The Delawareans had a presidential showdown.
Aubrey Plaza revealed Friday that she and the long run president of the US had a “stare-down” while attending a “Joe Biden youth leadership conference” when she was 16 years old.
“The entire point of the conference was to permit students to talk out on different issues,” the 38-year-old actress told the Latest Yorker. “They shuttled us from room to room, and there was a special speaker in each room, and it was all leading as much as this climax where we were going to take a seat within the auditorium, and Joe himself was going to stand up onstage and provides his speech.”
Based on the “White Lotus” star, she was “really indignant” concerning the event because she felt that the scholars present weren’t given enough time to voice their complaints.
“I had a stare-down with Joe Biden from the audience, because he asked the way it went, and I raised my hand immediately,” said Plaza. “I used to be, like, ‘It’s bulls – – t. This conference sucks. You didn’t allow us to talk. This was speculated to be concerning the students.’ “
The “Parks and Recreation” actress said that Biden was not pleased with the statement.
“He didn’t prefer it,” recalled Plaza. “I remember his face got really red. He used to get really fiery when he would make speeches. It was crazy.”
The duo reunited several years later when Biden was vice chairman and the forged of “Parks and Recreation” filmed an episode on the White House with a Biden cameo.
“Before the tour, I saw him, and he knew my name,” she said. “He at all times tells me the identical story. His first wife went to the identical highschool that I went to.”
“So he at all times tells me about how he used to attend outside the convent for her, since it’s an all-girls Catholic school — and it’s a really sweet story, but I’ve heard it rather a lot. I used to be, like, ‘I do know, Joe! She went to Ursuline [Academy]!’ “
Plaza revealed that on a tour of the veep’s office, she discovered that Biden had been briefed on her.
“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,’ ” recalled Plaza. ” ‘You met her on the Joe Biden youth-leadership conference when she was 16.’ ”
“I used to be, like, ‘I knew it! He doesn’t remember me in any respect!’ “
It was then Plaza decided to take the note off of his desk.
“I pocketed it, and Mike Schur, the creator of ‘Parks and Rec’, was horrified,” said Plaza. “He was like, ‘You can not steal from the White House!’ And I used to be like, ‘I don’t give a s – – t! I do know what he did! He didn’t know me!’ “
Despite stealing from probably the most secure place in America, Plaza said she by chance lost the piece of paper.
“Are you able to imagine if I’d kept it? I could’ve framed it or sold it. Now he’s the president — I had no idea,” continued Plaza. “But, yeah, I stole it right off his desk. And there’s got to be cameras within the White House. But they didn’t do anything to me.”
In a turn of events, Biden crashed Plaza’s stint as host of “Saturday Night Live” when the president filmed a message congratulating Plaza for being voted “probably the most star out of Delaware.”