President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a farewell party on Friday night, and celebrities flocked to the White House for the event.
Attendees included Solange Knowles, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Jerry Seinfeld, Nick Jonas, Jordin Sparks, Usher, Kelly Rowland, La La Anthony, Jay Pharoah and Chance the Rapper, according to celebrity posts on social media.
The A-list affair stood in contrast to the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who has struggled to find entertainers willing to perform at the event.
Meryl Streep, Paul McCartney, Tom Hanks, George and Amal Clooney, Stevie Wonder, Robert De Niro, George Lucas, Lena Dunham, David Letterman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Bruce Springsteen, Chris Rock, Tyler Perry, Jason Sudeikis, Jon Hamm and Tracy Ellis Ross were also spotted arriving, according to CNN reporter Betsy Klein.
Well it's certainly a good thing the guy who once produced a show called "Celebrity Apprentice" does not care about celebrities, or he might be jealous or something.Spotted arriving at @whitehouse bash so far -- George Lucas, Meryl Streep (in a cab!), Lena Dunham. Doors open at 8:30 so everyone's in line pic.twitter.com/PIeQ32gMsy— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) January 7, 2017
Hell some of these celebrities even waited outside in the cold to get into to this celebration.
I wonder how long the lines will be for the Trump inauguration?
That's just mean, isn't it?
AND before the trolls come, let me remind everyone that this was NOT taxpayer funded.
ReplyDeleteLine up the jealous GOP a$$hats coming out and decrying this as an 'extravaganza being footed by the taxpayers' in 3...2...1...
ReplyDeleteBut, it was NOT funded by taxpayers! That is the kicker.
DeleteI'll wager others would not put up funds for Trump's Ball that he is having in NYC! He's touting he'll pay for it himself!
Think he is trying to out do The Obama's farewell party which he'll never do!
He and his wife will never be able to show themselves being better and superior to President Obama and First Lady Michelle.
Nor, will The Donald gain the love, respect and admiration from the majority of Americans when he actually holds the job of the presidency.
Trump is going to wallow in his crap and hate every minute of this new job because it is going to be a fight for him every step of the way! Americans are not going to support or bow down to him! Shit, he'll end up hiding in his Trump Towers most of the time - avoiding the press and media and Americans that will shot nasty things to him when he's in public!
He wants the 'inauguration' stroll/walk made shorter because he is not physically able to walk the original distance and it will be too cold for the fat, white elitist!
He'll flunk the job as president with one big "F"!
I love you. I almost sprayed my Jack Daniels all over my iPad!
Deletewow, that's hella voodoo dolls for the bitter ponders to make in one night.
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They're not going to like the Golden Globes much either LOL they'll be drowning in bile.
DeleteExcellent, 4.57
DeleteAnyone notice that there hasn't been one tweet about this from Cheetolini? He must be steaming in his own toxic juices. But wait, no Bradley Cooper? Would think he would b invited just to pissed off all the conservatives who got pissed when the portrayed of Chris Kyle showed up at the DNC. But trump doesn't care about celebrities, he just cares about the ordinary people, who aren't showing up either
ReplyDeleteMaybe his keepers felt compelled to stage another Twittervention.
DeleteGabby Giffords and Ken Burns were there too. I imagine if Gabby was, so was her husband, the ASTRONAUT.
DeleteTrump can't get anyone besides losers and has beens to perform for him. Oh, and those being FORCED to under threat of termination.
What an outstanding event for the Obamas! I'm so sorry to see the two of them soon leaving the White House! They truly are a lovely couple!
ReplyDeleteThe Trumps will never measure up to them. They just don't have the kindness, grace and classiness as do the Obamas!
I worry our country is going to shatter once President Obama and his Administration are no longer providing the leadership and work!
I wonder how long the lines will be for the Trump inauguration?
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Depends on whether they have the money for the entrance fee.
Or, it could be determined on the folks he pays to actually show up and support him. He's done that before to get the bigger crowds for his campaign! Remember?
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That was my response, 3:36! Depends how many he can bribe and bus in for his coronation... Even if it means he will have to round up some homeless people and dress them more or less decently from a thrift store...
DeleteI read that Trump is happy with a shortened inaugural parade (many usual participants want nothing to do with it) because he wants to get to work right away! McConnell says the ACA will be done in by the Senate by the end of the week and the House will probably trash it in minutes. I doubt they'll send it on to President Obama for his veto before January 20th, so maybe that will be Trump's first bill signing. What a disaster.
ReplyDeleteOn a happier note, this White House party looks like it would have been a real treat.
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He doesn't have the physical stamina, Beaglemom, and his "get to work" excuse is just that. An excuse.
DeleteWork? When has Trump done a lick of work? He's just a figurehead, a monument to excess, a total ignoramus. Pence will be running things, along with Spicer and Kellyanne and Jarod and Ivanka. Trump will show up for the ceremonial signing away of our rights, one by one. Gonna make America Great all right. If you're a rich white male. And that is truly all the GOP cares about anyway. McConnell and Ryan are as evil as Trump. They all follow Satan.
DeleteThey are NOT going to be able to dismantle The Affordable Care Act. The Republicans are already pealing back w/their rhetoric...they don't have a replacement and there are too many millions of Americans that have insurance through the Act that would lose it upon 'repeal' and no replacement.
DeleteThat would create an uprising against the Republicans in Congress (and move to others across the country). They would lose millions of votes (their Republican party) in the next election cycle if they do it and they finally have realized it!
They are carrying on the big talk, but I seriously believe nothing will be done unless and until there is something to replace it with immediately.
They truly do operate as assholes and Paul Ryan lies straight to our faces on TV interviews! He's such a good practicing Catholic - NOT! I hope he goes to confession often!
Oh no, I am betting he is steamed because so many groups are refusing to participate. So the parade will be shorter than anyone elses ever because no one wants to be in it.
DeleteIt is a shorten parade so no one notices there isn't anyone participating.
DeleteThey have tried 60 times to repeal ACA, I don't think it will get repealed unless they want riots.
Well we can expect a twitter rampage at 3 am tomorrow.I am sure Forrest tRump is letting his jealousy of the Obama's boil over already.
ReplyDeleteAs a non-celebrity, how wonderful for these people to share in this moment! For eight years, it truly WAS "The People's House" as many have said. There will never be another like our First Family! Such elegance, grace, and class!
ReplyDeleteLovely post and I heartily agree!
DeleteIf it was the peoples house, why weren't you invited to the shindig?
Delete4:11 PM - Because I don't have to be. I am more than satisfied with the life I lead. The one that is whining is YOU.
DeleteThe Obamas were the most welcoming to ordinary Americans of all our presidential families. And I've loved the fact that President Obama replied personally to many letters written to him - by ordinary folks like us.
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Maybe the orange shit-gibbon will invite $arah and her brood of leeches! Fat pg barstool can slither into the DWTS gorilla costume, grind on the inaugural floor, and trump just might cop a mini-stiffie! palins are fuckin' useless!!
ReplyDeleteNot everything is about the Palins, even with the Republicans. You people who have to bring up the Palins in every post are just as pathetic and stupid as the Palins themselves.
Delete3:18 - fuckin' $arah had a bitch-off in her latest screech-rant about the President and the First Lady! She WILL always be jealous of them, especially knowing that her ass-kissing for cruz and trump got her nowhere! So, kiss my ass!
DeleteCracks me up, abbafan, she most certainly did her dance of the seven veils! In the end, she ended up looking the idiot as she always does time after time. At her AGE, you'd think she'd learn.
DeleteI seriously hope the Palins do show up to the inauguration. It will be the perfect example of Trump supporters.
ReplyDeleteProbably will depend on when their weekly family drunken brawl is scheduled for that week.
DeleteNot unless someone else is paying for the airfair and hotel.
DeleteJust imagine the trailer trash outfits the wasillabillies would wear.
Apparently Trump still hasn't named anyone to head the VA. I doubt that Sarah Palin is rich enough to have a position in Trump's administration. But she could go to Washington and lobby for it.
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President Obama is delivering his official farewell address in Chicago Tuesday night, Jan 10.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter raised a LOT of money for him in 2008 and 2012, so, she's been invited to the speech and the VIP party afterward.
More A-listers will be in Chicago.
She lives on Capitol Hill and is flying to London to visit a friend 19 - 21 January so she's out of town for the inauguration.
Meanwhile, all the folks I know are praying for one of DC's famous blizzards on inauguration day.
London will have a women's march, too!
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Maybe your daughter can attend that one!
Would rather see cold temps, drenching rains and healthy gusts of wind. Just enough to make them really miserable.
DeleteOoooh boy all these celebrities, oooh boy we are all in such awe!
ReplyDelete(and you are still wondering why Hillary lost the working class in the rust belt and the midwest, where millions of hardworking law abiding people have been qworking 2 - 3 jobs just to still make ends meet and hold on to their houses, if they are lucky. Oh wait, forgot, it is the Russians isn't it lol?).
Ooooh looky at all the celebrities they are all sooooo cooool.
God you are a fucking loser.
The losers are those who voted him and this Congtress in when they lose EVERYTHING. And they will!
DeleteCareful, your jealousy is showing. No one asked you to come here. Sarah?????
Delete3:18pm
DeleteThe sweetest part about those suffering in flyover country is that they won't have it any easier, in fact, smart money is on things getting much, much worse for them they they are now.
Those that work multiple jobs will still have to work multiple jobs, the unemployed will see reduced unemployment benefits, PLUS lose their healthcare and there will be no Medicaid to fall back on.
They will have reduced Social Security and Medicare to look forward to in the future and no social benefits such as food relief and welfare to feed them now.
They made their bed and the rest of us will remind them of that every time we hear them whining about it.
They were just a bunch of angry people with very little political knowledge who believed every lie they were fed and made a choice in the voting booth, some of them for the first time, that will cost them and their families dearly for the next decade.
So, boo fucking hoo, I hope that their churches will feed them because my tax dollars are thankfully no longer going towards supporting them and their too-large and unplanned broods of dirty children.
Suck it up buttercups and welcome to your great depression, enjoy the ride!
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Ahaha. Keep it up 5:29. Please keep talking about flyover country and all the poor dumb people that live there. Please keep talking like that all the way thru the next election, the condescending attitude should really work out well for you!
DeleteDon't forget to sniff your own superior farts while putting down all the dumb people.
Yeah, they should have invited Chachi and shitty pants, eh?
DeleteTrumphead would kill for those celebrities and you know it.
Yada Yada rust belt, if they were so sure they won Michigan they wouldn't have the recount blocked.
DeleteIt still kills you that Hillary won the popular vote by almost 3 million votes: that is a reflection of how the country really feels about the new russian dictator.
Most of the population of this country lives along the many coasts: the Atlantic, the Gulf, the Pacific and the Great Lakes and then there's Alaska and Hawaii. Unfortunately, in Trumpland, all of us are going to suffer no matter where we live.
DeleteThose of us who were smart enough to vote for Democrats know all too well what the GOP has in store. All we had to do was look at what total GOP control has done in the state of Kansas. And there's no more "heart of America" than Kansas. It the people living in "America's heartland" haven't learned a thing from that example, it's because they haven't paid any attention. GOP members of Congress have wanted to end Social Security since 1933 (when it began); they've gone after Medicare ever since it began and now they've got their chance to demolish the ACA. These voters should have known better but they preferred ignorance to intelligence. As a result we're all stuck with Trumpland.
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8:54, all those 3 million votes you talk about are essentially all California. California is not how the entire country feels about the President Elect. It is a joke what you are trying to push.
DeleteI heard the cheeto shit gibbon will be putting a stripper pole in for Melonoma. I tell ya folks,this is gonna be yuuge.Believe me.
ReplyDeleteFor exercise or to get Trump's nuts off? Wonder if he pays her to do it?
DeleteIt's gonna be BIGLY YUUUGE!!!
DeleteHe can't do anything about the public rooms, but I think he can redecorate the private rooms. Just imagine how he is going to make them ugly versions of Drumpf Tower. Like Versailles ate a trailer park, then threw up. Gold, velvet and animal prints all over.
DeleteIt's not clear to me if these celebrities are there to entertain or to mingle. If to entertain, that's great. If not, I'd be more impressed if there were lots of Nobel Prize winners, scientists, and authors, and people who have made great contributions to alleviate human human suffering. Mind you, entertainers do bring lots of happiness to the world. That's all good.
ReplyDeleteAnd the media's focus on entertainment is understandable because they are mainly owned by entertainment conglomerates. But I'd like to see some balance between beauty and good thinking.
And people wonder why kids aren't interested in science. The media present few role models compared to entertainer role models.
I'm guessing the people are there, but the media aren't highlighting them.
I'm guessing that the Obama's invited who they wanted to. Since they are hosting and paying for the party that's what they get to do.
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DeleteIt was a party; a celebration not a seminar..
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DeleteIt was a party; a celebration not a seminar..
Hahahaaa! 4:10 actually thinks the Obama's are shelling out for this! LMFAO HAHAHAHAHAHAA!
DeleteInviting scientists would be a totally different party. And President Obama has been known to host quite a few scientists as well as kids who were science-project winners!
DeleteIt is NOT taxpayer funded, 5:00 PM dumbass!
Delete@anon 5:00 pm, yes they are paying for their own party and unlike tRump they aren't charging their guests admission.
DeleteWho said it was taxpayer funded 5:24 you dumbass?
DeleteBut you actually think the Obamas footed the bill?
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!
The inability of many Americans to differentiate people who do great things and people who portray people doing great things is why we have a reality TV star as a President-Elect.
DeleteI agree that it shouldn't be all celebrities. I haven't seen the whole list, maybe they only mention the celebrities because no one would know who the others are.
DeleteI also heard big donors were invited.
I'm sure they were there too. It's just the media isn't going to report anyone the public isn't likely to recognize.
Delete@5:00 PM/7:07 PM Can you prove otherwise? Then fuck off, troll.
Delete7:07-- "In August, the White House made sure to specify the Obamas were paying for the event themselves."--CNN
DeleteThe Obamas did not shell out one cent of their own money for this 7:17, you can take that to the bank.
DeleteI sincerely hope we can now get away from this awful notion that a movie stars opinion of politics matters. The should not happen. 😡😡😡😡
ReplyDeleteAnd why would I listen to your opinion? Your opinion doesn't matter than either. BTW all those people have supported President Obama's campaigns, the DNC, and many are actual friends of the Obama's. But good news is that the next time you host a party you too can invite who you want to.
DeleteLet me guess....going to watch the Golden Globe Awards tonight, are you, 3:46 PM?
DeleteOf course!
DeleteNow we have the tv reality star opinion of politics. Happy?
So screw you, Ronald Reagan.
DeleteAnd screw you, troll.
Why not 3:46 PM? They are Americans - vote - donate to causes and political parties - many of them study, or have studied, civics, history, political history and political candidates. They are just like us - only have more money and probably live much easier lives than some of us!
ReplyDeleteLook at people around you that have money and how unhappy some of them are! Pros and cons to it - as in everything!!
I suspect you just don't like the particular movie folks that attended President Obama's farewell party! Could that be the reason for your thought? Just guessing!
I'm glad they take part in our politics - provide support to different candidates and provide many good acting roles in some damned good movies that we all enjoy! And, I'm especially happy the stars and others showed up and said farewell to the Obamas and thanked them for the job well done!
Seriously! It's THEIR party, on THEIR dime, let them invite who they want and ENJOY!
DeleteThe A-List guests are people who have supported the Obama Administration and are, many of them, also people who have adopted causes that help people around the world.
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Celebrities, but where are the common folk? Would have more meaning.
ReplyDeleteAnd how many Robber Barons did the Obama administration prosecute for fraud in the financial meltdown at the end of the Bush years? The same ones who are getting ready to rape and pillage again under all this Republican control? You like to think he cares about the common man, but not only did he not prosecute the fraudsters, but he rewarded them by carrying out the bailout n the backs of the taxpayers and the people who were taken advantage of by those very fraudsters.
But keep admiring the pretty party with all the pretty people and pretend that the Obama administration did anything for the common man. It was just part of the mafia family that now controls the country.
But glitter and smiling faces seem to make you feel better about the screwing we all got.
Right on time, duckie, and you ain't seen NOTHING yet! Thanks for sharing.
DeleteYou just do NOT get it, do you, twodux? By all means take your penis extender to bed with you tonight. Happiness is a warm gun.
DeleteTwodux, you asked:
Delete"And how many Robber Barons did the Obama administration prosecute for fraud in the financial meltdown at the end of the Bush years? The same ones who are getting ready to rape and pillage again under all this Republican control?"
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I hate to break it to you but these ARE the people that run things, the corporate oligarchy, "Robber Barons" as you and others call them.
They control government, they run the country.
It should be obvious to anyone that our votes don't matter, who we elect doesn't matter, things are the same behind the scenes regardless, that's why it's rare that the richest in America pay for their crimes, they are the ones who decide who pays and who doesn't.
If Madoff wouldn't have screwed over so many other rich people he'd be a free man today, but he broke the cardinal rule and screwed the wealthy when really it's just the little guys that are fair game.
Yes 2duck we know, We know that prior to 08 election the republican party emptied the surplus, spent lots of money on friends and gifts, had many scandals, served some pork, started a war or two,got us bombed again under their watch, botched a couple disaster reliefs and then formed citzen united and rush it through and well? here we are with a citizen united election for Russia in the usa. Yes 2 duck most usa citizens know and we know the election was rigged and we will need a new election this month.
Delete@trolldux Do you get your daily orgasm by commenting here? Are you lost again?
DeleteAbsolutely the Best. So cool((: President Obama and First Lady are the real deal. So Proud of them.
ReplyDeleteWhat is it you people don't understand. This years inaugural celebration is for the people by the people. This president wants real Americans to celebrate with him. This is not about Hollyweed.
ReplyDeleteSorry, we're busy that day. He'll have to settle for the Russian sympathizers.
DeleteBTW If he didn't want celebs to be there why was he begging multitudes of them to perform for him?
Obviously critical thinking is a foreign concept to you.
That's his story and he's sticking to it.
DeleteBAH HAH HAH HAH HAH.
He doesn't think that the majority 74 million people that voted AGAINST him are "real Americans" and neither do you, troll.
DeleteHe just wants you to go there and worship him like you've been doing.
SO GO THE FUCK ALREADY AND STFU.
Who is this president? traitor trump is president elect but not elected, his excuse is he wants real Americans because celebrities all said no.
DeleteHe pretty much trashed more than half the country with his nasty christmas/new years tweet.
So F.U. to little donnie.
Yea right, that is why there won't be anyone there except for the russian military choir singing the russian national anthem.
Buncha goldarn real 'murkins straight from the heart of flyover country gonna be a marchin' with Herr Trump, you betcha!
DeleteHope they've been practicing their goose step...
6:16 PM Put down your Trump cocaine stash.
DeleteWow traitor trump really fooled you with his bubba hat.
DeleteHe wouldn't mingle with "real americans' if the world ended.
His life ambition is to be accepted by the Manhattan elite which is never goin' happen.
I guess I don't understand the point of the guest list. Are they all close personal friends of the President? Probably not. Then why invite famous people? Who gets anything from that? But then, I guess that's just me.
ReplyDeleteI guess it interests people that follow celebrities or are really into movies/music and know who these people are. Me, I've not heard of 80% of the guest list and don't care about any of the pomp and circumstance surrounding any politicians, from the inaugural right down to the correspondents dinner and other dog and pony shows.
DeleteJust be a good POTUS that's all I care about.
Wow !! the nasty trolls are having a problem that traitor trump didn't win the election on his own and is not a legitimate winner.
ReplyDeleteMore like that everyone doesn't adore their Führer to the extent they do.
DeleteWhile I expect the Obama's invited people, I'll bet they also had requests to be invited to attend.
Stone face says all these little procedural complaints are just democrat sore losers. Wow? Somebody needs to take stone face, his wife and Kelly annie down to the library of congress and force him to write ESPIONAGE AND TREASON 400 million times each and he and Kelly anne can then tweet give a major news announcement after they complete their assignment. So sick of lousy actors and con artist for trump.
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