‘WWHL’: Jackie Hoffman Recalls Awkward Moment When She Called Barbara Bush “The Real Man Of The Family” In Front Of George H. W. Bush

It’s been a large and stressful week successful authorities — but Connie Chung and Jackie Hoffman are present to lighten nan dense mood. The 2 women appeared connected Thursday night’s (Nov. 7) section of Watch What Happens Live, where they dished connected their interactions pinch past U.S. presidents.

It’s nary astonishment that Chung has interacted pinch aggregate presidents, fixed her illustrious profession successful journalism. But Hoffman, whose acting credits span 3 decades, also ran into a president — although, things sewage existent awkward, existent fast.

“George H. W. Bush came to Hairspray — original cast, convey you,” Hoffman told big Andy Cohen.

“After nan show, he was gathering everybody and he was very nice,” she continued. “I said, ‘George, I’d emotion to meet Barbara.’ And he said, ‘Barbara, this beautiful young woman would for illustration to meet you.’ And Barbara leans down and I said, ‘Well, here’s nan existent man of nan family!’”

When Cohen asked really that went over, Hoffman instantly replied, “Not well.”

Chung, for her part, recalled nan clip she interviewed Richard Nixon amid nan Watergate scandal.

“I ran into Nixon during nan heavy of Watergate. And he wouldn’t reply my questions,” Chung said. “But he said 1 point to me: ‘Just retrieve 1 thing, honey, you person to make much money.’”

She added, “How weird? He was really disconnected his rocker. If you thought this 1 is disconnected his rocker.”

That wasn’t nan only unusual relationship Chung discussed connected WWHL. She besides remembered nan clip she was tasked pinch interviewing O.J. Simpson’s mother — isolated from she had “no teeth.”

According to Chung, she called her hubby Maury Povich, who told her, “When a personification is connected our programme pinch nary teeth, we springiness them teeth.” However, Chung said she “didn’t person time” to springiness Simpson’s mother teeth.

Watch What Happens Live airs Sunday done Thursdays astatine 10 p.m. ET connected Bravo. New episodes are disposable to watercourse nan adjacent time on Peacock.