Bono: I woke up in Abraham Lincoln’s bedroom after boozing with Obama

Bono (left) revealed Tuesday that he as soon as awoke in Abraham Lincoln's former bed room on the White Home after he and his spouse drank "robust cocktails" with then-President Barack Obama.
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It was not a “Stunning Day”

U2 frontman Bono revealed Tuesday that he as soon as awoke in “Abraham Lincoln’s bed room” on the White Home after he and his spouse drank “robust cocktails” with then-President Barack Obama.

The “The place the Streets Have No Identify” icon was visiting the primary household along with his spouse, Irish activist Ali Hewson, when he handed out chilly.

“The forty fourth president of the US, he mixes cocktails — he doesn’t have too many, he’s very measured,” Bono, 62, instructed BBC Radio 2.

The rocker later defined that he suffers from an allergic response to salicylates — which is present in a number of issues, together with crimson wine — which causes his “head to swell up like a balloon” or prompts him to “go to sleep someplace.”

“I had them and the wine and the allergy and I ended up slipping out for a kip and the president stated to Ali after about 10 minutes, ‘The place’s Bono gone?,'” recalled the “New 12 months’s Day” singer.

The “Spiderman: Flip off the Darkish” composer was visiting the primary household alongside his spouse when he handed out within the bed room.

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“The forty fourth president of the US, he mixes cocktails; he doesn’t have too many, he’s very measured,” stated Bono.

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“She stated, ‘He’s simply gone for a sleep.’ [Obama] stated, ‘I’m sorry?’”

“She stated, ‘He has to, he simply has to go for these sleeps, he’ll be again in 10 minutes. I’ve been with him for 30 years, don’t you are worried a factor about him, Mr. President. I’ll go discover him.’”

Obama was insistent on accompanying Bono’s spouse and was current when he was discovered within the Lincoln bed room, in keeping with the singer-songwriter.

“And there I used to be in Lincoln’s bed room, asleep, fallen asleep within the bosom of Abraham himself,” Bono stated with amusing. “He simply woke me up and laughed. President laughed his head off.”

In accordance with the 62-year-old singer, Obama was insistent on accompanying Bono’s spouse and was current when he was discovered within the Lincoln bed room.

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The Publish reached out to Bono for remark.

In accordance with the celebrity, the previous president continues to poke enjoyable on the incident.

“However he does inform people who he drinks me underneath the desk, he doesn’t consider the allergy factor,” stated Bono. “He does make robust cocktails, although, simply saying.”

Bono additionally revealed the White Home was not the primary place he has nodded off.

“I’ve fallen asleep in actually awkward spots; the lighting desk of Sonic Youth – they blended round me and couldn’t be nicer,” he joked.

“I’ve slept on the road, on automobile bonnets and certainly I did go to sleep on the White Home they usually have been very, excellent about it really.”