Word to the wise: if you were running for the highest office in the land and you once took your mother to see a porno movie, you don’t share the experience with a TV audience and the nation as if it was the most cherished experience you ever had with her.
Yet, that’s just what former Colorado Governor and presidential candidate John Hickenlooper did with a CNN audience this week. But, who knows. This is likely to score him big points with his base!
During a conversation with CNN’s Dana Bash, Hickenlooper stressed that he did not know the contents of “Deep Throat” before he watched it with his mother and a friend.
The situation arose, Hickenlooper said, after he arrived home from his first semester at college to find his single mother expecting him for dinner.
“She didn’t want to be left alone in the house again,” the former governor continued. “So I took my mother to see ‘Deep Throat.'”
The audience reacted to Hickenlooper’s comment with laughs and groans, as he continued.
“I’m sure she was mortified. I said repeatedly, ‘I think we should leave, I think she would go,’ ” he added.
Hickenlooper also shared an observation his mother made on the car ride home.
“And she goes, ‘Well, I thought the lighting was very good in the movie.’ And I thought I saw a little grin in that green light [of the dashboard],” Hickenlooper added.
The former governor launched his 2020 campaign earlier this month, targeting President Trump’s economic policies in rural states in his announcement message.
Source: The Hill
