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Sunday 8 August 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Awkward! Obama runs into Nancy Pelosi following a round of golf with Don Cheadle after she was DISINVITED from his 'scaled down' 60th birthday but showed up to Martha's Vineyard anyway

 On the island but off the list. Nancy Pelosi is in Martha's Vineyard but off Barack Obama's 'trimmed' down birthday party list. And it's awkward.

DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal the House Speaker had been cut from the list but travelled to the island regardless to attend a dinner in her honor, to be held on Sunday.

According to one well informed source Saturday afternoon brought a tense meeting as Pelosi dined with Oprah Winfrey at the elite Vineyard Havens Country Club. 

In a moment of unfortunate timing, Obama had been playing golf on the private course with friends and walked into the club house just as the women dined.

Barack Obama heads to a local golf course just hours before he is set to celebrate his 60th birthday in a huge marquee at his $12million Martha's Vineyard home

Barack Obama heads to a local golf course just hours before he is set to celebrate his 60th birthday in a huge marquee at his $12million Martha's Vineyard home

Barack Obama headed to the Vineyard Golf Club just before noon on Saturday accompanied by a huge entourage of security and male friends, including the actor Don Cheadle

Barack Obama headed to the Vineyard Golf Club just before noon on Saturday accompanied by a huge entourage of security and male friends, including the actor Don Cheadle

Nancy Pelosi is pictured arriving a the Sydney Hotel in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard

Nancy Pelosi is pictured arriving a the Sydney Hotel in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard

Pelosi, arrived in a four vehicle convoy as Massachusetts State Police and the Secret Service closed the road down when she arrived and went into the hotel

Pelosi, arrived in a four vehicle convoy as Massachusetts State Police and the Secret Service closed the road down when she arrived and went into the hotel

Nancy Pelosi is in Martha¿s Vineyard but off Barack Obama¿s ¿trimmed¿ down party list ...and it¿s awkward

Nancy Pelosi is in Martha's Vineyard but off Barack Obama's 'trimmed' down party list ...and it's awkward

Pelosi was seen arriving with her entourage in Martha¿s Vineyard on Saturday afternoon

Pelosi was seen arriving with her entourage in Martha's Vineyard on Saturday afternoon

Pelosi was fully masked as she entered the Sydney Hotel in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard

Pelosi was fully masked as she entered the Sydney Hotel in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard

The source saw the former president approach Winfrey and Pelosi's table but could not hear if he extended the speaker a face-saving invitation amid the pleasantries exchanged. It is possible that Obama extended an invite after finding out Pelosi was in the neighborhood. 

On Friday night, Obama kicked off his 60th birthday weekend with a maskless cocktail party at a swanky Martha's Vineyard resort. 

The former president held the intimate soiree at the Winnetu Resort before preparing to welcome a larger crowd to his nearby mansion for a bigger birthday extravaganza on Saturday.  

DailyMail.com has learned that a Temporary Flight Restriction has been put in place over the Obama's $12million mansion during throughout Saturday with the secret service threatening to make it permanent, and Grammy Award-winning singer and composer Alicia Keys will sing Happy Birthday. 

During the Friday cocktail gathering, Obama was pictured chatting with guests as they took in sweeping ocean views from the resort's deck. The ex Commander-in-chief appeared in high spirits, smiling as he schmoozed with the crowd. He cut a smart casual figure in black dress pants and a dark button down shirt worn without a tie.


Friday night's cocktail party lasted for three hours, according to locals, and also included a 30-minute speech dedicated to Obama. 

Pictures obtained by DailyMail.com appear to show that none of the attendees were wearing face masks on the outdoor deck, but a 'source close to the party' says that face coverings were worn inside.

Additionally, most celebrity guests who were seen arriving on Martha's Vineyard earlier this week also had their masks on. 

It comes as Massachusetts officials urge vaccinated residents and visitors to put back on their face coverings in indoor public spaces amid a surge in new Covid cases.  

Guests at the event have flown in from around the world in order to attend Obama's birthday weekend. Reported attendee George Clooney was in Italy just last week.  

Meanwhile, actor Bradley Cooper and singer Erykah Badu missed the Friday festivities, however they will be in attendance at Saturday's bigger celebration. The stars were both seen  touching down on Martha's Vineyard this morning. 

Oscar winning director Steven Spielberg was seen arriving at the local airport on Saturday afternoon. So too was Al Sharpton, who was spotted checking into a nearby hotel.

A maskless Kathleen and Finnegan Biden, Hunter Biden's ex-wife and his 21-year-old daughter, were seen strolling around in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard flanked by secret service agents hours before Obama's birthday party began.

Hours before the celebrations kicked off in earnest, a Massachusetts State Trooper's vehicle together with an ambulance and a local fire department truck were seen positioned along Barack Obama's private road on Martha's Vineyard.  A firefighter refused to say why he was there when asked. 

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