By Mark Gray
5:22am PST, Nov 23, 2021
After four days of deliberating, the jury in the Kyle Rittenhouse case found the teen not guilty on all charges. Kyle was charged with killing two people and wounding a third during protests in Wisconsin after the police shooting of Jacob Blake in 2020. Kyle, who was 17 at the time of the shootings, claimed self defense. With the unanimous verdict, the prosecution cannot appeal. Following the verdict, many in the entertainment world publicly reacted with happiness and horror on social media. Megyn Kelly, for example, had this to say on Twitter: "Justice was done. Kyle Rittenhouse was unfairly maligned by a dishonest press, and politicians who used him to advance their own fortunes. If there are riots, these smear merchants will shoulder much of the blame." She later added, "I love these celebs/athletes commenting on Rittenhouse as if they know anything. I guarantee if you asked them to name 2 out of the 3 men shot they couldn't do it. How about the judge's name? WI law on provocation? Yeah right. If u can't answer these, [shut up] about this case."
Keep reading to see what the entertainment world is saying…
"#kylerittenhouse found not guilty tho we SAW HIM kill two. Fundamentally stupid, I predict he will go on to a big career on #Fox and in #RadicalRightWing circles, which counts as a plus with them. A tragic, tragic day for decent, THINKING, feeling, ethical people everywhere." –Bette Midler
"The Rittenhouse jury just gave Biden his second colonoscopy of the day." –Donald Trump Jr.
"Systemic oppression is evil and destroys the world #Rittenhouse." –Lady Gaga
"Tamir Rice was 12-years-old when he was killed for holding a toy gun. Kyle Rittenhouse killed 2 people and was found not guilty. A justice system built by white people, to benefit white people, while families who have lost loved ones are given no solace." –Chelsea Handler
"Matt Gaetz says Kyle Rittenhouse is innocent and he'd like to hire him as an intern. Gaetz hasn't really been following the case. He heard "crossed state lines" and "teenager" and he was sold." –Bill Maher
"What in the actual F***!? #KyleRittenhouse." —Andy Cohen
"I stand by what the jury has concluded. The jury system works and we have to abide by it." –Joe Biden
"Welcome to America" –Viola Davis
"Murderer Kyle Rittenhouse acquitted is a crime in itself" –Rosanna Arquette
"The good news is that white men & boys can still kill whoever they want and do NO jail time! Isn't that fun! And he killed white people! I bet little #KyleRittenhouse is gonna go right out and take some more white power pics with #TheProudBoys & plan his next massacre." –Yvette Nicole Brown
"No words. Just utter fury." –Sophia Bush
"The prosecutor for the Kyle Rittenhouse trial got his law degree on eBay" –Kevin Sorbo. He later tweeted, "Not guilty."
"This is a devastating blow." –Emmy Rossum
"It has now been put it out there that vigilantes can just go and kill people protesting issues like racial equality whenever they want and get away with it. Think about that for a second." –Josh Gad
"Disgusted. And what a dangerous precedent to set. (Or upkeep, really) They're going to make him a cop aren't they?" –Jameela Jamil
"Tell me again there are not two kinds justice in America!" –LeVar Burton
"I don't think this is the last case Kyle Rittenhouse is going to have." –Patricia Arquette
"What a disaster. The precedent is terrifying. The injustice is hard to stomach."–Brooklyn Decker
"As we predicted, Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty. Any post-verdict violence has to be quickly put down and perpetrators punished to the full extent." –Bill O'Reilly
"heartbreaking #SHAME #KyleRittenhouse #CRT" –Rosie O'Donnell
"wanna be a supreme court justice wanna murder 2 people & not go to jail better 1) cut some onions 2) be white (MUSIC CUE: "Cherry Pie")" –Patton Oswalt
"The verdict has shown that it remains legal to murder while white" –Finneas
"In fairness, Kyle Rittenhouse only killed two people. It's not like he was smoking weed." –Michael Ian Black
"This is a devastating blow." –Cary Elwes
"Ugh f****** Wisconsin & America." –Jonathan Van Ness
"Stark reminder of inequity. Rittenhouse killed two men w/an AR-15. Found not guilty. Tamir Rice was shot by police for having a toy gun. Christopher Belter raped 4 girls. Given no jail time. Two men were exonerated after serving decades for Malcom X murder they did not commit." –Ana Navarro-Cardenas
"John Huber and Karen Bloom, parents of murderer #KyleRittenhouse's victim Anthony Huber: the verdict 'sends the unacceptable message that armed civilians can show up in any town, incite violence, and then use the danger they have created to justify shooting people in the street.'" –Ava DuVernay
"Not guilty. Welcome to the Wild f*****' West. The violence that is coming will be unprecedented. #godsaveusall" –Matthew Lillard
"This trial was a joke. Unfortunately, in America, it's a very old, very ghoulish, very evil joke." –Aisha Tyler
"#KyleRittenhouse will be a cop in 3 years!… White tears are magic" –DL Hughley
"Justice denied is a body blow to our national psyche. On trial was not only a killer, but a system that continues to kill. Today that system defeated true justice, once again. But mark these words: We will never stop fighting for what is right and just." –George Takei
"I will donate money to Kyle Rittenhouse so he can sue the CRAP out of corporate media." –Glenn Beck
"kyle rittenhouse being acquitted on all charges after such heinous heinous crimes is the epitome of white privilege and exactly what is wrong with this godforsaken country." –Rachel Zegler
"In the Kenosha footage, Kyle Rittenhouse looks eerily like Eric Harris, one of the Columbine shooters." –Stephen King
"In the Rittenhouse case, the 13th juror was the judge." –Joy Reid
