{"id":1949181,"date":"2023-06-16T13:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T17:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-hugs-actress-eva-longoria-jokes-he-met-her-when-she-was-17\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T13:10:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T17:10:33","slug":"biden-hugs-actress-eva-longoria-jokes-he-met-her-when-she-was-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-hugs-actress-eva-longoria-jokes-he-met-her-when-she-was-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden embraces Eva Longoria, playfully recalls meeting her at 17."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-hugs-actress-eva-longoria-jokes-he-met-her-when-she-was-17%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1949181&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>President Biden&#8217;s Playful Encounter with Eva Longoria at the White House<\/h2>\n<p>President Biden shared a lighthearted moment with actress Eva Longoria during a film screening of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-box-office-duds-that-became-cult-classics\/\" title=\"9 Box Office Duds That Became Cult Classics\">directorial debut<\/a>, &#8220;Flamin&#8217; Hot,&#8221; at the White House. The event took place on the picturesque South Lawn, where the audience gathered to enjoy the movie.<\/p>\n<p>In his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-hugs-actress-eva-longoria-jokes-he-met-her-when-she-was-17\/\" title=\"Biden embraces Eva Longoria, playfully recalls meeting her at 17.\">characteristic jovial manner<\/a>, President Biden addressed the crowd, remarking, &#8220;We&#8217;ve known each other a long time.&#8221; He playfully added, &#8220;She was 17, I was 40,&#8221; eliciting laughter from the audience.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the age difference between Longoria and Biden was not as significant as the president jokingly suggested. At the time, Longoria would have been a seven-year-old when Biden was 40, and she would have been 17 when he turned 50.<\/p>\n<p>During the event, the 80-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbcs-wallace-on-sotu-biden-was-soaring-on-ukraine\/\" title=\"MSNBC's Wallace on SOTU: Biden 'Was Soaring' on Ukraine\">president embraced<\/a> the 48-year-old actress in one of his signature hugs. As the hug concluded, Longoria gently moved away, playfully redirecting the president&#8217;s hands. While the moment was captured on video, it&#8217;s important to note that the footage can be misleading and taken out of context.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden shares a warm moment with Eva Longoria at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the heartwarming interaction in slow motion.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oOpTg1yG0D\">pic.twitter.com\/oOpTg1yG0D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitizenFreePres\/status\/1669554025967022082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>A Longstanding Friendship and Political Support<\/h3>\n<p>Longoria has been a longtime supporter of President Biden, endorsing him during the 2020 election. The &#8220;Desperate Housewives&#8221; actress has known Biden for over a decade and even campaigned alongside him and former President Barack Obama in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden&#8217;s physical interactions with women and young girls have occasionally drawn attention. One notable incident occurred in 2015 when he stood closely behind Defense Secretary Ash Carter&#8217;s wife, whispering in her ear during her husband&#8217;s swearing-in ceremony. These instances have been widely discussed and criticized.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Respect personal boundaries. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X7WqniRLO4\">pic.twitter.com\/X7WqniRLO4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DeSantis War Room \ud83d\udc0a (@DeSantisWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeSantisWarRoom\/status\/1669419865600344079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the playful encounter with Longoria, President Biden commended her film, &#8220;Flamin&#8217; Hot,&#8221; which tells the inspiring story of a Mexican American janitor who allegedly came up with the idea for Flamin&#8217; Hot Cheetos. However, the claims made by the real-life janitor, Richard Montanez, have been questioned by a Los Angeles Times investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The White House defended its decision to screen the film, emphasizing that it is not a documentary but rather an opportunity to showcase diverse stories and celebrate individuals from different backgrounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden warmly embraced actress Eva Longoria during a film screening of her directorial debut, &#8220;Flamin&#8217; Hot,&#8221; at the White House. Playfully recalling their long-standing connection, he joked about meeting her when she was younger. The event took place on the South Lawn, where they celebrated their enduring friendship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":1949182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[10037,3620,20348,25353,27530,4470,22509,8800],"class_list":["post-1949181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-10037","tag-biden","tag-embraces","tag-eva","tag-longoria","tag-meeting","tag-playfully","tag-recalls"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1949181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1949182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1949181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1949181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1949181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}