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Katie Couric asks Gavin Newsom if being 'ridiculously good-looking' is a problem
Fox News ^ | March 5, 2026 | Lindsay Kornick

Posted on 03/07/2026 12:44:11 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

Longtime journalist Katie Couric asked if Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., had a problem with being "ridiculously good-looking."

During an interview on Couric's "Next Question" podcast released Thursday, the former "Today" co-host remarked on how Newsom has been described as "slick" and whether that was a reference to his hairstyle. Newsom acknowledged that the comments had caused him to play into a "character."

"Do you have a 'Zoolander' problem?" Couric asked, referencing the 2001 Ben Stiller comedy.

After Newsom began laughing at the comment, she followed, "Are you just ridiculously good-looking, as Vogue said? No, seriously. What do you do about that?"

"You don't do anything about it. 'Cuz if you're going to do something about it, then you're b--------ing people. You know what? I am who I am. And it's fine. You don't have to like me. Or maybe you like a slick person. I don't know. Whatever. It's okay," Newsom said.

Both Newsom and Couric were mocked on social media for the exchange.

"He can't run for President on his record, so they are attempting to fabricate charisma," conservative commentator Stephen L. Miller wrote.

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1 posted on 03/07/2026 12:44:11 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Playing hardball with those questions.


2 posted on 03/07/2026 12:45:32 PM PST by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

If she goes on like that too long, she could blow it.


3 posted on 03/07/2026 12:48:47 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Longtime journalist Katie Couric asked if Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., had a problem with being “ridiculously good-looking.” This might get zotted, but it seems Katie has a hard-on for hair gel.


4 posted on 03/07/2026 12:49:03 PM PST by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthym because + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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To: MinorityRepublican

Question for a Democrat: “God, you’re good looking.”
Democrat: “Thanks.”

Question for a Republican: “Do you know the name of the assistant under-secretary for the Interior in Rwanda?”
Republican: “Ummmmmmmmm.”
Follow-up: “How do you expect the American people to take you seriously if you don’t know this stuff?”


5 posted on 03/07/2026 12:50:20 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: MinorityRepublican

When he heard this he did hid Basic Instinct skit again. It went viral.


6 posted on 03/07/2026 12:51:21 PM PST by Mi-kha-el ((There is no Pravda in Izvestiya and no Izvestiya in Pravda.))
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To: MinorityRepublican

Did he do his snake dance while answering?


7 posted on 03/07/2026 12:53:34 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Was she on her knees when she asked?


8 posted on 03/07/2026 12:56:16 PM PST by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: MinorityRepublican

She almost had an orgasm many years ago when interviewing Al Gore.


9 posted on 03/07/2026 12:56:38 PM PST by NCcatdaddy
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To: MinorityRepublican

What a foolish thing to ask a narcissist.


10 posted on 03/07/2026 12:57:24 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: MinorityRepublican

How would he know?


11 posted on 03/07/2026 12:57:39 PM PST by Savage Beast (When the student is ready, the teacher appears. When the people are ready, the hero appears.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

It hasn’t been a problem for me.


12 posted on 03/07/2026 1:01:37 PM PST by ComputerGuy
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To: MinorityRepublican

Katie - Living proof that some old ladies can still lust...


13 posted on 03/07/2026 1:03:06 PM PST by Iron Munro (When politicians say "FOR THE GREATER GOOD" it means good for them, bad for us)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Presstitute


14 posted on 03/07/2026 1:03:29 PM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Newsom does share Zoolander’s bumbling imbecile approach to simple matters. That was the comedy angle.


15 posted on 03/07/2026 1:05:29 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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She should have asked him of being a serial killer is a good look..after all he did set the Palisades on fire, murdering 13 people in order to benefit himself with low income housing so he could say he solved the housing crisis in this state..that is what he meant by “Reimagining the Palisades” yet NO ONE when interviewing him, EVER brings up Pacific Palisades it pisses me off so damn much


16 posted on 03/07/2026 1:09:54 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: MinorityRepublican

Lucky for us she is a journalist who approaches the interviews strictly without personal bias. Otherwise she would get all gushy and treacly. /S


17 posted on 03/07/2026 1:11:22 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

🤢🤮


18 posted on 03/07/2026 1:11:47 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: Sarah Barracuda
"Good Hair" Newsom is going to use his looks as his strategy to get in the White House.

Unfortunately for America, that is going to be an effective strategy.

19 posted on 03/07/2026 1:11:52 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: kawhill

75% of women vote for nice hair.


20 posted on 03/07/2026 1:14:15 PM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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