Sean Evans, host of “Hot Ones,” in which he interviews celebrities as they eat chicken wings, each of which is spicier than the last, had apparently heard a story about former President Bill Clinton’s not-so-presidential behavior during the White House screening of the 1996 film “Emma.”
Evans got his chance to confirm what he’d heard when he interviewed the film’s star, Gwyneth Paltrow, while she “enjoyed” a wing flavored with Cantina Royale’s Bourbon Maple Reaper hot sauce, which comes in at a respectable 73,000 on the Scoville Scale, which measure the level of capsaicin content in chili peppers.
“Is it true the Bill Clinton passed out asleep during a White House screening of Emma?” Evans asked.
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Paltrow laughed at the question, and then pointed at Evans for emphasis.
“He was snoring right in front of me,” she explained. “I was like, ‘Wow, I guess this is gonna be a real hit movie.’
“But it was!” she added. “So f*** you, Bill Clinton.”
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Because of the vulgarity, we’re not going to embed the video in this article, but interested readers who don’t mind the uncensored language can find it here.
“Emma,” which was based fairly closely on the 1815 Jane Austen novel of the same title, did relatively well at the box office, although its revenue pales in comparison to the huge blockbuster films on which Hollywood has focused more recently.
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The film cost an estimated $7 million to produce, Variety noted when it came out, and grossed nearly $40 million worldwide.
It also received two Oscar nominations, winning in the “Best Original Musical or Comedy Score” category, as well as other nominations and awards from organizations such as the Writers Guild of America and the London Film Critics Circle.
Clinton’s snoring wasn’t the only revelation from Paltrow during the interview.
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She also confirmed to Evans that Keifer Sutherland, star of such hits as “24,” “Designated Survivor” and “Rabbit Hole,” babysat for her when she was young.
Sutherland is about six years older than Sutherland.
“Fact,” she said in response to the question. “Isn’t that cool?
“I was at the Williamstown Theatre Festival where my mom was doing plays, and he was an apprentice,” she explained. “And he babysat me and my brother.”
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“And he was awesome,” she added.
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George Upper, is the former editor-in-chief of The Western Journal and is now a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. He currently serves as the connections pastor at Awestruck Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is a former U.S. Army special operator, teacher, manager and consultant. Born in Massachusetts, he graduated from Foxborough High School before joining the Army and spending most of the next three years at Fort Bragg. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in English as well as a Master's in Business Administration, all from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He and his wife life only a short drive from his three children, their spouses and his grandchildren. He is a lifetime member of the NRA and in his spare time he shoots, reads a lot of Lawrence Block and John D. MacDonald, and watches Bruce Campbell movies. He is a fan of individual freedom, Tommy Bahama, fine-point G-2 pens and the Oxford comma.
