Celebrities express dismay, hope over Trump's victory

Donald Trump's win as the US president has stunned many including celebrities who overwhelmingly supported Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. There has been several reactions from different quarters be it positive or negative concerning Trump's unlikely victory.

Several US celebrities including singers and actors bear their mind on Trump's victory:

- "Canada has just started building a wall." - British comedian Ricky Gervais said.

- "Great faith in God works. Mr (at)realDonaldTrump I'm proud to call you President of the United States of America. And First Lady (at)melaniatrump." - Actor Scott Baio.

- "Never before have so many Americans been asked to accept a President who specifically targeted them with hate and suspicion" - Singer-songwriter John Legend.

- "Just was watching the news... maybe they'll ask me to sing 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' at the inauguration, ha!" - Mick Jagger.

- "We are staring into the face of our darkest self America. Why does it have to have a dyed combover??" - Actress Connie Britton.

- "I need to wake up early and buy tons of stock in a wall building company! And logs! And metal! And levellers!" - Writer-director Judd Apatow.

- "Our President-elect gave a gracious acceptance speech this AM, making clear what a great leader he will be. It is morning in America again!" - Actor James Woods.

- "Happy hippies, we adjust, and we accept everyone for who they are. So, Donald Trump, I accept you. And this hurts to say, but I even accept you as a President of the United States. And that's fine. That's fine, because now I want to be a hopeful hippie." - Singer Miley Cyrus in a tearful two-minute video.

- "This new president has a lot of work ahead of himself to heal the divide, I wish him well. For the sake of our beautiful country. Not the blue states. Not the red states, but for THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA." - Actress-producer Eva Longoria.

- "Has SNL just thrown all their money at Alec Baldwin yet? This is gonna be a long 4 years." - Model Chrissy Teigen.

- "At least pot's legal." - Actor-producer Seth MacFarlane, reacting to voters legalising recreational marijuana use in California, Massachusetts and Nevada.