Julia Roberts found herself at the center of a backlash after narrating an ad for the Harris-Walz campaign.
The commercial made waves for encouraging women to secretly vote differently then their Trump supporting husbands.
“In the one place in America where women still have a right to choose, you can vote any way you want, and no one will ever know,” Roberts states in the ad.
The video features two women casting votes for Harris-Walz and later meeting their husbands.
In the voting booth, women still have the right to choose. New and important ad from @VoteCommon featuring Julia Roberts reminds women that no one will know who they voted for. Pass it on. pic.twitter.com/XALnryVPNm
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 28, 2024
When one husband asks, “Did you make the right choice?” his wife replies, “Sure did, honey.”
Roberts wraps up the ad by saying, “Remember, what happens in the booth, stays in the booth. Vote Harris-Walz.”
The ad was produced by Vote Common Good and is targeted at religious female voters with conservative husbands.
Critics of the add, who accused the non-profit organization of promoting marital deception didn’t hold back.
“Right. Encourage marital strife. That’s the way to reach married women. This is so disturbing,” someone tweeted.
Another commenter added, “I’m at a loss for words at how condescending this is towards women,’ wrote another user. ‘Do Democrats think marriages are stuck in the 1950s?”
Julia Roberts tells women that their life currently sucks. Women, therefore, must make the men in their lives vote for Kamala. Only then will the little people be able to afford their rent and groceries.
Hey Julia, who is currently the VP?
Which party is running the U.S.… pic.twitter.com/DFMtfqwDqr— Scarlett Johnson (@scarlett4kids) October 11, 2024
“If you have to lie to your spouse about voting, that’s the least of your problems,” someone else noted.
This isn’t the first time Roberts has rallied for the Harris-Walz campaign. Earlier this month, she returned to her hometown in Smyrna, Georgia, urging locals to support the Democratic ticket.
“I just hope that all the women here tonight talk to all the men that aren’t here tonight, and all you brave men that are here tonight, talk to all the other men that aren’t here tonight,” the “Pretty Woman” star remarked. “Let’s just get it going, enough with the fighting.”
“Let’s get to the uniting, let’s get to the joy, let’s get to the repair, let’s get to prices dropping, rents dropping,” she continued.
“Let’s get to the good stuff so we can start living our lives to the fullest potential that we have.”
Additionally, Roberts, along with fellow “Ocean’s Eleven” star George Clooney, hosted a Democratic fundraising event in June.
It raised over $30 million for the Biden campaign, before Clooney wrote an Op-Ed weeks later urging Biden to drop out of the race.
This week, the actor attempted to convince working-class men to vote for Kamala Harris in a commercial he also narrated.
The ad is directed at encouraging them to break away from former President Donald Trump without revealing their change in allegiance to their MAGA friends.
It portrays a group of blue-collar men heading into a polling station, with one enthusiastically exclaiming, “Come on boys! Let’s make America great again!”
But two of the men decide to vote for Kamala Harris after thinking about the women in their lives, including a young daughter.
“Before you cast your vote in this election, think about how it will impact the people you care about the most,” Clooney advises. “Remember, you can vote any way you want, and no one will ever know.”
Like Roberts commercial, Clooney’s ad, which was also produced by Vote Common Good, was panned online.
“Oh yeah, I forgot that I could vote for anyone I wanted. Thanks for the reminder. Who ever knew that I could keep it a secret?” someone commented on the YouTube video.
“George Clowney Reminds Us – Hollywood Hot Shots Still Think We Care What They Think… This is a carbon copy of their desperation ad for women. Zero creativity, zero plan, zero respect,” added another.