The audience went absolutely wild for it.
Late on Sunday night, the Grammys took place, and while everyone will definitely make some talking points about Bruno Mars cleaning up, Jay-Z being entirely overlooked, and Beyonce’s dress channelling Trinity from The Matrix, we imagine this sketch will be the one to result in the biggest political fallout.
Awards show host James Carden put today a little comedy segment featuring some of his famous friends “auditioning” to be the voice of the audio-book version of Fire And Fury: Inside The Trump White House.
John Legend, Cher, Snoop Dogg and DJ Khaled all take a pop at it, before so-hot-right-now Cardi B puts her own spin on it, until she snaps at the logistics of what she is actually doing: “Why am I even reading this shit. I can’t believe this. I can’t believe that he really… this is how he lives his life?”
We then cut to someone reading the book, their face obscured by the book, before it is quickly revealed to be Clinton herself, and the in the background, we can hear the Grammys audience going absolutely wild.
Clip via The Late Late Show with James Corden
Of course, not everyone was a fan, including U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, who took to Twitter to voice her opinion:
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
I disagree. That part ruined the Grammys. Such a shame.
— Nikki Haley (@nikkihaley) January 29, 2018
It took all over 0.000001 seconds before Twitter reminded that pretty much all of the great musicians through the years have been political, and on a night where Kendrick Lamar, U2 and Kesha were among the performers, politics in every form was front and centre.
Or, to put it another way:
Nikki Haley on the Grammys is basically Ned Flanders on Woody Allen. pic.twitter.com/hTEXYyuswt
— Scott Tobias (@scott_tobias) January 29, 2018