House Speaker Mike Johnson’s fealty to President Donald Trump perhaps isn’t embarrassing enough.
Now he’s giving his critics something else to chew on ― a wince-inducing stab at trying to be cool on Katie Miller’s podcast. (Watch the video below.)
In a preview shared Monday by Miller ― a former Trump administration spokesperson who’s married to White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller ― she asked Johnson, “You know who Jelly Roll is?”
Johnson might have gone with a simple affirmative. Instead, the Louisiana Republican indignantly said, “Do I know,” and waved a Hawaiian “shaka,” or “hang loose,” sign with just the thumbs and pinkies extended. (One of his hands, however, had three fingers up.)
“Yes, we have selfies together,” Johnson continued, referring to a photo Johnson took with the rapper-singer and Kid Rock at a UFC event in November 2024.
Johnson’s achingly cringe moment should come as no surprise. The terminally unhip lawmaker joined the right-wing echo chamber in criticizing the NFL’s choice of Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl halftime show.
His idea for an alternative?
“In my view, you would have Lee Greenwood or role models doing that,” he said.
Greenwood, 83, is perhaps best known these days for playing “God Bless the U.S.A.” at events for Trump.
Johnson was joined in the interview by his wife, Kelly, who in a snippet held forth on how men’s brains are like “waffles” with “little compartments.”
