An exclusive London party hosted by Bill and Chelsea Clinton stunk — literally. At least that’s what some guests are saying.
Guests who paid about $200 to $1,600 per ticket were left waiting in line outside for more than an hour, and once they got inside, perspiration was dripping off the walls of rooms too crowded to even catch a glimpse of the former president, according to The Telegraph.
Marie Phillips, author of “Gods Behaving Badly,” tweeted it was the “WORST. PARTY. EVER. The queue was the highlight. Unbelievable” and “I haven’t seen so many posh angry people in a line since the shrimp ran out at Kate and Wills’s wedding.”
Phillips told The Telegraph that she and 300 other people spent an hour and a half waiting in line, missing most of the night’s speeches. “Quite a few people waiting outside just got in cabs and left,” she said.
Once inside, Phillips said Bill Clinton spoke about climate change for “about two minutes and was basically inaudible” at the end of a “very long, very crowded room.” She left to watch the end of the speech on a TV in a side room.
“If their organisational capacity is this bad, where is it going?” she asked in an interview with The Telegraph. “It ought to be easier to arrange a party than to solve Third World debt or fulfill their other aims.”
She is requesting a refund to donate the money to a different charity.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance founder and CEO Michael Liebreich re-tweeted Phillips’s “WORST. PARTY. EVER” tweet and added “Yup. That sums it up.”
He also tweeted, “Clinton Millennium Network London bash. Sounds glam? Standing in huge line round the back of Waterloo station…”
Other attendees include actress Gwyneth Paltrow, model Lily Cole, performer Will.I.Am and Princess Beatrice.
The party was held to promote the Millennium Network and encourage participation in the efforts of the Clinton Foundation to improve global health, strengthen economies, promote healthier childhoods and protect the environment. The Reuben Foundation co-hosted the event.
