Kid Rock accused former first lady Michelle Obama of disrespecting President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration days before the ceremony.
“She seems a little angry” Rock said Thursday night on Jesse Watters Primetime.
Rock, a vocal supporter of Trump, recalled being asked to perform at former President Barack Obama's Youth Inaugural Ball in 2009, hours after he took the oath of office for the first time.
The five-time Grammy nominee, 54, agreed to perform at the Hilton Washington with rapper Kanye West and rock band Fall Out Boy out of “respect for the president.”
“I'd like to remind her that years ago, when Obama was first elected, I didn't vote for him. But they asked me to perform at the inauguration. . And I played it and went,” Rocker said. “We had a great time. I honored the president and I would like to remind Michelle of that.”
President Obama, 61, will be absent from the 60th presidential inauguration ceremony at the Capitol after failing to appear at former President Jimmy Carter's funeral in Washington, D.C., last week.
“It has been confirmed that former President Barack Obama will attend the 60th Inauguration Ceremony. Former First Lady Michelle Obama will not attend the upcoming Inauguration Ceremony,” the offices of President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama said in a statement. said in a statement.
The former first lady's team has not disclosed the reason for her planned absence.
The Obamas attended President Trump's first inauguration in 2017.
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are scheduled to attend a historic event next week.
Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, as well as former Presidents Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton, are also scheduled to attend President Trump's swearing-in ceremony.
on monday, A source told Page Six Trump's team was reportedly “laughing out loud” at Michelle Obama's decision.
“We didn't expect her to come anyway,'' said a person involved in planning the inaugural event.
Rock, whose real name is Robert James Ritchie, took to the stage on the final night of the Republican National Convention in July to perform his hit song “American Bad A-” before Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination.
However, Rock said he “respectfully” declined Trump's invitation to “perform a few songs” at his inauguration, but offered to help with the planning.
He teased that he had created something “pretty special” for the event.
“I spent an awful lot of time on this,” he said. “We put something together. We wrote it all down to the minute. Everything was choreographed.”
“They loved it. Of course we're working on it and doing our due diligence to get it done, and God bless them, the Secret Service is here. Masu.”
“They say, yeah, you can't set off fireworks, you can't have big fireworks. I don't know if you can put strippers on telephone poles,” he quipped. .
The “All Summer Long” singer will instead perform at the “Make America Great Again Rally” at Capital One Arena, which will conclude the inauguration event later Monday.
