Colbert on Melania traveling separately to SOTU: I guess she didn’t want anything from the Burger King drive-thru

Stephen Colbert poked fun at President Trump and first lady Melania Trump after they traveled separately to the Capitol late Tuesday for the State of the Union address.

“Here’s one unusual thing we found out right before the speech. The first lady traveled to the speech in a separate car,” he said during his late-night show.

“I guess Melania didn’t want anything from the Burger King drive-thru.”

{mosads}The first lady’s spokeswoman said Tuesday that she traveled separately so she could go to the Capitol with her guests.

“In addition to holding a White House reception and photo opportunity for them, along with their friends and family, she is accompanying them to the Capitol,” spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said in a statement to CNN. 

“Once there, the first lady and Mrs. Pence will host a more intimate meet-and-greet to engage with them on a personal level prior to the speech,” Grisham continued.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders also said that Melania Trump traveled separately for “no reason other than she can greet the guests and he can go straight in,” CNN’s Jim Acosta reported.

The first lady broke with tradition in traveling separately.

Former President Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as well as former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura Bush, were seen traveling to the Capitol for State of the Union addresses during their administrations, according to CNN.

The interactions between Trump and the first lady have drawn media attention recently after The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump’s personal lawyer had arranged a $130,000 payment to adult-film star Stormy Daniels as part of a nondisclosure agreement related to an alleged sexual encounter with Trump.