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Conservatives are convinced Kamala would melt down doing a full Rogan interview, but if there’s anyone who knows how to make charming small talk with people who aren’t nearly as smart as they think they are for long periods of time, it’s the wife of an LA entertainment lawyer.
This is someone who has been forced to nod and smile and act interested while some A-lister on MDMA cornered her at a party to drone on about climate change and regenerative agriculture and their last ayahuasca retreat. Compared to that, Joe is a walk in the park.
— Zack Stentz, screenwriter for films and TV shows including Thor, X-Men: First Class, The Flash, Rim of the World, and Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, commenting on X on how Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris would do in an interview with outspoken podcaster Joe Rogan. Stentz continued, saying, “I actually kind of like Rogan, but if you think I’m going to pass up an opportunity to make a joke about the vapidity of Hollywood party conversations, well…” The “LA entertainment lawyer” Stentz mentions is Harris’s husband, former Biglaw partner Doug Emhoff, who currently holds the title of Second Gentleman.
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