Mark Hamill Nearly Left the U.S. Following Trump’s Re-Election but His Wife Said Don’t Let Him “Force You Out”

Mark Hamill Nearly Left the U.S. Following Trump’s Re-Election but His Wife Said Don’t Let Him “Force You Out”

Mark Hamill almost left the United States after President Donald Trump was re-elected in November, but his wife ultimately convinced him not to make the big move. 

During a Saturday profile with The Times, the legendary Star Wars actor recalled telling his wife, Marilou Hamill, that they could move to London or Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidency. Despite wanting to exit the country, Marilou led him to have a change of heart.

“She’s very clever,” he said. “She didn’t respond right away, but a week later she said, ‘I’m surprised you would allow him to force you out of your own country.’ That son of a bitch, I thought. I’m not leaving.” 

Hamill hasn’t been shy in his disapproval of the president. In 2020, he took part in a Biden-Harris ad where he reacted (and critiqued) a few clips of Trump ahead of the election.

Elsewhere, the Daytime Emmy winner further condemned the president and his current administration. “The bullying, the incompetence, the people in place… The only way I can deal with it without going crazy and wanting to open my veins in a warm tub is to look at it like a thick, sprawling political novel,” Hamill said. “It’s entertaining in a way because this could actually be the end.” 

He added, “Our status in the world has been crippled and that will reverberate for decades. Making Canada a 51st state? Do you know how offensive that is? And then taking over Greenland and renaming the Gulf of Mexico. The distractions are hilarious.”