This was a big item here in the UK yesterday.
This is a report (edited) from the British newspaper, "The News of the World."
"SUSAN Boyle turned down the chance of a dream dinner date with President Barack Obama in Washington . . . to stay at home and wash her hair, we can reveal.
Britain's Got Talent's Hairy Angel confessed to being TOO NERVOUS to meet the American president - her most famous fan - at a glittering star-studded bash.
A source told us: "She was shocked and thrilled by the invite - but it was all too much too soon for her so she said No."
"She has been told President Obama has seen clips of her on TV and loved her singing. And she is delighted.
"But instead she'll have no doubt stayed in with her cat Pebbles, washed her hair and watched Britain's Got Talent on telly."
American TV networks all fell over themselves to give her a special invitation to the prestigious annual Correspondents Dinner which took place in Washington DC last night. President Obama was guest of honour and invitations are like gold dust.
Dowdy spinster Susan - who captured hearts around the world when she sang I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables - would have rubbed shoulders with the rich and famous including Hollywood A-listers at the five-star Hilton Hotel . . . and the President. But the 48-year-old favourite to win the TV show - who lives in a council house in the tiny Scots village of Blackburn, West Lothian - turned them all down. Susan's invitation shows what a huge star she has become in the States. And her refusal shows that worldwide fame has certainly not changed her.
"She knows she would have been incredibly nervous if she'd gone," said the source. "But her dream is to sing for President Obama one day."
"She loves him and thinks he is already a terrific president."
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