Julia Roberts Sparks Outrage, Suggests Conservative Women Are Suppressed by Husbands in New Ad
Julia Roberts is facing criticism after telling women that they don’t have to vote like their husbands in a newly released ad for the Harris-Walz campaign.
The ad in question was released on Monday by “Vote Common Good,” a progressive evangelical group. In an attempt to gain more votes, the actress encourages women to go behind their husband’s backs and vote for Vice President Kamala Harris, as if they are suppressed.
The ad shows a woman walking in to vote with her husband, who is presumably a supporter of former President Donald Trump. He smiles at her and tells her it’s her turn to vote.
“In the one place in America where women still have a right to choose,” Roberts says as the woman goes to vote, per Fox News.
The woman looks around as if she’s nervous or scared. She slowly hovers her pen above Trump’s name when she locks eyes with another woman.
“You can vote any way you want, and no one will ever know,” says Roberts.
They both cast their ballots for Harris. As they return to their husbands, the first woman’s husband asks, “Did you make the right choice?”
“Sure did, honey,” the woman says, smiling.
At the end of the ad, Roberts concludes, “Remember, what happens in the booth, stays in the booth. Vote Harris-Walz.”
Harris and Democrats have labeled themselves as the champions of women this election season, mainly focusing on abortion rights.
This ad portrays male Trump supporters as living in the past, such as in the 1950s, when women were seen as being suppressed by their husbands and unable to make decisions on their own.
Many critics, especially women, were quick to share their frustrations on X with Roberts and the ad.
“Your commercial insinuating that women voting for Trump are being coerced or intimidated by their husbands is insulting,” wrote New Hampshire Senate District 18 candidate Victoria Sullivan.
Several critics slammed Roberts for encouraging women to lie to their husbands.
“Thanks, @juliaroberts, for asking married people to lie to each other,” wrote conservative X user Mrs Denosko.
“Dear @KamalaHarris and @JuliaRoberts: Your ad depicting women lying to their husbands about their votes is so 1950s… As is your view that husbands don’t appreciate their wives’ independent thinking. Maybe in your marriages. Not mine,” wrote podcast host Michele Tafoya.
“#JuliaRoberts seems to think that all conservative men are abusive and controlling to their wives. She thinks women are so stupid and fragile that they didn’t know before this ad that they’re allowed to have thoughts in voting booths,” wrote another conservative woman.
The criticism of Roberts is just one of several instances where Hollywood celebrities have been called out for trying to sway voters.
Taylor Swift received backlash after publicly endorsing Harris and calling herself a “cat lady,” in reference to a misinterpreted quote from Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance. The fallout resulted in many conservatives boycotting the singer.
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