Bette Midler Takes Boeing Tour

Music legend visits North Charleston Dreamliner plant

Posted by Greg Hambrick (Editor), September 21, 2012 at 02:31 am

She saw the wings, but did she see the wind beneath the wings?

Bette Midler, a Broadway and cabaret legend, made a unique stop on a visit to the Lowcountry on Thursday: Boeing.

The star tweeted about her look at the 787 Dreamliner facility: "People, just got back from a tour of Boeing plant in SC. A great experience; great folks making a great product! Buy American!!"

According to WCIV, ABC News 4, Boeing spokeswoman Candy Eslinger confirmed Midler's visit. "Some of our teammates got a chance to shake her hand and welcome her to the site."

Midler also tweeted on the Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds wedding at Boone Hall Plantation earlier this month.

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Ambassador September 21, 2012 at 10:59 am

Guess what? Bette Midler sits on a toilet just like every other woman. I cannot get over this "fawining" over a person who knows how to sing--big deal. And for this she gets her guided personal tour in lieu of g-d knows how many people in the low country who would appreciate same and have probably done more for this area and the Boeing story than a visiting singer. And to add to the story, the crack ABC News Team 4 "actually got to "shake her hand" wow wee, wow wee. Gee, I wonder if they will ever wash that hand again.

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Greg Hambrick (Editor) September 21, 2012 at 12:41 pm

Irony alert: That really sounds like something Bette Midler would say.

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JoSCh September 21, 2012 at 06:13 pm

Each post is more bitter and ill informed than the last. You're angry at a person who said nice things about SC and America because they got a tour of a factory? Are you insane? Some of the Boeing people got to shake her hand, not the channel 4 people. Perhaps they were fans, I don't see why they deserve to be mocked.

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Cheryl Johnson February 22, 2013 at 04:11 pm

I was working on site that day and people were acting a fool about her being there. It caused A LOT of chaos and people weren't busy doing their jobs like they should have been. I'm so glad I left early that day. What a joke to think that any celebrity is of a greater value than a regular human being. We ALL put our pants on the same way!!

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stanley seigler February 22, 2013 at 07:50 pm

re: '...put our pants on the same way!!..people were acting a fool...'
regardless of how we put on our pants we/many/most act the fool over celebrities...eg, teens screaming over sinatra, elvis, beetles, bieber, etc...it's a character flaw...

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