British rocker Sting had had a home in the United States for decades but retains his British citizenship. Still, he’s got enough experience in U.S. celebrity circles to know the drill – it’s not President Barack Obama’s fault.
Sting, chatting up a reporter from Time magazine, decried the current state of political discourse in the country before weighing in on Obama’s track record as an environmental leader. The erstwhile Gordon Sumner took a page from the new playbook – just wait ’til his second term!
As an environmentalist, how do you think the Obama Administration is doing?
I was disappointed when he abandoned plans to tighten smog standards [in September]. But I understand the realpolitik of being President. Hopefully, with a second term, he will be able to be greener.
The unintentional howler here is calling Sting an “environmentalist.”
Sting’s wife once flew a private jet filled with friends from New York City to Washington just to attend a party. Sting himself recently led “the dirtiest band in the world,” the Police, a name given for the group’s massive carbon footprint.
That doesn’t include Sting’s rock star lifestyle:
He keeps no fewer than four homes in Britain with his wife Trudie Styler, including the 800-acre Lake House estate in Wiltshire.
The home has 14 bedrooms and eight baths.
He also has a beach house in Malibu, an estate in Tuscany, a 1million apartment in New York and a love of 4×4 cars.
Eight baths in a single house? Let’s hope those all feature low-flow toilets, otherwise Sting might just be an eco-hypocrite.