Whodunnit then? Who was the original Beyoncé hypeman? Who got the party started by claiming there would be a live rendition of Freedom . DNC chairman Jaime Harrison and convention chair Minyon Moore didn’t tamp the speculation down in interviews on Tuesday. “Texas Hold’ Em” rang through the convention hall.
A DNC official wouldn’t deny an appearance to the Daily Beast on Thursday, and two outlets—The Hill and TMZ—even reported it was happening. Hours and hours went by before The Hollywood Reporter ripped the band-aid off: she wasn’t coming. TMZ admitted on X they got the story wrong, and The Hill’s article link now leads to a 404 page.
Sorry to All The Single (Cat) Ladies At Crooked Media and Cari and Michael Sacks ’ afterparty at The Salt Shed, attendees munched burrata and miso-mushroom deep-dish pizza (Daily Beast Rating: 6/10, though any pizza was better than the one at the CNN- Politico Grill) and bopped to Taylor Swift and Chappell Roan songs as they commiserated about the lack of Beyoncé. That’s as they waited for an actual promised musical guest— Brandi Carlile . (Illinois Gov.
JB Pritzker came out to introduce her, two days after his Tuesday shindig there with John Legend. Guess he can’t get enough of the place.) “I was looking for a big reveal, like, ‘who’s it gonna be,’” said Anthony Polcari, the 25-year-old consultant better known as Tony P who popped off in political circles earlier this year for documenting being a 25-year.