Is Aerosmith at Odds Over a Photo with President Barack Obama?
A chance meeting with President Barack Obama may be causing some not so sweet emotions between the members of Aerosmith.
Rockers Steven Tyler and Joe Perry ran into the POTUS at a Florida airport on Friday while returning from their South American tour. The pair snapped a photo with Obama, which was later posted on Aerosmith’s Twitter account as well as their personal social media accounts.
NO BETTER WAY TO FINISH A BEAUTIFUL SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR…FROM AERO FORCE ONE TO AIR FORCE ONE…THE BEST WELCOME HOME EVER @POTUS pic.twitter.com/7TyPVmSplZ
— Steven Tyler (@IamStevenT) October 29, 2016
The image was removed from the band’s Twitter profile after drummer Joey Kramer retweeted the photo accompanied by a caption that said it was “not representative of Aerosmith.”
This is not representative of @Aerosmith ! https://t.co/wR43fvwTI8
— Joey Kramer (@joeykramer) October 30, 2016
Kramer sent out several follow up tweets to clarify that he was not taking any sides, but was concerned about being “included in political banter.”
Everyone has their right to their opinion it's called democracy & I support that https://t.co/sLlnDSNRWC
— Joey Kramer (@joeykramer) October 30, 2016
I didn't make anything clear ! I don't support anyone speaking for me ! https://t.co/cFV2sBNZGT
— Joey Kramer (@joeykramer) October 30, 2016
Exactly ! This is why I had a problem w the pic on @Aerosmith I don't want to be included in political banter https://t.co/b3501TutIL
— Joey Kramer (@joeykramer) October 30, 2016
According to Rolling Stone, both Kramer and Perry were guests of Donald Trump’s at the Republican debate in August of 2015. This preceded Tyler telling Trump to stop using the band’s hit “Dream On” at his rallies.
Tyler and Perry haven’t publicly talked about Kramer’s issue with the photo yet, and both musicians have kept the image up on their personal social media accounts.
