![]() “It was a huge blow to Donald,” Winston Wolkoff wrote in her 2020 book “Melania and Me,” which details her work on the inauguration at the behest of her ex-best friend, first lady Melania Trump. Event planner Stephanie Winston Wolkoff was in a meeting with Trump when the opera superstar said his family had received death threats. Perhaps the biggest disappointment came when Trump’s friend, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, also backed out, 35 days before the big day. President Donald Trump reaches out to embrace son Barron Trump as First Lady Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump and Tiffany Trump look on after his inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Kiss frontman Gene Simmons also “politely declined,” Garth Brooks and Celine Dion couldn’t fit a show for Trump’s inauguration into their schedules, and Jennifer Holliday backed out after initially saying yes, apologizing to the LGBTQ community for agreeing to sing at an event celebrating the divisive new president. The participation of Lady Gaga and Lopez in Biden’s inauguration stands in stark contrast to January 2017, when Elton John emphatically said he would not perform for Trump’s big day after a member of Trump’s transition team announced he would, Vulture reported at the time. ![]() More news came Thursday that Lady Gaga will sing the national anthem for the swearing-in of Biden and his vice president, Kamala Harris. ![]() The news Wednesday that Tom Hanks, Demi Lovato, Justin Timberlake and other A-listers will star in a TV special celebrating Joe Biden’s inauguration inevitably leads to memories of Donald Trump trying but failing to secure top talent for his inaugural festivities four years ago. ![]()
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