Obama party crashers also crashed inauguration events
WASHINGTON - The aspiring reality-TV stars from Northern Virginia who appear to have crashed the White House's state dinner also seem to have staked out prime locations during President Barack Obama's inauguration weekend, posting photos on Facebook that purportedly show them in the first family's glass-enclosed viewing area after a concert at the Lincoln Memorial.
Michaele Salahi spent nearly eight hours before the state dinner in a Georgetown salon getting groomed for her big night out at the White House, though mostly getting filmed getting groomed, Erwin Gomez Salon said yesterday.
"It was a lot of schmoozing with the staff," said James Packard-Gomez, explaining why a hair and makeup session lasted from nearly 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., extended by the crew's multiple takes and interviews with Salahi and the stylists.
The staffer doing Salahi's hair asked to see the invitation, he said. "She starts rummaging through her purse, and then said, 'It must be out in the car.' "
On the Salahis' joint Facebook account were other images from inauguration weekend purporting to show them with Oprah Winfrey at the Kennedy Center and with Jack Black, Forest Whitaker and Gayle King and numerous photos with famous people, including Bill Clinton and Richard Branson.
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