Shonda Rhimes and Ben Folds have resigned from the Kennedy Center following Donald Trump's appointment as chairman. Trump ousted the previous board, stating they didn't share his vision for the arts. He criticized the center for hosting drag shows and promised a new board with an 'amazing chairman'.
“Grey’s Anatomy” creator Shonda Rhimes and singer-songwriter Ben Folds are among the first to flee their positions at the Kennedy Center after President Trump, 55, resigned as treasurer of the board on Wednesday shortly after Trump was elected head of DC’s iconic John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, she confirmed in a post onalso announced that he’d quit his role as artistic adviser to the National Symphony Orchestra, a position he had held since he was appointed in 2017.
“Not for me,” he added. “Mostly, and above all, I will miss the musicians of our nation’s symphony orchestra — just the best.” Trump said Wednesday he had decided to clear out the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees members “who do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture” — and installed himself as chairman.
KENNEDY CENTER DONALD TRUMP SHONDA RHIMES BEN FOLDS ARTS AND CULTURE
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