Perhaps Nick Jonas thought appearing at the National Press Club would be the same as when he testified in June at a Senate hearing — same town, same issue of juvenile diabetes. But one difference that was clear on Monday: Questions from Senators are vastly different than those from teenage girls.
But no bother for the youngest Jonas, who has dreams of one day being president (“2040 to be exact,” he clarified) — he proves he knows how to handle any crowd and keep them in his corner.
Dressed in a perfectly tailored navy suit complete the with a flag lapel pin, Jonas ignored a play out of our current president’s book and was composed as he spoke clearly without the help of a Teleprompter and very few prepared notes about the blood-sugar disease he has been suffering from since 2005.
When it came time the for questions, the nerves that came out while answering questions at the Senate testimony were gone.
When asked his favorite food, Jonas made his hometown, and possible future Texan constituents, proud.
“Steak, I guess I’m a man in that I just like to have a steak.”
What he does he like to do on his off time? The favorite sport of many presidents, “golf,” was his appropriate answer.
Does he wear his glucose monitor on stage? “No, we wear kinda tighter pants [on stage] sometimes,” he replied to which everyone burst out laughing.
Not embarrassed by his fashion choices, he joked back, “Didn’t know that was funny.”
But the true test came with the nail-biting: Does he have a girlfriend?
“No,” he replied, keeping every girl’s dream alive, only aided by this reply to, “Would he date a fan?”
“We’ve always said you marry your biggest fan,” he said.
What a perfect answer, you budding politician. We think he’s getting the hang of this.
Photo: Paul Morigi (www.prmorigi.com)
