Cher has by no means been shy about her emotions about Donald Trump. The pop icon spent a lot of Trump’s one-and-done White Home time period calling out the now four-times indicted former actuality TV star for his divisive insurance policies and pronouncements, at one level dubbing DT “President Troll.”
However with Trump nonetheless holding a commanding lead over the big group of Republican rivals who’re vying towards him for the GOP’s nomination in subsequent yr’s presidential election — regardless of the Donald racking up 91 felony counts in 4 separate circumstances tied to alleged mishandling of categorized paperwork, falsifying enterprise information, obstructing justice and conspiring to overturn the 2020 election he misplaced — the “Consider” singer is already making contingency plans.
Talking to England’s Guardian, Cher, 77, stated she is horrified by the chance that Trump, additionally 77, might doubtlessly transfer again into 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. if he wins re-election subsequent yr in a rematch with President Joe Biden. “I virtually acquired an ulcer the final time,” she stated of Trump’s tumultuous four-year time period, which concluded with the lethal Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol by Trump’s followers.
“If he get in, who is aware of?” Cher stated. “This time I’ll go away [the country].” Throughout the 2016 election, Cher threatened to “go away the planet” if then-political neophyte Trump was elected.
The singer who’s gearing as much as launch her first-ever Christmas album, Christmas, additionally spoke to the Guardian about concerning the rise in anti-trans laws. “It’s one thing like 500 payments they’re making an attempt to move,” the longtime ally of the LGBTQ group stated concerning the raft of laws being pushed by conservative lawmakers throughout the nation over the previous yr focusing on trans individuals, drag queens and queer tradition. “I used to be with two trans ladies the opposite evening – and naturally my very own baby [Chaz is trans]. I used to be saying ‘We’ve acquired to face collectively.’ I don’t know what their eventual plan is for trans individuals. I don’t put something previous them.”
The 13-track Christmas album — that includes visitors Cyndi Lauper, Michael Bublé, Stevie Surprise and Tyga — is due out on Friday (Oct. 20).
