Sen. Katie Britt Shares Mike Johnson's Ironic Pep Talk Before Her Biden SOTU Speech
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The Alabama senator also addressed Scarlett Johansson's mocking portrayal of her on "Saturday Night Live."
Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) on Wednesday revealed the advice that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) gave to her before her widely derided Republican rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address.
Britt became one of the memes of the night with her overly dramatic delivery of her speech from a kitchen table. It inspired a mocking portrayal by Scarlett Johansson on “Saturday Night Live.” Britt also faced criticism for her misleading use of a sex trafficking story in her comments.
Britt, appearing on Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) “Verdict” podcast, recalled Johnson telling her about the speech: “Don’t worry about, you know, people are going to tell you horror stories about all of these things that happen and people’s career being blown up over it.”
“It’ll be fine. It’ll be fine,” Britt added Johnson told her.
Johnson was “so kind and really welcoming,” she claimed. “I think it was a great conversation. But the irony that he’s like, ‘Don’t you worry.’”