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Richard “Ric” Grenell, the newly-appointed President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, has called out actor Harvey Fierstein for claiming he has been banned from the government-owned cultural hub. The special envoy, who served as Ambassador to Germany during President Donald J. Trump’s first term, said Fierstein’s post was a “total lie” and personally invited him to attend an event with him.
President Trump personally took charge of the Kennedy Center as chairman shortly after his inauguration and removed Joe Biden appointees who had made it too “wokey”—a move Fierstein, who has appeared in films including Hairspray and Mrs. Doubtfire, took exception to. “Trump may have declared woke as dead…
