Bono blamed his allergic reaction to salicylic acid for a blurry evening on the White Area with then-President Barack Obama — one who ended with the U2 frontman passing out within the Lincoln Bed room.
In his new memoir, “Give up: 40 Songs, One Tale,” the Irish rocker joked that Obama “doesn’t for a minute” imagine him about his salicylate intolerance, in line with Folks. Now Obama “tells other people he can drink me below the desk,” which is “garbage,” Bono wrote.
Bono, whose actual identify is Paul David Hewson, stated the salicylates in the only or two glasses of wine he drank with Obama brought about him to really feel sleepy. He excused himself. After 10 mins, Obama requested Bono’s spouse, Ali Hewson, if the musician used to be OK, earlier than atmosphere off to search out him.
Brooks Kraft by means of Getty Photographs
“They walked into the Lincoln Bed room, and there I used to be, out chilly, head within the bosom of Abraham Lincoln, on his very mattress. ‘Falling asleep within the convenience of our freedoms,’ as I spun it later on,” wrote Bono, in line with Folks.
The memoir used to be launched on Tuesday.
In an interview with the BBC this week, Bono stated Obama “simply woke me up and laughed.” Bono’s sensitivity has brought about him to go to sleep in all varieties of extraordinary puts, together with on the street and on automotive hoods, he stated.
“However he does inform those who he beverages me below the desk, he doesn’t imagine the allergic reaction factor,” added Bono, who has frolicked with Obama on more than one events for the reason that finish of the latter’s presidency. “He does make sturdy cocktails, despite the fact that, simply announcing.”