Stephen Colbert said he was cut fromBarack Obama 's downsized 60th birthday party.- He joked that Obama was "forced to limit the invites to only his closest Beyoncés."
- Obama made last-minute changes to his guest list at Martha's Vineyard amid Delta-variant fears.
Stephen Colbert said he was uninvited from former President Barack Obama's 60th birthday party after it was scaled back over
"There's a fourth wave of coronavirus, we just got a global-warming red alert for humanity, there are wildfires consuming Northern California and Greece," he said on "The Late Show" on Monday night.
"So naturally, there's one question on everyone's mind: Did I go to Barack Obama's birthday party?"
He said he was cut from the guest list after Obama changed the Martha's Vineyard event from one that hundreds of people were supposed to attend to a smaller one amid the spread of the Delta coronavirus variant.
"Given the whole pandemic thing and the Delta variant, a celebrity mosh pit was maybe not the wisest choice," Colbert said.
"So, Obama scaled back the guest list for his party. He was forced to limit the invites to only his closest Beyoncés."
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The New York Times reported that some celebrities, including Jay-Z and Beyoncé, were still invited, while others, such as the late-night talk-show hosts David Letterman and Conan O'Brien, were cut. Many of Obama's former administration staffers, including his top advisor David Axelrod, were also cut, The Times said.