A-List singer performed for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during surprise appearance at inauguration ball
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A surprise musical guest delighted attendees of the Make America Healthy Again Inaugural Ball, performing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife, Cheryl Hines. Singer Jewel, 50, made an unexpected appearance during inauguration festivities for Donald Trump, as she took the stage to perform at the event, held on Monday night at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington, D.C.
![[The singer made an unexpected appearance during inauguration festivities for Donald Trump, held on Monday night in Washington, D.C.; Kennedy and Hines pictured at the event]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/00/94415197-14315235-image-a-9_1737591867611.jpg)
The You Were Meant for Me hitmaker performed Somewhere Over the Rainbow for Kennedy, 71 — who has been picked by Trump as his choice for the new secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services — and Hines, 59. In a video shared on X Jewel took the stage, telling the crowd: 'I am happy to be here. I want to thank Bobby for sacrificing so much to make America healthy again. To start treating us like we're a whole human. We’re a physical, mental and an emotional body.'.
![[The hitmaker performed Somewhere Over the Rainbow for Kennedy, who has been picked by Trump as his choice for the new secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/00/94415211-14315235-image-a-10_1737592134199.jpg)
The musician explained that she selected Somewhere Over the Rainbow for its symbolic significance. 'I think that it sums up the hope that founded America and that I think we're all feeling again,' Jewel stated. A post shared by Jessica Reed Kraus (@houseinhabit).
![[In a video shared on X Jewel took the stage, telling the crowd: 'I am happy to be here. I want to thank Bobby for sacrificing so much to make America healthy again']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/00/94415201-14315235-image-a-11_1737592141625.jpg)
Jewel, 50, delighted attendees of the Make America Healthy Again Inaugural Ball, with a surprise performance for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife, Cheryl Hines. The singer made an unexpected appearance during inauguration festivities for Donald Trump, held on Monday night in Washington, D.C.; Kennedy and Hines pictured at the event.
![[Hines was moved to tears by Jewel's a cappella performance, as she watched from the side of the stage]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/00/94415397-14315235-image-a-13_1737592272249.jpg)
