WeHo Wants Trump’s Walk Of Fame Star Gone For Good
But It's Not Up To Them!
The Resolution urges the city of Los Angeles and Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to remove the star “due to [Trump’s] disturbing treatment of women and other actions”
City officials voted on the measure just weeks after Trump’s star, placed in 2007, was obliterated by a vandal wielding a pickax. The tourist site has been vandalized several times since the president took office, and the most recent incident has set off discussions over whether the star should be taken away permanently due to the president’s divisive rhetoric.
The star isn’t in West Hollywood, which has no power over it, but the resolution urges the city of Los Angeles and the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to take action.
“Getting a star is a privilege; it’s not a right,” West Hollywood’s Mayor Pro Tempore John D’Amico, who jointly put forth the resolution, said at a City Council meeting on Monday. “You have no right to a star on Hollywood [Boulevard] just because you’re famous.”
The meeting included more than a dozen public comments by those supportive of the removal and those vehemently opposed.
“Please leave the star alone,” one West Hollywood resident said. “He earned it, he deserved it when he got it. There are the Trump haters who just want to destroy everything to do with him. For the person to go there and destroy his star is absolutely disgusting and very rude.”
The star was destroyed in late July by Austin Mikel Clay, 24, who quickly surrendered to police. He was charged with one count of felony vandalism this week, but he spoke out at Monday’s meeting in defense of his actions.
The proposal got some boost from celebrities, including “Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill.
“How about replacing it with someone who really earned it?” Hamill tweeted. He suggested the star be given instead to the late actress and author Carrie Fisher.
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has said in the past it would not remove any stars.
“Once a star has been added to the walk, it is considered a part of the historic fabric of the Hollywood Walk of Fame,” Leron Gubler, then the president of the group, told The Hollywood Reporter last month amid calls to get rid of Bill Cosby’s. “Because of this, we have never removed a star from the walk.”
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| Donald Trump with wife Melania and son Barron pose for a photo after he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
Ultimately, it's up to either the Hollywood Chamber or the L.A. Council to decide whether to actually remove it — and the Chamber has said before that, given the historic nature of the Walk of Fame, they would never remove a star for bad behavior.
So why bother? Trump's "disturbing treatment of women and other actions that do not meet the shared values of the City of West Hollywood, the region, state, and country," according to a statement that's part of the Council's agenda item.
Nope, he didn't get his 2007 star for his work on The Apprentice or even his pro wrestling feud with Vince McMahon. It was for his work as producer of the Miss Universe Pageant.
The Council compares the move to how some stars have been removed from the Motion Picture Academy due to their actions toward women in the #MeToo era
"This is an opportunity for decision-makers to take a stand on their values in support of women," the Council's report reads. "Allowing Mr. Trump to continue to have a star in light of his behavior toward women, particularly in the #timesup and #metoo movements, should not be acceptable in the Hollywood and entertainment.
They also suggest revisiting the qualifications for being included in the Walk of Fame for both future honorees and past ones.
More reasons for dumping Trump's star are listed in the Council's staff report, including:
- "The separation of children from their parents at the United States border"
- "Denial of findings from the United States intelligence community regarding Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election, and continued refusal to hold Russia accountable for its crimes"
- "Denial of the impacts of Climate Change on the world, and withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement
- "His treatment of transgender individuals, including his reversal of an Obama Administration era policy to allow transgender individuals to serve in the military"
- "Plans to divert funding from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program to cover the cost of child detainment tied to its 'zero tolerance' immigration policy"
However, the West Hollywood City Council argues in their resolution that the Walk of Fame is still the “property of the City of Los Angeles” and that the city has the “ultimate responsibility for the condition and maintenance of the Walk of Fame.” |
| The star has been the site of many protests since Trump was elected. |
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