Kathy Griffin
Kathy Griffin’s comedy career took a brief hiatus last year after an anti-Trump photoshoot drew widespread criticism. Most significantly, she posed with a model that appeared to be the severed head of President Trump. Many found this to be in bad taste, including the president himself, who claimed that his son, Barron, saw it on TV and thought that it was real. There were quite a few events and gigs canceled after this became public knowledge, but Griffin has since retracted her apology, saying that the event was blown out of proportion.
Alyssa Milano
She made her name on “Melrose Place,” but now she’s making a name for herself in politics. While she’s still appearing on TV in shows including “Mistresses” and “Insatiable,” Milano has also been active in protests in support of left-wing policies. In 2007, for example, she appeared in advertisements for PETA, and in 2015, she publicly endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders in his presidential run. Recently, her protests have focused on President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. Drawing from “A Handmaids Tale,” Milano and many other women protested in red-and-white dresses with bonnets around the Capitol Building, demanding that senators vote against the nominee.
Jimmy Kimmel
Like most late-night hosts, Jimmy Kimmel has been openly left-leaning for years. However, he has said that the reason for this is that the job “requires a measure of intelligence.” For example, he gave a monologue in May 2017 in support of the Affordable Care Act (commonly called Obamacare) after his son had open-heart surgery. In March, he told Oprah that “According to polls I’ve seen, it’s cost me commercially.” However, he’s also told CBS, “if they’re so turned off by my opinion on health care and gun violence, then I don’t know. I probably wouldn’t want to have a conversation with them anyway.”