Celebrities reacted on Twitter Thursday as former FBI Direction James Comey testified at a Senate hearing on Russian interference in the U.S. election.
Comey appeared in front of Senate to detail his interactions with President Donald Trump to clarify whether or not his firing was in an attempt to stop an investigation into the White House.
Comey was fired in early May in an official White House statement that read, "Today, President Donald J. Trump informed FBI Director James Comey that he has been terminated and removed from office," Press Secretary Sean Spicer announced Tuesday. "President Trump acted based on the clear recommendations of both Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions."
Celebrities were active on Twitter during Comey's testimony - see all of the reactions.
Do you realize that this man was fired from a job he loved, defamed on the way out the door & denied a proper goodbye? #ComeyDontPlayThat 🙄
@YNB
#Comey WOW.
@kerrywashington
If Comey screams "You can't handle the truth!" we all win.
@zachbraff
I am watching the Comey Hearing. #DoNotDisturb https://t.co/4C1AQ2r2Hi
@DebraMessing
Nice of Burr to TWICE invoke the Steele Dossier so clumsily that Comey can't answer it in public and must leave it sound entirely verified
@KeithOlbermann
I've never wanted Trump to tweet so badly in my entire life. Pick your phone up! Do it!! DO IT!!!!
@ChrisEvans
This. Is. Crazy!! Watching history unfold.
@ChrisEvans
@realDonaldTrump sought compassion for fired & disgraced #MichaelFlynn He was not trying to get #JamesComey off his own back.
@GeraldoRivera
Is McCain OK?
@johnlegend
Let me just host the freaking reunion show so we can GET ON WITH IT!!! #ComeyHearings
@Andy
If you guys think this is exciting, wait until the Cloud itself testifies. pic.twitter.com/xqtjEfCn7c
@FullFrontalSamB
Be a leader @marcorubio! This could have been your moment to shine. Instead, you are a puppet for a corrupt President.
@Alyssa_Milano
"Lordy I hope there are tapes!" -- Comey, and literally all of us, too.
@GeorgeTakei
I don't normally like courtroom dramas, but I'm transfixed by this one. Tune in live now! https://t.co/R4uQBMbCfd #JamesComey
@mishacollins
I think what Sen McCain is saying is that FBI should investigate if Hillary Clinton colluded with the Russians to hurt her own campaign. OK.
@maddow
Everyone listening to Mcain: pic.twitter.com/QR4RnU2u1C
@Trevornoah
"Hillary Clinton is Russia, right?"
@cameronesposito
- a very confused John McCain
Comey is right where we need him.
@andylassner
Pissed.
Emotional opening by Comey. Clearly aftermath of his firing an affront to him/FBI
@katiecouric
"I'm not going to sit here and try to interpret the president's tweets" - #Comey
@katiecouric
Testifying #JamesComey reminds me of when #DonDraper pitched the @Kodak Carousel. Aside from his use of "Lordy", he's eloquence in a suit.
@ThatKevinSmith
Good to see someone with sense of ethics and respect for truth - in contrast to the congenital serial liar trump impeach ! https://t.co/7XaIFq6gsN
@johncusack
Comey opens saying he was confused by the reason he was fired by President Trump. Comey says Trump told him he was doing a great job.
@billoreilly
While the nation is at risk from international terrorism, Comey's sole objective is to trip up his superiors actually trying to fight terror
@AnnCoulter
I am not happy that #ComeyDontPlayThat may now be a thing. I realize I may have done that. I will take that time out.
@YNB
I feel shame. 😔 https://t.co/RpIk92BoYP
only in 2017 would one be launching a tour and watching comey testify at the same time
@lorde
Someone said there are more people lined up to watch Comey's testimony than there were at the inauguration.
@unfoRETTAble
😂💀
I need 'Lordy, I hope there are tapes' on a t-shirt
@ChrisEvans
Based on today's hearing and the way both parties are handling it we are now living in two different realities.
@joshgad
Buy a drink for every reporter who hasn't described the Comey hearing as a "blockbuster".
@RonanFarrow
So basically Pig kept bringing up Comey's "job stability" in conversation like a third-rate mafia thug threatening a store owner.
@scottEweinberg
Tweet, Donald....Tweet. pic.twitter.com/SXX13Ung0b
@ChrisEvans
Damn! Comey just made me emotional with opening remarks. Didn't expect that.
@ananavarro
Comey is subtly shady and it's great. He just said that the AG knew he shouldn't have left the room. #ComeyTestimony
@deray
"Today's your opportunity to set the record straight"--translation: today you make up for what you did to screw @HillaryClinton #ComeyDay
@lesleyabravanel
Comey should quietly place without comment a jewel case labeled "Pee Tape" next to him on the table.
@pourmecoffee
Open session in the streets; closed session in the sheets.
@kumailn
People are having drinking parties for #JamesComey's testimony. They'll be Comeytose by 11am....
@BetteMidler
Comey's pissed.
@brianbeutler
Somewhere, Jared is letting Donald beat him at Mario Kart.
@TimFederle
I love how Comey keeps calling @realdonaldtrump that "particular person."
@JenKirkman
Comey has two waters on his desk and the pattern with which he drinks them will deliver a binary message. Pay close attention. pic.twitter.com/bx3HF8O3II
@FullFrontalSamB
Watching like..... #ComeyDay pic.twitter.com/16ppbN9ywG
@EricXWest
So basically Pig kept bringing up Comey's "job stability" in conversation like a third-rate mafia thug threatening a store owner.
@scottEweinberg
Worried his boss will lie, didn't feel safe being alone, whispers in ear. This is like a weird sexual harassment hearing . #comeyhearing
@aasif
1/3 Flynn stuff is BS in context 2 guys talking about a guy they both know well. I hear "I hope nothing happens but you have to do your job"
@DonaldJTrumpJr
2/3 very far from any kind of coercion or influence and certainly not obstruction!
@DonaldJTrumpJr
3/3 Knowing my father for 39 years when he "orders or tells" you to do something there is no ambiguity, you will know exactly what he means
@DonaldJTrumpJr
Hoping and telling are two very different things, you would think that a guy like Comey would know that. #givemeabreak
@DonaldJTrumpJr
Comey: I thought trump might lie or grab me by the pussy and I'm all out of pussy.
@michelleisawolf
"What the president whispered in my ear was 'I really look forward to working with you.'” - Comey pic.twitter.com/cPlqbR7S4O
@TheDailyShow
"The Recusal Couch"#ComeyDay pic.twitter.com/NSRpiZQOjC
@TheDailyShow
#ComeyDay Drinking Game: drink every time you realize how depressing it is that you got excited to watch a Senate hearing.
@LateNightSeth
Let's hear it for the real heroes of the day: the aides currently restraining the President from tweeting. #ComeyDay
@LateNightSeth
"Lordy, I hope there are tapes" #ComeyTestimony pic.twitter.com/8F0FoEK4yi
@colbertlateshow