Aubrey Plaza remembers a "bullshit" youth gathering she had been to at 16 that included Joe Biden, at that point a Senator.
A local of Biden's home state Delaware, Plaza told The New Yorker that she had run into Joe Biden several times in her life, beginning at a "Joe Biden youth-leadership conference.".
The actor from Parks & Recreation explained that the conference's purpose was to allow students to express their opinions on various matters. Attendees were taken from one room to the next, with a different speaker in each space, before arriving in the auditorium for Joe's presentation.
Recalling the event, Aubrey Plaza expressed her anger towards the fact that the students were not allowed to express their opinions. They were directed to sit in the audience quietly.
She remembered that when Joe Biden inquired as to how things had gone, she quickly raised her hand. I had a stare-down with Joe Biden from the audience because he asked how it went, and I raised my hand immediately. I was, like, Its bullshit. This conference sucks. You didnt let us talk. This was supposed to be about the students.'
Plaza remembered Bidens reaction, He did not like it. I remember his face got really red. He used to get really fiery when he would make speeches. It was crazy.
Her next reunion with Biden occurred years later when she had the opportunity to work on an episode of Parks and Recreation, with Biden playing himself as the Vice President.
He always tells me the same story. His first wife went to the same high school that I went to, so he always tells me about how he used to wait outside the convent for her, because its an all-girls Catholic school and its a very sweet story, but Ive heard it a lot. I was, like, I know, Joe! She went to Ursuline!'
During a visit to Biden's office, Aubrey Plaza was surprised to discover that he had no recollection of her and had to be reminded by one of his aides.
She explained that there was a memo on his desk, written by his assistant on White House stationery. I saw a note on his desk that had been written by his assistant on official White House stationery that said, Aubrey Plaza underlined Wilmington, Delaware. You met her at the Joe Biden youth-leadership conference when she was 16.' I was, like, I knew it! He doesnt remember me at all!'
I pocketed it, and Mike Schur, the creator of Parks and Rec, was horrified, Plaza continued. He was like, You cannot steal from the White House! And I was like, I dont give a s! I know what he did! He didnt know me!'
Plaza expressed her regret that she hadn't kept the paper. Can you imagine if Id kept it? I couldve framed it or sold it. Now hes the President I had no idea. But, yeah, I stole it right off his desk. And theres got to be cameras in the White House. But they didnt do anything to me.
Plaza and the President now have a somewhat positive relationship. Plaza was recognized by Biden after she was voted Delaware's most famous person.
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