Singer Linda Ronstadt took a swipe at Secretary of State Mike Pompeoduring a State Department dinner celebrating her and other Kennedy Center honorees on Saturday night, Variety reported.
At the start of the reception, during which honorees are typically presentedwith their Kennedy Center Honors medals, Pompeo reportedly referenced the singer’s 1975 track “When Will I Be Loved.”
“As I travel the world, I wonder, when will I be loved?” he reportedly said during his welcome address.
The following article by David Nakamura, Amy B. Wang and Peter Marks was posted on the Washington Post website August 19, 2017:
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will not attend the annual Kennedy Center Honors, amid a boycott by those who are to be honored at the December event. (Reuters)
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump have elected not to attend the annual Kennedy Center Honors in December amid a political backlash among those who will be feted at the event.
The first family will not participate “to allow the honorees to celebrate without any political distraction,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement Saturday morning. Continue reading “Trump, first lady to skip Kennedy Center Honors over concerns of ‘political distraction’”
