The pool of laudable pro-Trump celebs is pretty shallow—and it’s getting to the point where even some key pro-Trump celebrities are ditching the inauguration.
“Historic and wonderful as it is, I’d rather cut my own liver out with a butter knife [than go],” conservative columnist Ann Coulter—who made the rounds in Hollywood pitching Trump’s case early last year—told The Daily Beast. “I’ll watch on TV and celebrate with Trumpsters in [New York City] (which Trump would, too, if he could).”
Other celebrity Trump fans are keeping noncommittal.
Don King, the famous boxing promoter and convicted killer, campaigned with Trump in Ohio, a state Trump won in the general-election fight against Clinton. Trump loves King so much that this past summer, Trump personally tried to get King a prime-time speaking slot at the GOP convention in Cleveland, Ohio, only to have the idea squashed by Republican officials.
At of press time, King’s assistant Dale Edwards tells The Daily Beast that King “is scheduled but not confirmed” to attend the inauguration.
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