomatic rifle was used in the Butler shooting," King wrote on X the next morning. "These are the guns the Republican party—and Trump—want to protect."
Following a backlash on social media, the It writer said, "I fear for my country."
Arnold Schwarzenegger
In the early 2000s, Trump and Arnold Schwarzenegger—a staunch Republican—had a friendly relationship. In 2004, Schwarzenegger, then the Governor of California, even switched his hotel to a Trump property at the business mogul's request during the Republican National Convention.
Schwarzenegger made a cameo on The Celebrity Apprentice in 2007, with Trump later donating $10,000 to the actor's reelection campaign. However, things began to sour when Trump announced his plans to run for president in 2015.
NBC, which aired Trump's reality TV series, cut ties with him, citing "derogatory" comments he made about Mexicans during a campaign speech as the reason. Schwarzenegger was announced as Trump's replacement on The Apprentice.
Things took a further turn after Schwarzenegger said he voted for his pal Ohio Governor John Kasich in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries.
The Terminator star also declined to endorse Trump and said he did not vote for him in the 2016 general election.
In January 2017, Trump said on Twitter that The New Celebrity Apprentice, led by Schwarzenegger, had been "destroyed" in the ratings.
In response, Schwarzenegger said, "I wish you the best of luck and I hope you'll work for ALL of the American people as aggressively as you worked for your ratings."
Taylor Swift
Although the pop star avoided talking about politics early in her career, in recent years, Taylor Swift has voiced support for several progressive causes, including the Equality Act and Juneteenth.
The singer also backed Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2020 election, with fans urging Swift to endorse Harris once again in her 2024 presidential bid.
Swift's support for Democratic politicians has led to backlash from Trump and his supporters, with the former president previously saying he is "more popular" than the pop star.
The book Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass, released in June, said the real estate magnate called Swift "unusually beautiful" but "liberal."
"She is liberal, or is that just an act?" Trump reportedly asked the book's author, Variety editor Ramin Setoodeh, during an interview. "She's legitimately liberal? It's not an act? It surprises me that a country star can be successful being liberal."
Rosie O'Donnell
Rosie O'Donnell's feud with Trump began almost a decade before his presidential bid. The pair first clashed in 2006, after the comedian criticized Trump for allowing Miss USA Tara Conner to retain her title despite allegations of drug use and underage drinking.
The business tycoon became part owner of the Miss USA, Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA pageants in 2002 after striking a deal with NBC.
O'Donnell likened Trump to a "snake-oil salesman" on The View, which she co-hosted at the time.
The talk show star questioned Trump's claims of being a "self-made man" and mocked his multiple marriages.
"[He] left the first wife—had an affair," O'Donnell said. "[He] had kids both times, but he's the moral compass for 20-year-olds in America. Donald, sit and spin, my friend."
Trump responded to O'Donnell's comments, calling the actor a "real loser" and "a woman out of control" during an interview with People magazine.
The duo has continued to sling insults over the years. When O'Donnell announced her engagement to Michelle Rounds in 2011, Trump tweeted, "I feel sorry for Rosie's new partner in love whose parents are devastated at the thought of their daughter being with @Rosie—a true loser."
In response, O'Donnell called Trump an "a**." However, when the Emmy winner suffered a heart attack in 2012, Trump surprised O'Donnell by wishing her well.
"I must admit ur post was a bit of a shock," O'Donnell wrote, adding, "r u trying to kill me?"
Nevertheless, the pair soon resumed their usual tone. Trump slammed O'Donnell for undergoing gastric bypass surgery in 2013, suggesting the move was "not politically correct."
When it was announced that O'Donnell would be returning to The View in 2014, Trump said the daytime talk show must be "desperate," calling O'Donnell "crude, rude, obnoxious and dumb."
When Trump won the 2016 general election, O'Donnell took to Twitter to express her discontent, writing, "God help us all."
Snoop Dogg
In 2017, Snoop Dogg—real name Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.—released a video for his track "Lavender Haze (Nightfall Remix)," in which the rapper pointed a gun at a clown dressed as Trump.
In response to the video, Trump tweeted: "Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama? Jail time!"
The MTV VMA winner continued to criticize Trump. During an appearance on DJ Suss One's Sirius XM show in 2018, Snoop Dogg said, "If you like that n****, you're a motherf****** racist."
In June 2020, during an interview on Big Boy's Neighborhood, Snoop Dogg announced his intention to vote for the first time to oppose Trump's reelection.
"I can't stand to see this punk in office one more year," he said.
After Trump granted clemency to Death Row Records co-founder Michael "Harry-O" Harris in 2020, Snoop Dogg's attitude toward Trump appeared to soften.
During a 2024 interview with The Sunday Times, the record producer said: "I have nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump.
"He ain't done nothing wrong to me. He has done only great things for me. He pardoned Michael Harris."
Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban's dislike for the former president is well documented, but the Shark Tank star hasn't always been so anti-Trump.
During Trump's 2016 campaign, Cuban even expressed interest in being his running mate.
"I don't care what his actual positions are," Cuban told Business Insider in 2015. "He says what's on his mind. He gives honest answers rather than prepared answers. This is more important than anything any candidate has done in years."
However, Cuban's positive view of Trump didn't last long. The entrepreneur's position shifted as Trump's campaign progressed, and Cuban dubbed the Republican "bat-s*** crazy."
The pair has publicly traded barbs over the years, with Cuban criticizing Trump's business acumen and economic policies during his term. Trump responded by questioning Cuban's intelligence. During an appearance on Fox News in 2016, Trump said Cuban "isn't smart enough" to understand his economic proposals.
In June, Cuban said of Trump on X: "I don't hate the guy. Just don't want him to be President."
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