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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Bruce Schreiner

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear laughs off unflattering social media comments in a video with his wife

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear laughed off some unflattering comments aimed at him on social media in the past year, and had his teenage son translate what one barb meant, in a light-hearted video that shows his willingness to occasionally poke fun at himself.

Continuing an end-of-the-year tradition, Beshear and his wife, Britainy, read several posts from 2024 that took jabs at him. It's their version of late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel’s segment where celebrities read mean posts directed at them on the social media platform X.

Beshear, who has been mentioned as a potential contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028, read one message that said: “Andy, I love you but you have zero aura.”

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