November 27, 2024 (Punjab Khabarnama Bureau) -Sean Evans’ hit YouTube show, Hot Ones, dodged the Kamala Harris campaign. The US vice president’s campaign leaders spoke out about the popular talk show turning down the offer to interview ahead of this year’s presidential election, which ultimately handed over new term responsibilities to her Republican rival, Donald Trump.
Despite previously booking a flurry of internet appearances on The Drew Barrymore Show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The View, The Howard Stern Show, and Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast, the Democratic presidential nominee failed to pull through with the chicken wings chat. At one point, she also came through for a surprise SNL skit with Maya Rudolph impersonating her. Nevertheless, the reason behind Hot Ones’ rejection of her was more general than the show creators’ unspecified political bent towards a nominee.
Why Hot Ones rejected Kamala Harris interview offer
During their liberal-leaning stop for a Pod Save America interaction, Harris’ campaign leaders revealed that Evans’ beloved interview spot had rebuffed the veep, maintaining its non-political stance.
The show has seen numerous entertainment industry insiders pop in to answer Evans’ round of questions as they indulge in increasingly spicy hot wings during their interaction.
Pod Save America, hosted by Dan Pfeiffer, a former communications director for Barack Obama, spoke to Stephanie Cutter, who headed messaging and media strategy for Harris. Considering the possibility of how the veep was a candidate better suited for such outings than Trump, “a man who’s been convicted of a crime and tried to violently overthrow the election,” Cutter said that Harris’ Hot Ones moment never happened because the show simply “didn’t want to delve into politics.”