I saw you guys are going to the opening on Friday.
No.
No?
Security.
Is Zoey bothered?
You know, Danny, I don't mind talking, but I say it here and 10 million people read about tomorrow.
Thanks for the boost in my circulation but I'm actually off the record up here.
[looks down] It's not going to work.
What's not going to work?
You know what I'm talking about.
You and Zoey?
Yeah.
Why?
[angry] Look, I do what I do...I go where I go. If it's a problem for the Secret Service that I'm black...
Whoa....
...then that's the way it is. But she shouldn't expect candy and flowers, you know what I mean?
I know what you're saying. But I don't think the problem is you're black. I think the problem is you're stupid.
Well, thanks, Danny. You picked me right up.
You bet. Listen, the Hardy Boys in the letters they're talking about, they may be heavily armed but I wouldn't put a lot of money on their marksmanship. One of these days they're gonna miss her and hit me. Two thousand marriage proposals, 2,000 death threats, a dozen bodyguards. Everyone wants to get close. Everyone wants a thing. Plus, and I say this standing fifteen feet from the Oval Office, life with father couldn't have been a real company picnic, you know. If it was me, just for now, I'd make sure I was the one guy in her life who was hassle free. That's just me.
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