This rock star woke up in Lincoln's room after drinking with President Obama

"The president laughed, but he tells people that he drinks me under the table."


Most people will never see the interior of the White House, but a musician found himself passed out in Lincoln's room after an evening to drink with the president. In a new interview with the BBCThe Zoe Ball Breakfast Show,,Leader U2Bono revealed thatthen presidentBarack Obama I found him asleep in the historic room when he andhis wife,Ali Hewson, spent time in the White House. The rock star claims that it was not only the cocktails that led him to disappear during their visit. Read the rest to see what he had to say.

Read this then:See Barry Gibb, the only gee bee living, now at 75.

Bono has an allergy to salicylates.

Bono at European Council headquarters in Belgium in 2018
Alexandros Michailidis / Shutterstock

Bono explained on the episode of November 1 of November 1The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show that he is allergic to salicylates,found in Various fruits and vegetables, drugs like aspirin and alcoholic drinks, according to WebMD.

"My head will swell like a ball and a pop or I fall asleep - anywhere," Bono told what he feels after ingesting salicylates. “I fell asleep in really annoying places. I fell asleep on the lighting of sound youth. They mixed around me and I couldn't be more pleasant. I slept in the street. I slept on car caps. And indeed, I fell asleep in the White House, and they were very, very good on this subject, in fact. ""

He left for a nap in the White House.

Ali Hewson and Bono at the premiere of
G Holland / Shutterstock

While Bono and Hewson were in the White House, he became tired and moved away from a nap, leaving Obama Confus.

"The 44th President of the United States, he mixes cocktails. He doesn't have too much. He is very measured," said Bono. He added that after having had cocktails and wine combined with his allergy, he had to slip and lie down somewhere.

"And the president said to Ali after about 10 minutes:" Where's Bono? "She said," Ah, he's just gone to sleep. "He said," I'm sorry? "She said," He has to find him. '"

For more information on celebrities delivered directly in your reception box,Register for our daily newsletter.

Bono was found in the Lincoln room.

Bono in Paris in 2017
Frédéric Legrand - Comeo / Shutterstock

Bono said Obama insisted to come with Hewson to find him.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"And I was there in Lincoln's room, asleep, and they just woke me up and laughed," he shared. "[Obama] does not believe the allergic thing. He makes strong cocktails, however, just saying."

(Despite its name, the Lincoln room is not the place where Lincoln really slept, and the location of the room with this title changed years ago.Furniture in the room was bought byMary Todd Lincoln, yet.)

He has developed history in his new memories.

Bono and Barack Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. in 2006
Brooks Kraft LLC / Corbis via Getty Images

Bono, who was spottedTrouor with Obama onVarious occasions, also writes on the incident of Lincoln's room in his new book,Addition: 40 songs, a story. AccordingPeople,,He writes in the book That Obama has guessed that he could be in Lincoln's room because he had asked questions about Gettysburg's address earlier in the evening.

"Good instinct", writes Bono. "They entered Lincoln's room, and I am there, cold, head in the breast of Abraham Lincoln, on his very bed." Falling asleep in the comfort of our freedoms, "while I did it later."


A doctor of infectious disease classifies the risk of your daily activities
A doctor of infectious disease classifies the risk of your daily activities
Alarming signs you need vacation as soon as possible
Alarming signs you need vacation as soon as possible
The worst national anthem shows of all time
The worst national anthem shows of all time