Chrissy Teigen, Ariana Grande, and Other Celebrities Who Are Loudly Supporting Black Lives Matter Protests
Many celebrities used their voices and their influence to support the cause and to take to the front lines, whether they attended protests themselves or donated large sums to bail funds and other organizations prepared to help protesters of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer sparked days of protests across the United States.
Tinashe
Singer Tinashe is using her Instagram and her Twitter account to demand justice for George Floyd. She protested in Los Angeles and has been promoting the organization efforts to her 2.8 million Instagram follows and one million Twitter followers. That’s how you use your famous voice.
Chrissy Teigen
On May 30, Chrissy Teigen wrote, “In celebration of whatever the f–k maga night is, I am committed to donating $100,000 to the bailouts of protesters across the country.” When a Twitter user responded and called the protesters “rioters and criminals,” she changed the number to $200,000. Her first tweet came in response to a scattered Donald Trump tweet. (Is there any other kind?) This sort of means that Donald Trump is indirectly responsible for hundreds of thousands of dollars in donation to bail funds for protesters across the country. Kind of neat when you think about it.
Ariana Grande
Not only was Ariana Grande out there protesting in Los Angeles with a Black Lives Matter poster in her hands, but she also made sure to note how peaceful and positive and loving the protest was before the police got involved. On Twitter, she is encouraging people to vote, call their representatives, “stay active,” and “stay energized.”
Tessa Thompson
Westworld and Thor: Ragnarok actress Tessa Thompson posted this video from the protests in Los Angeles. In another tweet, she wrote, “I can say that the #LosAngelesProtest was entirely peaceful until the @LAPDHQ arrived and escalated it. @MayorofLA are you seeing this? Also, where was the robust media coverage then? #BlackLivesMatter”
Halsey
Halsey has shown up before to protest for women’s rights and Black lives, and this week was no exception. This time, she is not only sharing her experience but retweeting from other protests around the country to show just how blatantly cops abuse their power. In one video she shared from Charleston, South Carolina, an emotional young man takes a knee yards and yards away from the police and shares his thoughts, only for them to approach him and arrest him even though he did nothing wrong.
Emily Ratajkowski
Similarly, Emily Ratajkowski is using her enormous platform to speak out against injustice. She attended the protest in Los Angeles and noted that the police are condoning and allowing the looting to distract from the point of the protests and to claim that their violence against protesters is justified. She wrote, “They want our protests = violence and distraction. They want to reinforce racial stereotypes so that white America, as always, will stand behind their giant guns and machine tanks. I saw all of this with my own eyes today. And I’m so sad.”