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## Video: Trump Reveals Kennedy Center Honors Recipients: KISS, Sylvester Stallone, George Strait, Gloria Gaynor, Michael Crawford

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_Published 2025-08-13. President Donald Trump on Wednesday named country music star George Strait, “Rocky” actor Sylvester Stallone, singer Gloria Gaynor, the rock band Kiss and actor-singer Michael Crawford among the first batch of Kennedy Center Honors nominees under his leadership as the center’s chairman and said he’ll host the awards program._


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## Transcript

Thank you very much. This is a very exciting project. Let's talk about right now the Kennedy Center. And I'm delighted to be here as we officially announce the incredibly talented artists who will be celebrated later this year at the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors. It's going to be a big evening. I've been asked to host. I said, I'm the President of the United States. Are you fools asking me to do that? Sir, you'll get much higher ratings. I said, I don't care, I'm President of the United States. I won't do it. They said, please. And then Siouxsie Wiles said to me, sir, I like it. I said, okay, I'll do it.

That's the power she's got. But I just, uh. So I have agreed to host. You believe what I have to do, and I didn't want to do it. Okay, they're going to say he insisted. I did not insist, but I think it will be quite successful, actually, this year the board has selected a truly exceptional class of honorees. I mean, really exceptional. First is country music star, actor and producer George Strait. Great. Over an extraordinary four decade career, George has sold more than 120 million records worldwide, amassed 60 number one hits, wow, and produced 33 platinum certified albums, more than any other living American.

That is amazing. And this man may be the most of all. Michael Crawford is being honored. Michael was born in England in 1942. He made his Broadway debut in 1967. I was there. I shouldn't say that, but I was there. It seems like a long time ago. And he became an international sensation in the 1980s for his original portrayal of The Phantom of the opera, one of the greatest ever. Ever. Ever, ever. Next, we look forward to honoring three time Oscar nominee, Golden Globe Award winner, and action movie icon and a friend of mine, uh, very unique man. He's somebody that doesn't do these things. Uh, a real talent.

Never been given the credit for the talent there was nobody else could have done the roles that he did like he did. I'm not even close. And they've tried and they didn't work out too well. His name is Sylvester Stallone. Fourth will be together celebrating one of the most revered singers of the American disco era, Gloria Gaynor. Best known for her chart topping 1978 hit I Will survive, Gloria won the 1980 Grammy for Best Disco Recording, and her song was inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2016. Four decades later. And finally, we'll be honoring one of the greatest rock bands of all time, kiss.

So kiss was formed in 1973, in New York City by founding band members and incredible people. By the way, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss, Kiss became a global phenomenon and sold more than 100 million records worldwide and produced 30 gold albums and lots of other things they produced. They made a fortune, and they're great people and they deserve it. And they work hard and they're still working hard. And it's an honor to present Criss Kiss. Thank you very much. Got it. Yeah. Thank you.

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