R&B singer Chrisette Michele has claimed that she didn't think twice about performing for President Donald Trump's Inauguration, despite stars like Jennifer Halliday receiving death threats for saying yes – but it's come at a cost.
The
34-year-old, who felt the need to change her phone number after the
announcement was made, was joined by the likes of 3 Doors Down and Jon
Voight for the Make America Great Again event which has been broadly
described as one of the most disappointing Inauguration concerts in
history.
Chrisette
has now revealed that while she didn't hesitate to say yes to perform
she did not even get a hello from the new president of the United
States.
“When we got the phone call, and this may sound crazy,
there was literally no hesitation,” the No Political Genius star told
Billboard.
“I turned my phone off. After seeing what happened to
Jennifer Halliday, I literally turned my phone off because I knew if I
was going to make any type of decision, I couldn’t be swayed left or
right by what anybody thought. I had to just go with my own convictions.
I changed my phone number also. I didn’t even think to say no. It
didn’t cross my mind.”
The
Grammy award winner, who recently performed for Barack and Michelle
Obama at a White House state dinner was familiar with the process but
was surprised when a Trump aide gave her the new plans.
“Originally I was supposed to perform directly after his
first speech, and I had done that with Barack Obama before, so I was
used to that kind of experience. And the woman who organised the event
came and told me, 'Now you’re going to go first and he’s going to go
after you',” she said.
“I looked her in the eye and said, 'My
family has disowned me. If you decide to Google me, you’ll see that
America is writing about me in their newspapers. I’m the black poster
child for discord right now, and he’s not going to shake my hand?' So
no, I didn’t get to meet him… I know he has a lot of other things going
on. I don’t know if, like Barack and Michelle, he’s listening to my
album or that I’ll be on his summer playlist, so I don’t want to take it
that way. I’d rather be optimistic and think that they’ll come another
chance where I can talk to him.”
America singer, Chrisette Michele, disowned by her Family for singing for Donald Trump's Inauguration - and he didn't even say hello
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