WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton made a surprise appearance on Sunday night in aGrammy Awards comedy bit that took a jab at President Trump, reported CNN.
The former presidential candidate, along with Cher, Snoop Dogg, Cardi B,John Legend and DJ Khaled were among those who read excerpts from MichaelWolff’s “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” the hit book aboutTrump’s first year in the White House.
The bit shows Grammy host James Corden holding auditions for the bookreading in hopes of nabbing next year’s best spoken word album with famousmusicians trying out for the coveted role.
On the hunt for a GRAMMY Award of his own, James Corden auditionscelebrities for the spoken word version of Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury.”pic.twitter.com/SjTobAbv2N link>
— The Late Late Show with James Corden (@latelateshow) January 29, 2018link>
Clinton’s face was covered by the book when she first appeared on screen inthe pre-taped sketch, but the crowd cheered when she lowered the book toreveal her face.
Clinton read the famous line about Trump’s love for fast food: “He had alongtime fear of being poisoned. One reason why he liked to eat atMcDonalds. No one knew he was coming and the food was safely pre-made.”
The Grammys producers reached out to Clinton’s camp a couple of weeks ago.They toyed with a couple of different passages from the book beforesettling on the except about Trump’s McDonald’s habit, according to aperson who was involved with the taping, which took place last week in NewYork City.
The gag was originally only going to include two or three other people, butit grew over the time, the source said. Wolff had no immediate comment onthe Grammys bit.
The sketch has already drawn the ire of at least one prominent White Housefigure. US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley fired off a tweeton Sunday night shortly after the bit aired.
“I have always loved the Grammys but to have artists read the Fire and Furybook killed it,” Haley tweeted. “Don’t ruin great music with trash. Some ofus love music without the politics thrown in it.”
Haley took to the radio waves on Thursday to say that a rumor sparked bythe book is “absolutely not true,” referring to a detail in “Fire and Fury”that alleges that she carried on an affair with President Trump.
“Fire and Fury” has sold 1.7 million copies, according to publisher HenryHolt & Co. The book has had remarkable staying power. It held onto the No.1 spot on Amazon’s best selling books list for almost the entire month ofJanuary. Over the weekend, it slipped to No. 2 — but the Grammys may giveit another shot of publicity.