If you’d told us a year ago that Suki Waterhouse was going to be at the White House, we would have side-eyed you. But there’s actually some logical reason behind her attendance. She went along last night because she was invited to Obama’s pad as boyfriend Bradley Cooper’s plus-one to the official reception held for French president Francois Hollande’s visit to the States. And you wouldn't exactly pass up an invite to that now, would you?
OK. So why was Bradley Cooperthere, you ask? Well, first of all, did you know, he speaks French? Oui, he does, as he studied in Aix-en-Provence in the south of France for six months as part of his degree. Maybe Obama wanted him there to do fun banter with Hollande. Secondly, or, um, deuxième, Bradley was invited because, well the invite list does seem a bit odd – a sprinkling of celebrities from all walks of celebrity-dom were there. Comedians Mindy Kaling and Julia Louis-Dreyfus were in attendance, as well as Jason Collins, the ex-basketball player, who recently came out as gay. Mary J Blige performed some songs to the lot of them. No word yet on whether they all raved to her collaboration with Disclosure, though.
Now you think about it, Suki’s big trip to the White House isn’t that weird. And, in a month that’s already seen Michelle Rodriguez at a Chanel fashion show (courtesy of rumoured lover Cara Delevingne being the star of Karl Lagerfeld’s catwalk), and Kate Middleton hobnobbing with decidedly wacky artist Grayson Perry, we’re putting bets on seeing Justin Bieber doing the 22-day vegan diet with Beyonce any day now.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.