Chasten Buttigieg has been a homeless community-college student and a Starbucks barista.
Chasten Buttigieg has been a homeless community-college student and a Starbucks barista. Now, he could be first gentleman.
Are you going to write about my meal? Chasten Buttigieg asks, scanning the breakfast menu of a Manhattan cafe last month.
He had oatmeal with a side of fresh fruit. And tea.
The 29-year-old former drama teacher has often courted attention, but he has never been more watched than in these past few months as his husband, Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., has emerged as a serious contender for president. Its why he cannot smell deodorants at Target without risking getting caught in the act by teenage iPhone-wielding paparazzi.
Its why, the previous night in New York with Pete (who was scheduled to be on Morning Joe the next day), he resisted the urge to swipe an entire cheese wheel from the fruit plate in his hotel room, because
well, wouldnt that seem weird to whomever came to collect the tray? Fruit untouched, cheese wheel gone? I was very in my head about it, Chasten says. He took a banana instead.
Yes, the man who would be the countrys first first gentleman is worried about the politics of hoarding cheese and sniffing deodorant. Thats not all hes worried about, of course, but hes not shy about sharing the weird side of campaign fame. Chastens humor and openness have been his defining features since the national spotlight found him and Mayor Pete earlier this year. It has made him a force on Twitter, where he has more than 300,000 followers, and a not-so-secret public-relations weapon for his husband.
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