'Frozen' Star Idina Menzel's Has Cold Words About Trump's Inauguration

Idina Menzel spoke out amid reports of trouble finding top talent for inaugural.

ByABC News
December 16, 2016, 11:36 AM

— -- Idina Menzel has some cold words for Donald Trump amid some reports that the president-elect's team is not having an easy time finding A-list talent to perform at his inauguration.

So far, the only public announcement of a performer confirmed for the Jan. 20 inauguration is "America's Got Talent" runner-up Jackie Evancho.

Trump's inaugural committee chairman, Tom Barrack, and committee spokesman Boris Epshteyn disputed the notion that they are having any trouble finding top performers for the celebration.

"No struggle, whatsoever," Epshteyn told ABC News. "We have world-class talent, world-class entertainers reaching out to us offering their help, offering their services, so no struggle whatsoever."

But "Frozen" star Menzel showed little sympathy if Trump's team is having difficulty enlisting talent, telling Vanity Fair: "I think it's karma, baby."

"I mean, look: All the artists in the world got up and tried to get our girl [Hillary Clinton] elected, and it still didn’t happen," she said. "So we’re all still trying to recover from that."

Menzel, 45, said of Trump, "Maybe he’ll just have to sing something himself. He probably thinks he has a great voice; he thinks he does everything great."

Presidents of both parties have had famous entertainers perform at inaugural festivities.

George W. Bush held a concert with Ricky Martin, Jessica Simpson and 98 Degrees at an inaugural event in 2001. Aretha Franklin and cellist Yo-Yo Ma performed at President Obama's first inauguration in 2009.

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