Susan Boyle White House Correspondents’ Dinner Invitation

May 10th, 2009 by Castina

Susan Boyle has turned down a chance to meet President Barack Obama.

The Britain’s Got Talent singing sensation was invited to the White House Correspondents’, a star-studded $200-a-ticket black-tie event that supports the needy and helps fund journalism scholarships. Saturday night’s affair at the Washington Hilton welcomed such celebs as Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Stephen Spielberg –but Susan had to say no.

A rep for the reality competition told says Susan “was invited by numerous networks… to be a guest at the event,” but that show rules prevented her from attending.

“None of the acts are allowed to go [overseas] for any events until the show is over so we had to decline on her behalf,” the rep said.

The 48-year-old Scottish church volunteer wowed the world with her jaw-dropping performance of the Les Misérables song “I Dreamed a Dream” on the UK talent show last month.

A Susan source tells News of the World: “She was shocked and thrilled by the invite…She knows she would have been incredibly nervous if she’d gone. But her dream is to sing for President Obama one day. She loves him and thinks he is already a terrific president.”

Susan Boyle will appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show this Monday, May 11.

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4 Responses to “Susan Boyle White House Correspondents’ Dinner Invitation”

On May 10th 2009, Ash wrote:

Who turns down an invitation to the White House Correspondents dinner with the President?? Susan Boyle. I guess that is part of her charm. She admitted that she was too scared to be in front of the president just yet.
On May 11th 2009, Hayley wrote:

Damn, looked like she forgot to do up her fly before leaving the house too, though I think that kinda adds to her charm – she’s the everywoman
On May 11th 2009, Swastika wrote:

First zip ur pant then start lying……….anyways who is she trying to fool……….its not her who turned down president………..it was the president who turned her down………..coz he doesn’t want to meet her :-p.
On May 24th 2009, Chris W wrote:

You people really should read the ENTIRE article before posting your stupid comments. She did NOT turn down the invitation by choice. If you read further along in the article, you’ll see that it says the rules of the show are that contestants are not permitted to travel overseas until the show is finished.