In the days since the election, people have been reacting to the somewhat unexpected results in different ways.

Among the outraged is the celebrity community. Although often put down for being “airheads” and above the social norms, in the days leading up to the election the celebrity community shifted gears and began campaigning for their choice candidate.

Posts about campaign promises and selfies with “I voted” stickers were a popular feature on social media streams.

When the results were released, people were surprised, to say the least.

All around the world people have been reacting to the results in the form of protests, clothing slogans, social media posts and even music. Among those publishing their surprise was once again the celebrity community.

Nicki Minaj released a remix of Rae Sremmurd’s no. 1 hit “Black Beatles.” This song, entitled Black Barbies, directly calls out Donald Trump for his politics.

Minaj, a Trinidad native, sings “island girl, Donald Trump want me go home.”

Minaj was not the only one worried about being sent home after the election. A family friend of mine who is Mexican (and whose children are) told me that her children couldn’t go to school following the election, in fear of being verbally and even physically abused.

Although a direct callout, Nicki Minaj was not the only celebrity to publicly react to the news.

Never before has the result of a presidential election caused such an outrage and deluge of negative reactions.

Among those reacting to the news were:

Seth Meyers was able to look at the situation objectively and said “I felt a lot of emotions last night and into today, some sadness, some anger, some fear. But I’m also aware that those are the same emotions some Trump supporters felt, emotions that led them to make their choice. And it would be wrong for me to think my emotions are more authentic than their emotions.”

American comedian Sarah Silverman attempted to restore hope when she tweeted an image of Anne Frank and a quote from “Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl”: “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”

Rashida Jones took it upon herself to remind people “that we are looking at a very close race with a presidential candidate who was endorsed by the KKK.”

Katy Perry tweeted “The Revolution is coming.”

Comedian John Cleese, from across the pond, reacted to the news in a form of a letter to America, in which he joked that “In view of your failure to elect a competent President and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.” The letter goes on to state the conditions of the United States returning to British sovereignty.

Several celebrities who promised to leave the United States if Donald Trump was elected have abandoned their promises before he has even been inaugurated.

Celebrities such as Madonna, Miley Cyrus, Amy Schumer, Lena Dunham, Whoopi Goldberg and Samuel L. Jackson have recanted on their promises to flee if Trump won.

When Samuel L. Jackson said that he would return to South Africa, South African journalists took this as a serious promise. Following the election, they published a stream of articles discussing his impending return. Only after these articles were published did he go back on his promise.

Although most of these celebrities may not have been serious when they said they would leave, nonetheless they did say they would.

In the previous month, celebrities have been stepping up and using their status to do some good. Regardless of the abandoned promises, it is important to remember their social media postings definitely drew people to polling stations. Let us all hope that celebrities do not resume their standard social status and continue to draw public attention to topical issues.