Former President George H.W. Bush had to issue a thousand points of apology Wednesday after two women accused him of fondling their backsides.
A spokesman for the 93-year-old acknowledged in a statement that on a few occasions Bush “has patted women’s rears in what he intended to be a good-natured manner.”
The awkward touches are the result of Bush’s arm falling too low at times when he poses with people for pictures — a weakness developed over five years in a wheelchair, the spokesman said.
“To try to put people at ease, the President routinely tells the same joke,” the spokesman’s statement said.
Actress Jordana Grolnick said she heard the joke in August 2016 when the 41st President “reached his right hand around to my behind” while she posed with him and wife Barbara Bush backstage at a Maine Theater.
A spokesman for former President George H.W. Bush said he “on occasion” pats women on the rear to put them at ease.
(ADREES LATIF/REUTERS)
“As we smiled for the photo he asked the group, ‘Do you want to know who my favorite magician is?’” the actress told Deadspin.
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