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Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) says he won't ditch his vices to please the American people and ascend to the White House.
John Boehner says give me wine and cigs or give me death.
He fessed up that the "chain-smoking, merlot-slurping, perma-tan and ever-golfing" label given him by writer Robert Draper all rings true.
“I do drink red wine. I smoke cigarettes. And I'm not giving that up to be the President of the United States,” the Republican House Speaker told Jay Leno on Thursday, about his unwillingness to ditch his vices for higher office.
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On the perma-tan charge, he insists he doesn’t get any artificial help.
“I play golf, ride a bike, cut my own grass,” Boehner (R-Ohio) said, denying ever using tanning beds or spray.
“Not once ever.”
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He also discussed how his last name has been butchered over his various campaigns but despite the sometime X-rated version that gets thrown around, “thank God my name wasn’t Weiner.”
Boehner had served with former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D) in the House before the New Yorker’s fall from grace over a sexting/tweeting scandal in 2011.
Thursday marked the Republican’s first time on Leno's "Tonight" show.
The pol, who has been dubbed the “Weeper of the House” for his penchant for crying, did come prepared with a handkerchief in case he shed a tear, but Leno managed to keep it upbeat.
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