I am suspecting that those in charge felt that getting him to and from the stage to the presidential box and back might be more trouble than it was worth, so he pre-taped in the Oval Office his intros to the honorees (supposedly, he is using a walker in the White House when cameras aren't around).
I'm sure Melissa may've noticed that the blackballed from Broadway Laura Osnes performed during the MIchael Crawford tribute, interestingly enough after Bari Weiss' Free Press did an article on her calling her a victim for her refusal to take a COVID shot during the pandemic:and because she came from a reality show: https://www.thefp.com/p/laura-osnes-didnt-get-the-covid-shot Interestingly enough, OnStage Blog's Chris Peterson, mentioned in the FP article for allegedly attacking Osnes, wrote a post at the end of September saying that Osnes was getting an unfair shake from Broadway and should be given another chance, hinting that Kristin Chenoweth's reaction to Charlie Kirk's assassination was much worse: https://www.onstageblog.com/editorials/2025/9/29/when-do-we-welcome-back-laura-osnes Mark Jeffries [email protected] On Thu, Dec 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM 'Bob F' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > And didn't use Ol' Smellypants' name in the title, either... > https://archive.is/bKGLB (link, from the paywalled WaPo) > B > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/722a309e-2e6d-4496-9c15-0048503ec971n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/722a309e-2e6d-4496-9c15-0048503ec971n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi9ppCdYD_bUjQhqcfRZTxLHaRhz_VxCHAk26R9zk4GeBw%40mail.gmail.com.
