Hillary Clinton's Between Two Ferns interview is 5 minutes of delightful awkwardness
Hillary Clinton's interview on Between Two Ferns started with the Secret Service tackling masked host Zach Galifianakis, and things only got more ridiculous from there. After a few quips about Clinton's tenure as secretary of state — "How many words per minute did you type? And how does President Obama like his coffee?" — Galifianakis asks Clinton about, of course, Donald Trump.
"When he's elected president and Kid Rock becomes secretary of state, are you going to move to Canada?" Galifianakis asks. Clinton explains that she'd remain in the U.S. to "prevent [Trump] from destroying" the country, though she declines Galifianakis' suggestion to "take up arms" against Trump. "Oh right, because you were saying before we were rolling that you wanted to take away everyone's guns," Galifianakis says. "Cool, cool."
At this point in the interview, Clinton declares: "I really regret doing this." But the conversation continues for another two minutes, with questions ranging from where Clinton gets her pantsuits (because Galifianakis really wants to be a "librarian from outerspace" for Halloween) to whether Michelle Obama wrote Melania Trump's wedding vows.
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There's just too much incredible awkwardness packed into these five minutes — including Clinton's offer to send Galifianakis "pamphlets" explaining why she won't get pregnant during her presidency — so go ahead and watch the whole interview, below. Becca Stanek
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