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Bette Midlerand PresidentDonald Trumpare trading internet barbs once again, this time over a fabricated quote and an ill-fitting suit.
The he-said, she-said began Monday, when the “Wing Beneath My Wings” singer, 73, apologized for tweeting out a quote that was incorrectly attributed to Trump.
The quote — in which he allegedly said in 1998 that if he were to run for president, he’d run as a Republican because they’re the “dumbest group of voters” — has been floating around the internet for several years, but has been debunked.
“I apologize; this quote turns out to be a fake from way back in ’15-16. Don’t know how I missed it, but it sounds SO much like him that I believed it was true!” she wrote, including a link to an article explaining its inaccuracy.
The president did not take kindly to Midler’s slip-up, and wrote a tweet of his own slamming her as a “sick scammer” and “washed up psycho.”
The insults caught the attention of some famous faces, including Tommy Lee, whoresponded, “Dude…you’re a f— joke please quit while you’re ahead I guess!?! Don’t go away mad just go away!!!!!” andAndy Cohen, whosimply wrote, “Go to sleep you lunatic.”
Despite the criticism, Midler’s digs against Trump didn’t stop there, as she also ripped into him for claiming there were “thousands of people on the streets cheering” for him during hisstate visit to the U.K.
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The Oscar-winning actress also took time to mock Trump’s suit, writing it was a “proportion fail” and that his tailor should be fired.
Sheeven made sure to teasethe gift he received fromQueen ElizabethII: a book.
“Queen Elizabethgave Trump #WinstonChurchill’s copy of a rare book,” she wrote. “Even more rare? The chance that Trump would actually read it, or ANY book.”
Midler is a frequent critic of the commander-in-chief, and in November 2018 drew flak for a joke she made at the expense of First LadyMelania Trump.
The star tweeted out a photo of the former model from a shoot she did for BritishGQback in 2000, which featured her partially naked in an airplane cockpit with a see-through chain metal and plastic bikini covering her nipples.
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“The dry cleaning bill for the upholstery on Air Force One must be insane #FLOTITS,” Midler wrote, with the hashtag drawing much of the criticism.
“I love you and loathe that whole family but no. Just no,” one user responded. “Pick apart her dangerous actions, not her body/use thereof. Women deserve better than this.”
Midler’s beef with Trump stretches back long before he was president; in 2012, Trumpfired offaseries of tweetsinsulting Midler’s talent and looks, calling her “disgusting.”
“I never liked @BetteMidler’s persona or singing and haven’t heard her name in years. But whenever she sees me, she kisses my ass. She’s disgusting….,” he wrote. In another tweet, the now-president added, “While @BetteMidler is an extremely unattractive woman, I refuse to say that because I always insist on being politically correct.”
Healso took issue with her 2014 performanceduring the “In Memoriam” segment at the Academy Awards.
“They should have allowed applause during the TRIBUTE to the departed – Really bad production. Bette Midler sucked! #Oscars,” he wrote on Twitter.
source: people.com
