Nancy Pelosi, 82, is savagely booed during appearance at NYC's Global Citizen music festival in Central Park - after schmoozing backstage with A-listers and drunk-driver husband Paul
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was booed on stage at the Global Citizens Festival on Saturday night after being introduced by Indian actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas
- Members of the audience were confused over the surprise appearance as they booed Pelosi through her speech about Congress' commitment to reduce carbon emissions
- Appearing to take cues from the booing crowd, Pelosi agreed to keep her comments short and moved on
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been booed on stage during a surprise appearance at a New York City climate change music festival.
Pelosi, 82, was attending the Global Citizen's music festival in Central Park on Saturday night with husband Paul when Indian actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas invited the Democrat on stage.
As the House Speaker discussed plans in Congress to cut carbon emissions, members of the audience could be heard booing Pelosi.
Prior to her appearance on stage she met with celebrities in one of her first major public outings following Paul's drunk driving conviction.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (left) was booed on stage at the Global Citizens Festival on Saturday night after being introduced by Indian actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas (right), wife of singer Nick Jonas
Members of the audience booed Pelosi through her speech about Congress' commitment to reduce carbon emissions
Appearing to take cues from the booing crowd, Pelosi agreed to keep her comments short and moved on
Danish musician Lars Ulrich, left, best known as the drummer and co-founder of heavy metal band Metallica, and Nancy and Paul Pelosi pose backstage during Global Citizen Festival 2022.
Amid the jeers, Pelosi touted America's latest plan to cut carbon pollution by 40% by 2030.
Appearing as though she understood the crowds' reaction to her, Pelosi agreed to keep her remarks short and allow the concert to continue.
'Let's go,' several hecklers were heard yelling as the Democrat left the stage.
Saturday's event was one of the first public outings for the Pelosis since Paul, 82, was sentenced last month to three days in a California jail for crashing his Porsche while over-the- limit DUI.
Prior to her appearance on stage, many eyes were on the House Speaker as it was one of her first major public outings after her husband, Paul's, drunk driving conviction
Paul Pelosi was slurring his words and reeked of alcohol when he was picked up by cops after crashing his Porsche on May 28. He is pictured in his booking photo
Photos from the scene showed the huge amount of damage caused in the crash
Pelosi could be seen to be unsteady on his feet as he got out of his Porsche
A bleary-eyed and wobbly Pelosi could be seen, above, in the immediate aftermath of his drunk car crash from May of this year
Paul had been at a dinner with friends prior to the crash and was driving back to his palatial vineyard home.
At the time of the crash, he was attempting to cross State Road 29 – a busy highway that connects Napa and Calistoga – when he slammed into a 2014 Jeep driven by Jesus Lopez, 48.
At the time of the crash on May 28, Pelosi was attempting to cross State Road 29 - a busy highway connecting Napa and Calistoga - when he slammed into a 2014 Jeep driven by Jesus Lopez at 10:22pm. He had pulled out of Walnut Lane, five miles south of his home with Nancy
The development comes after DailyMail.com revealed Pelosi was involved in a smash that killed his brother David when he was 16. Pelosi's accident made news at the time. The San Francisco Examiner reported it on Page 6 in its February 23, 1957 edition saying David had warned Paul to slow down
Earlier this year, DailyMail.com revealed Pelosi has a history of driving incidents and was involved in a crash that killed his brother, David, when he was 16.
According to a 1957 report in the San Francisco Examiner, Pelosi, who was then a high school sophomore, had collected David, 19, from the home of a girlfriend at 12:30 a.m. and the brothers had decided to take a 'joy ride.'
The fatal crash happened shortly after 2:40 a.m. close to the Crystal Springs Dam just outside of San Mateo and left David trapped under the car where he was throttled by his neck brace.
Although a coroner's jury later dismissed manslaughter charges against Pelosi, a patrolman quoted in contemporary news reports said David had told his brother to slow down seconds before the crash.
He said: 'This is a bad stretch – better slow down,' as they approached a tight curve near the Crystal Springs Dam on the Skyline Highway – now California State Route 35.
Paul told Patrolman Thomas Ganley he tried to slow by shifting gears in the stick shift car, but lost control.
'The car veered across the road, bounced back from a small embankment, climbed 20 feet up another, spun around and somersaulted simultaneously and ended upside down on the shoulder with both youths underneath,' reported the Examiner.
David, a freshman at the College of San Mateo, was dead on arrival at the hospital.
The newspaper said David was probably strangled by a brace he wore to support a neck fracture he had sustained when he dived into shallow water in Lake Tahoe.
The San Mateo Times reported that Ganley and another patrolman Jack Rakestraw noted that David's brace was 'lodged tightly against his neck'.
'They jacked up the car to relieve the pressure but the youth apparently was already dead,' the Times reported.
Paul Pelosi broke his collarbone in the crash and was trapped under the car for a while. He managed to free himself and call for aid.
Paul Pelosi married Nancy D'Alesandro in the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore on September 7, 1963
More recently, Pelosi has been cited twice- both times in 2011 - once for running a red light and once for veering over the center line while driving.
The fatal accident happened six years before Paul married Nancy D'Alesandro, the daughter of a former Baltimore mayor.
She took his last name and went on to be elected to Congress in 1987 and then became the first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
Saturday's outing at the Global Citizens Festival comes just two days after Pelosi dodged a question about whether or not President Joe Biden should run for re-election in 2024.
Pelosi dodged a question Thursday about whether President Joe Biden should run for re-election in 2024
Pelosi is the latest Democrat to hedge on whether Biden, photographed at the U.N. General Assembly Thursday, should appear at the top of the ticket in two years
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