Dressed in a blond wig for a “Marilyn Monroe moment” with Clinton, the pop superstar wished him a belated “Happy Birthday” before launching into a rip-roaring “Bill Romance” at the packed Hollywood Bowl.
At one point she came down to perform one-on-one for the former president, who was seated in the front row flanked by his wife US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and their daughter Chelsea.
“How cool is it to be 65 and you get Lady Gaga, come on?” Clinton asked the crowd in a short speech in the middle of the show, which also included performances by Stevie Wonder, Bono and the Edge, and Usher.
But, he added: “And then I wondered, ..she said she was going to have a Marilyn Moment, I thought, by God I get Lady Gaga and I will have a heart attack celebrating my 65th birthday.”The Irish rocker-turned-campaigner also highlighted Clinton’s role in fighting HIV and poverty in Africa, as well as climate change, both in and out of office.
In closing Clinton paid tribute to his wife, recalling how they met 40 years ago, and how their lives have changed since he left the White House in 2001.
“For 30 years I was in politics and she did that and about 10 years ago we switched places. I like it fine, I like it when she’s in public office and I’m doing… this kinda stuff,” he said.
And, he boasted: “I am the only person in history who got to be president, who then had a post-presidential birthday party attended by both Lady Gaga and the secretary of state.”
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