Kellyanne Conway explains feet on Oval Office couch: 'I certainly meant no disrespect'

[DonViejo]

NJ.COM
01 MAR 2017 AT 10:19 ET



Trenton -- New Jersey native Kellyanne Conway apologized Tuesday night following a daylong uproar from critics who took her to task for putting her feet on a couch in the Oval Office.

Conway, who grew up in South Jersey and currently serves as counselor to President Donald Trump, sparked a brouhaha on social media after images were released showing her kneeling on the coach inside the president's office.

Conway told Lou Dobbs on Fox Business she "certainly meant no disrespect."

"I was being asked to take a picture in a crowded room with the press behind us, and I was asked to take a certain angle," Conway said. "I certainly meant no disrespect, I didn't mean to have my feet on the couch."

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[BainsBane]

1. Of all things for people to worry about with the Trump administration

How staffers sit isn't one of them.

[dancePop]

5. Agree. I actually thought it was cute.

If Michelle Obama had done it I guarantee no Democrat would be complaining about it.

My only criticism would be when she did it. Seemed kind of odd with all of those men standing around.

But, you are right. It should be everyone's least concern with this administration.

[Submariner]

13. Cute?

Who the fuck are you trying to kid.

That tramp is an additional disgrace to the peoples WH. If Michelle Obama was doing that the repute's would hammer for a week on the Fox noise machine.

They went batshit crazy with Michelle's bare arms. But not a mention of the stripper Melania.

Cute?? Get real.

[amuse bouche]

34. Exactly...Nothing 'cute ' about KKK Con-way

[mythology]

41. Republicans were stupid to harp on Michelle Obama having bare arms

I think this todo is equally stupid. Focus on things that actually matter. Focus on the forthcoming new and improved Muslim ban, focus on the fight over the ACA, etc.

People losing their mind of this type of thing don't come across as credible. If everything the Trump administration does is the worst thing ever, why should anybody listen to the same rant over the 27th thing? Perhaps you've heard about the boy who cried wolf?

[dancePop]

54. Right on. nt

[Submariner]

66. I hear you mythology, and agree

I'm just sick and tired of these nerdy right wing trolls getting on DU and stirring the shit defending the trampy white trash working for the rapist-in-chief. They need to go back to Breitbart or wherever the hell they come from and stay the hell out of here.

[dancePop]

52. I didn't say she wasn't a disgrace.

And, I'm not talking about Fox. I'm talking about Democrats.

[dancePop]

70. Uh, that's what I said ... that NO Democrat would be complaining about it.

You need to relax.

[Demonaut]

16. you're right...because she's the First Lady....not a lying propagandist

[OldHippieChick]

18. "Cute"? Seriously?

If a man did it would you call it "cute"? It is not only un-cute; it is boorish and disrespectful of OUR furniture. I do not consider this petty. It is indicative of the attitude these people have toward OUR house and OUR money.

[dancePop]

56. No. I wouldn't call sitting on a couch like that as a man cute.

But I thought it was nice how President Obama would put his feet up on his desk.

None of it matters though. IMO, it's stupid for anyone to even comment on it.

[uponit7771]

24. Obama would have used the angle behind the couch and not put her shoes on it like a 5 yr old

[Maru Kitteh]

37. Oh look. It's you again. Kellyanne is "cute" huh? "No Democrat" would complain about Michelle

Obama eh?

Funny how you seem to speak about Democrats almost like they are some kind of "other." It's just kind of an odd quirk, I guess?

Of course, we (Democrats, that is) know that Michelle Obama has far too much class, dignity, grace, respect and simple hospitality to behave the way your "cute" little Smellyanne did in the Oval Office.

[lunatica]

42. LOL! Good try, but you fall on your face

First of all Michelle Obama never did that. Never would. Especially not in Our House.

Maybe you should invite Banshee Barbie to your house so she can walk all over your furniture.

[Chiyo-chichi]

57. To paraphrase Trevor Noah from last night...

we should worry less about the feet on the couch and more about the asshole behind the desk.

[dancePop]

59. Yep.

[qanda]

58. Did you just say cute and that Democrats wouldn't have a problem in Michelle did it?

Well, she didn't do so that point is moot, but I'm not sure what was so cute about it. To me, it looked ridiculous. Nothing to dwell on, but definitely not cute.

[dancePop]

71. Yes. I think it was a completely innocent thing to do.

I don't think that anyone, including Democrats, should have a problem with it.

[lunatica]

43. So it would be OK with you if she walked all over your furniture?

[BainsBane]

63. She wasn't in my house

and if Trump doesn't mind, why should I?

[lunatica]

65. The White House is the People's House

It is your house. Trump is only there while he is President. Then he's out of there.

[BainsBane]

68. Look, I care about people losing healthcare

hate crimes, efforts to destroy the EPA and federal funding agencies. I care about Trump's connections to Russian interference in our elections. How Kellyanne sits or what Trump's family wears to congressional speeches doesn't rank on my list of concerns. I'm not going to object to every minuscule thing just because it's a Republican doing it. I'll leave it for others to decide what they think based on the party of the person involved rather than the action. I prefer to maintain some consistent standards in what I object to.

[Barack_America]

2. Speaking of angles...

...mentioning that she's from "South Jersey" is an interesting one.

Shade, much?

[NewJeffCT]

11. the original article

was from nj.com - I think they were just noting that she's a native of the state

[ProfessorGAC]

3. This Is Actually An OK Explanation

That said, her job is to take phone pictures in the Oval Office. She doesn't have a staff or they don't have a staff photographer to do those types of things. An advisor and spokesperson has to take off her shoes and kneel on the couch to take picture of the event?

And she's ok with that?

[uponit7771]

26. no, that angle could've been achieved from behind the couch ... there's no reason to lower the bar

... for these people to beneath the dirt level knowing if it was a PoC KKKons would be burning shit down by now.

[ProfessorGAC]

40. I See That

I still think it's funny that she's been relegated to "hey Kelly, you're not doing anything, snap this picture" status.

[uponit7771]

53. YES !!! As if there wasn't a WH photographer !!! As if her phone was good enough !! My goodness

... I never ever want another "business man" to step near the white house

[ProfessorGAC]

60. You Forgot To Add Something

First, i agree with you. The whole "government" as business is stupid because the government is not meant to be run as a business. There is no profit motive and there are things that need to be done without regard to the return on investment. (Defense being a glaring example.)

Now, what you forgot is that he is not a good businessman. He had 4 companies fail and declared bankruptcy, using a twist in the law to get out from under crushing debt caused by his mismanagement and lack of strategic planning.

He also inherited nearly $400 million which if just put in an array of index funds would have resulted in an average personal discretionary income of $30 million per year and an ending balance of roughly $1 billion more than he has.

His business "savvy" is so profound that he could have lived a life of opulence and still had an extra billion had he done NOTHING.

[uponit7771]

61. +1, so true... he's a failed businessman... he's horrible ... Few if any of the business's he starte

... started 10 yrs ago still exist.

[lunatica]

44. Riddle me this

Who took the picture of her taking the pictures? Nobody?

[ProfessorGAC]

46. Good Point!!!!

I hadn't considered that. So they did have a professional photog in the room. Then she's even more useless than i thought.

[Me.]

4. Isn't There A WH Photographer?

Why was she the one taking the pics?

[ProfessorGAC]

19. Yep

See my post directly above your post. I'm thinking that too. She's ok with being the "girl Friday", now? "Hey Kellyanne, you don't do anything important anyway, why don't you take some snapshots."

[Me.]

21. It's All JUst So Hapless & Inept

[thesquanderer]

29. Because the WH photographer had to take the pic of her taking the pic. ;-) (n/t)

[Brother Buzz]

31. The White House photographer doesn't have a portal to uplaod directly to the orange anus's phone

Think about it.

[luvMIdog]

6. C'mon Skankyanne ya could have closed your knees

You could have done the same thing sitting on the couch.

[LOL Lib]

30. Skankyanne LOLZ!

[ismnotwasm]

7. Oh Fuck you KellyAnne

Asshole

[phleshdef]

8. Like I said yesterday, we make ourselves look stupid when we complain about non-issues.

There is plenty to come down on Kellyanne Conjob over. This is asinine.

[Maru Kitteh]

20. Tens of thousands of people disagree with you. It was all over Twitter and even the news.

It wasn't just about putting her feet and shoes on the couch, it was about the lack of respect shown her guests, the abuse of privilege.

[phleshdef]

22. Millions voted for Trump. That doesn't mean shit.

And this "lack of respect for guests", "abuse of privilege" stuff is nonsense. God I hate that woman. But her doing that to get an angle for a picture she was asked to take is not a big deal. Anyone pretending otherwise is either being disingenuous or just asinine.

[Maru Kitteh]

35. Well you can declare yourself the arbiter of what PoC are allowed to view as an abuse of privilege

if you like. But it does not make it so.

[Maru Kitteh]

49. Well you just march on over to this White House Fellow, scholar and Dr. of law and policy and

tell him how fucking dense he is and he has no point whatsoever. Given the stunning eloquence and solid foundation of your argument, you are sure to win.

Link to tweet

[lunatica]

50. Alerted

[lunatica]

47. I don't know about you but I don't let visitors walk on my furniture

What she does at home or in Trumps residence is her business, but that happens to the People's House. We wouldn't like it no matter who had the jaw dropping bad manners to do such a thing.

[NCTraveler]

9. I don't think she meant any disrespect and believe her explination is probably accurate.

It's still not something you do in that setting. She isn't meant to be in that setting. She is meant to be hanging out on two dilapidated houseboats tied together in the middle of a Georgia lake drinking Schlitz. Again, nothing wrong with that.

[Kali]

28. !

[COLGATE4]

64. Schlitz is WAY too high class for that gal -

now CARLING'S BLACK LABEL - THAT's the brew houseboat queens ask for by name.

[Bradical79]

10. Her mere presence is disrespectful.

I could care less about her feet. It's disgusting that she even gets to be in that office.

[NurseJackie]

12. She has no class. No decorum. No manners.

Does it actually matter? No.

Is it worth pointing out and ridiculing? Absolutely.

[Demonaut]

14. feet?...SHOES! you dumbass

[Loryn]

15. They complained about Obama removing his jacket in the oval office.

Yet this is perfectly acceptable since she meant no disrespect.

[B2G]

17. Tramp, Skankyanne, stripper,

I just can't believe this place anymore.

[uponit7771]

23. So... she also had her shoes on too?!... really... jus... really?

[Vinca]

25. If something like this had happened during the Obama years, we'd still be in media 24/7 coverage.

[no_hypocrisy]

27. Who is she kidding? My mother wouldn't let me get away with that -- ever!

[Wounded Bear]

32. They never "mean" any of the insensitive bullshit they pull...

SOP for the whole Right Wing.

[LOL Lib]

33. Lots of gullible people seem to be defending conjob.

No one asked her to take that photo. Clearly there was a photographer on site. She simply couldn't pass up the photo op of cheeto with a group of smiling PoC.

She saw a great photo op to support her alt fact that SCROTUS loves PoC and vice versa.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

36. She did it because she knew she'd be in photographs doing...

exactly what she did.

She's an exhibitionist screaming for attention.

[highmindedhavi]

38. They gave Obama a hard time for his feet on the desk

http://www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/collection/president-obamas-favorite-footstool-famous-resolut/?page=2

[Sunlei]

45. Let the WH official photographer take photos WITHOUT trumps current pet-woman fucking up the photo

[Hassin Bin Sober]

51. Yep.

She ruined the "take a picture with cracker before he gets impeached day" photo op.

[ploppy]

48. Hick n/t

[muntrv]

55. "...it just comes naturally."

[TNLib]

62. She reminds of that co-worker that takes off their shoes

making the whole office smell like stale Doritos.

[lunatica]

67. Banshee Barbie was much too nice for that

She kept her shoes on.

[miyazaki]

72. It's like Romper Room with this cabinet. n/t