Hillary Clinton Talks About Vladimir Putin And His Apparent Fondness For ‘Manspreading’
- 7 years ago
Hillary Clinton appeared on CBS' 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert' Tuesday and weighed in on a number of matters. Among them was her relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leader’s apparent fondness for ‘manspreading.’
Hillary Clinton appeared on CBS' 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert' Tuesday and weighed in on a number of matters.
Among them was her relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leader’s apparent fondness for ‘manspreading.’
“I’m a woman, which does seem to get him a bit agitated,” Clinton said of their often-uncomfortable encounters at large.
On the topic of manspreading in particular, she noted, “Every time I met with him it would be...the whole deal,” while rather dramatically—and comically—stretching out and throwing herself against the back of her chair.
The issue is one she also discusses in her recently released book ‘What Happened.’
“When I sat with Putin in meetings, he looked more like one of those guys on the subway who imperiously spreads their legs wide, encroaching on everyone else's space, as if to say ‘I take what I want' and ‘I have so little respect for you that I'm going to act as if I'm at home lounging in my bathrobe,'" the former first lady writes. "They call it ‘manspreading.' That was Putin."
"Our relationship has been sour for a long time," Clinton also notes in the book. "Putin doesn't respect women and despises anyone who stands up to him, so I'm a double problem."
Hillary Clinton appeared on CBS' 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert' Tuesday and weighed in on a number of matters.
Among them was her relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leader’s apparent fondness for ‘manspreading.’
“I’m a woman, which does seem to get him a bit agitated,” Clinton said of their often-uncomfortable encounters at large.
On the topic of manspreading in particular, she noted, “Every time I met with him it would be...the whole deal,” while rather dramatically—and comically—stretching out and throwing herself against the back of her chair.
The issue is one she also discusses in her recently released book ‘What Happened.’
“When I sat with Putin in meetings, he looked more like one of those guys on the subway who imperiously spreads their legs wide, encroaching on everyone else's space, as if to say ‘I take what I want' and ‘I have so little respect for you that I'm going to act as if I'm at home lounging in my bathrobe,'" the former first lady writes. "They call it ‘manspreading.' That was Putin."
"Our relationship has been sour for a long time," Clinton also notes in the book. "Putin doesn't respect women and despises anyone who stands up to him, so I'm a double problem."