According to The Wrap, the president-elect is having a hard time getting celebrities to not have coincidental “scheduling conflicts” in late January of 2017. In fact it’s such a problem that the Trump administration is working outside the box in the hopes of securing big name talent.
The bookers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said they were approached by members of Trump’s Presidential Inaugural Committee in recent weeks with offers of cash or even plush diplomatic posts in exchange for locking in singers.
The first insider said he was “shocked” at the proposal: “Never in a million years have I heard something so crazy,” he said. “That was the moment I almost dropped the phone.”
Trump’s team has said these rumors are ludicrous, but considering that reality television vampire Mark Burnett is producing the whole event, I’m guessing the expectations are high in the Trump camp. You don’t have to be super famous to show your opposition to what Donald Trump’s presidency represents. Washington D.C. area public high school bands chose not to involve themselves with the inaugural parade this year as well.
Hey, Antonio Sabato Jr. and Scott Baio could perform a scene I wrote entitled “We never had any talent but the world is not fair, where’s our ambassadorship?” It’s a Mamet-style play with a lot of cursing and misogynistic undertones.