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Old 08-19-2017, 06:16 PM   #8263
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Not surprisingly, Trump is skipping this year's Kennedy Center Honors.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...remony-w498559

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Donald and Melania Trump announced Saturday that they would not attend this year's Kennedy Center Honors ceremony, which will honor LL Cool J, Lionel Richie, Gloria Estefan, TV producer Norman Lear and dancer-choreographer Carmen de Lavallade.
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Skipping D.C. traditions has become a tradition in itself for Trump, who in April opted not to attend the annual White House Correspondents Dinner.

Trump's decision comes just days after both Lear and de Lavallade said in separate statements that, while they would attend the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony, they were skipping the pre-ceremony reception for honorees at the White House, the New York Times reports.

"In light of the socially divisive and morally caustic narrative that our current leadership is choosing to engage in, and in keeping with the principles that I and so many others have fought for, I will be declining the invitation to attend the reception at the White House," de Lavallade said in a statement.

Lear said he would forego the ceremony because Trump "has chosen to neglect totally the arts and humanities – deliberately defund them – and that doesn't rest pleasantly with me."

Richie also admitted he was considering boycotting the event. "I'm gonna just play it by ear," Richie told Today Tuesday. "I must tell you, I'm not really happy with what's going on right now with the controversies. They're weekly, daily, hourly." A rep for Richie did not respond to a question on if the singer will attend this year's event.
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