Nikki Haley, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, was not a fan Sunday night’s Grammy skit involving Hillary Clinton—so much so that she took to Twitter to voice her opinion, CNN reports.
The skit featured Grammy’s host James Corden and artists like John Legend, Cher, Snoop Dogg, Cardi B and DJ Khaled alongside Clinton in a pre-taped segment. The segment was a spoof on a spoken-word audition with a very clear political agenda. Each celebrity read an excerpt from Michael Wolff’s controversial book Fire and Fury, with Clinton making the final cut at the end.
“He had a longtime fear of being poisoned, one reason why he liked to eat at McDonald’s—nobody knew he was coming and the food was safely pre-made,” read Clinton.
While the politically charged skit is not surprising in light of celebrity involvement in politics, that doesn’t mean it was completely well received. Haley and others close to President Trump bashed the skit, denouncing the Grammy’s choice to include it.
“Don’t ruin great music with trash,” tweeted Haley on Sunday evening, attracting a lot of media attention.
I have always loved the Grammys but to have artists read the Fire and Fury book killed it. Don’t ruin great music with trash. Some of us love music without the politics thrown in it.
— Nikki Haley (@nikkihaley) January 29, 2018
Her fury didn’t end there, however. The tweet in full reads, “I have always loved the Grammys but to have artists read the Fire and Fury book killed it. Don’t ruin great music with trash. Some of us love music without the politics thrown in it.”
President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., echoed Haley’s thoughts in his own tweet.
Getting to read a #fakenews book excerpt at the Grammys seems like a great consolation prize for losing the presidency. #GrammyAwards
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) January 29, 2018
“Getting to read a #fakenews book excerpt at the Grammys seems like a great consolation prize for losing the presidency. #GrammyAwards,” wrote Trump Jr.
Haley and Trump Jr.’s tweets against the book don’t come as a surprise after weeks of the Trump Administration’s talk against it. Haley herself has even addressed a rumor alleging an affair between herself and President Trump, calling it “absolutely not true” in a podcast for Politico.
As to whether or not the skit was appropriate to include in this year’s Grammy Awards, you can judge for yourself by watching the segment in full below.
On the hunt for a GRAMMY Award of his own, James Corden auditions celebrities for the spoken word version of Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury.” pic.twitter.com/SjTobAbv2N
— The Late Late Show with James Corden (@latelateshow) January 29, 2018