Actor/director Rob Reiner checked himself into a facility today after a series of increasingly alarming Blue Sky posts in the wake of Donald Trump’s election win.
Reiner, who made a name for himself as the character Mike “Meathead” Stivic on the sitcom All in The Family has not been taking the results of the 2024 US presidential election well. An outspoken democrat and activist, Reiner engaged in a prolonged social media meltdown that started when the election of Donald Trump was called on November 5th and ended with a trip to a mental health facility early this morning.
The director of films like The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally left Elon Musk’s X platform for BlueSky, but quickly found out that it wasn’t the social media paradise he assumed it would be.
All the abuse and hate from Twitter has now spewed over to here. There seems to be no point anymore.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner.bsky.social) November 19, 2024 at 3:56 PM
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“All the abuse and hate from Twitter has now spewed over to here,” Reiner opined. “There seems to be no point anymore.”
On November 20, Rob Reiner unleashed a series of posts on the platform that continued late into the night, ultimately culminating in his arrival at a facility for his mental health.
Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers in a screenshot from the sitcom All in The Family – YouTube, Arandor Thinnorion
He started things off by calling the incoming president a fascist and claimed that the United States had “fallen.”
Republicans have no idea what they have done. America has fallen. MAGA just do not understand the consequences of electing a fascist like Donald Trump.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner.bsky.social) November 20, 2024 at 8:45 PM
“Republicans have no idea what they have done,” Reiner said just yesterday at 8:45 pm. “America has fallen. MAGA just do not understand the consequences of electing a fascist like Donald Trump.”
At 10:57 pm, Reiner continued to rail against BlueSky after receiving pushback on his earlier posts. Apparently, when you spend your evening screaming about how evil half the country is, eventually they bite back.
This platform is vile, racist and evil. It did not take long for MAGA scum to come spread their lies.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner.bsky.social) November 20, 2024 at 10:57 PM
“This platform is vile, racist, and evil,” he claimed. “It did not take long for MAGA scum to come spread their lies.”
Seemingly disillusioned over the fact that BlueSky was not the echo chamber he sought, Reiner’s evening tantrum turned toward defending comedian and talk show host Ellen Degeneres, who recently followed through on a pre-election promise, leaving the country over Trump’s election.
Degeneres, along with her wife Portia de Rossi, permanently relocated to the UK this week.
Ellen DeGeneres whom I have known a long time and is a beautiful and caring woman had the right idea. She obviously does not want to be apart of a place that is filled with hate, evil and fascism. Much respect to her for standing up to madness.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner.bsky.social) November 20, 2024 at 11:25 PM
“Ellen DeGeneres, whom I have known a long time and is a beautiful and caring woman had the right idea,” Reiner said at 11:25 pm about the talk show host who has faced a swell of abuse allegations from former staff members. “She obviously does not want to be a part of a place that is filled with hate, evil, and fascism. Much respect to her for standing up to madness.”
Speaking of madness, Reiner’s next BlueSky post came at 12:23 am. The former Meathead confirmed that he would be checking himself into a facility for the next few days.
I have made the decision to take the next few days to check into a facility for peace and relaxation. No phones, social media , no trolls, just calmness to heal my pain.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner.bsky.social) November 21, 2024 at 12:23 AM
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“I have made the decision to take the next few days to check into a facility for peace and relaxation,” Reiner said. “No phones, social media, no trolls, just calmness to heal my pain.”
Since that post 14 hours ago, Reiner has been silent on social media.
Rob Reiner might be the first celebrity to be driven into a mental health facility by the election result, but he’s far from the only celebrity having a mental crisis over it.
Mark Hamill at the Star Wars: The Last Jedi Japan Premiere. Photo Credit: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Some celebrity reactions over the past two weeks include:
- Mark Hamill left X after scrubbing his account of any election posts and has been mostly silent since
- Mark Ruffalo nearly cried and made strangers hug one another while delivering a speech to the ACLU in the wake of Trump’s win
- Whoopi Goldberg nearly destroyed a Staten Island bakery that’s been around for over a century after claiming they refused to serve her over politics (they had an issue with their boiler)
- Sebastian Stan claimed no one would help him promote his movie The Apprentice over fear of Trump
- Rachel Zegler had to issue an apology after a wild social media rant where she appeared to wish harm on the incoming president and all his supporters
Do you think Hollywood celebrities are overreacting to Trump’s win? Are they driving themselves crazy with Trump Derangement Syndrome? Was it a long trip? Sound off and let us know your thoughts!
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