Here's how some of them reacted on Twitter to his victory:
* Comedian Ricky Gervais: "Canada has just started building a wall."
* Actor Scott Baio: "Great faith in God works. Mr @realDonaldTrump I'm proud to call you President of the United States of America. And First Lady @melaniatrump."
* Mick Jagger: "Just was watching the news... maybe they'll ask me to sing 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' at the inauguration, ha!"
*Actor Kristen Bell: "Anyone else wanna puke?"
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* Actor Emmy Rossum: "When they go low, we go high. We regroup. We listen. We double down. We bet on us. Good night."
* Actor Connie Britton: "We are staring into the face of our darkest self America. Why does it have to have a dyed combover??"
* Writer-director Judd Apatow: "I need to wake up early and buy tons of stock in a wall building company! And logs! And metal! And levelers!"
* Actor Ben Stiller: "Now it is time to move forward and hope that our country can come together."
* Actor-producer Seth MacFarlane: "At least pot's legal." - reacting to voters legalising recreational marijuana use in California, Massachusetts and Nevada.
