Hillary Clinton is not pleading the fifth.
While appearing on Watch What Happens Live with daughter Chelsea on Thursday, the former secretary of state, 74, participated in Andy Cohen’s segment titled Plead the Fifth — where guests can choose to not answer one of the three questions asked — and she didn’t hold back.
In one of the questions, the host, 54, asked if she’s ever seen any TV show or movie based on her family’s life, including 1998’s Primary Colors and FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story.
“I have not watched any of them,” the former first lady said, adding with a laugh, “I’ve lived it. There’s no reason to watch it.”
Hillary was also asked which senator is the most blowhard, to which she initially answered that there’s “too many to count.” After some thought, she said Texas Sen. Ted Cruz “is the eternal blowhard.”
Cohen also asked the politician about the “biggest gaffe” she’s ever made in her career. And although she couldn’t name a specific one, Hillary said, “When you’ve been in the public eye for as long as I have, you misspeak, you’re tired, you say something that turns out to be a little bit off, so I just can’t think of one that pops up.”
Luckily, Chelsea, 42, quickly jumped in. “There was the time when you were campaigning in Buffalo in 2000 for the Senate and she was asked to dance the Polish polka on stage,” she recalled, saying that her mother, anticipating “a gaffe,” quickly swerved on the offer.
“To avoid making a gaffe, she turned to me and said, ‘My daughter would love to do that,’ ” Chelsea said as the trio and audience all laughed.
Also in the interview, Hillary received questions from fans, and one asked if saying “I told you so” ever crosses her mind given former President Donald Trump’s divisive administration. “It does cross my mind, honestly,” she admitted, “but it doesn’t provide any kind of solace to me.”
“I’m so distressed [about] everything that happened during the time that he was [in office] and then his refusal to accept the election and inciting violence, it’s heartbreaking,” Hillary added. “I don’t care what political party you are, I hope people will just say, ‘No, enough. We’re not gonna let that kind of divisiveness and disruption exist in our country any longer.’ “
“It’s so important to stop it,” she said. (People)
