From the cutting room floor, ABC News, continued:
20/20’s Barbara Walters: “Let’s talk about you, Teresa… If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be and why…?”
Teresa Heinz Kerry: “Wow, good question. …I suppose I’d be a weeping willow, Barbara, because I tend to take people’s pain and internalize it. As a rule, I’m very empathetic, and it weighs on me.”
Barbara Walters: “…And your husband. What kind of tree would he be…?”
Teresa Heinz Kerry: “Oh. A balsa tree, definitely.”
Barbara Walters: “– why a balsa tree?”
Teresa Heinz Kerry: “Well, he’s weedlike, first off. And then there’s the softness of the wood. But we’re hoping the pills will fix that…”
Linda…? I’m waiting.
Technically, balsa’s a hardwood, and technically a senator’s a great deliberator.
Hmm. Maybe Teresa should have picked a different tree…
Juvenility like this is what juvenals do during their…
Okay, I can’t do it, but I miss her too.
I;m glad that you all can look at yourselves and laugh. Your like babies with a mirror.
There she is. Yay!
For a second there I thought she might have missed this one.
God love her.
Oh, man. You make me laugh so hard.
Thanks.
Classic.
Alternate tree for Teresa: a tiger! Because motorcycles don’t have doors.
Maybe the new HBO Western series would be most appropriate.