The Hollywood A-listers who led the charge to back Kamala Harris on the campaign trail have remained silent this morning after Donald Trump smashed through with a resounding election win.
Harris, 60, had dozens of stars backing her White House bid, with Showbiz royalty Oprah and Beyoncé, among others, accompanying her at her events.
Blockbuster stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts featured in her campaign ads, and millennial and Gen-Z icons, such as Taylor Swift and Charli XCX, urged citizens to turn up at the polls - but her campaign's reliance on 'virtue-signalling' A-listers was not enough.
Trump, 78, became the nation's next president after captured votes in a wave of swing states, winning both the popular vote and the electoral college overnight.
He received the backing of firebrands Tesla CEO Elon Musk, former WWE star Hulk Hogan, and Joe Rogan, who delivered a last-minute endorsement of Republican candidate on the eve of Election Day.
While it is debatable what effect celebrity endorsements actually have on voters, experts claim that Rogan's single endorsement to his millions of followers likely helped Trump much more than the star-studded line-up preaching the blue wall.
Trump won a sweeping victory in the US presidential election on Wednesday after campaigning on a platform of tax cuts, border control and promises of political revenge against enemies at home.
While his campaign rallies featured extreme rhetoric, he won positive coverage with viral online moments that played on his everyman appeal and his showman's instinct - like his appearance at a McDonald's drive-thru and impromptu news conference from a garbage truck.
Star supporters like tech baron Elon Musk also helped appeal to young men.
One social media user, commenting on Trump's victory, noted how the slew of celebrities who backed Harris 'wasn't enough' to secure a win.
