Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert was greeted with music from the musical Beetlejuice when she sat down for an interview Friday with Denver radio station KOA.
Boerbet, a Republican who currently represents Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, joined host Ross Kaminsky to talk about her run for the state’s 4th Congressional District this fall. Before the two began their conversation, the station played a segment of the Beetlejuice: The Musical film score by composer Danny Elfman, a reference to Boebert’s scandal last fall where she was asked to leave a performance of the musical for causing a “disturbance.”
The congresswoman addressed the song before Kaminsky began asking questions, saying, “How about the intro music? Are you kidding me?”
Kaminsky responded that his producer had picked the intro song, and asked, “Was that ‘Beetlejuice’ music?”
“Of course it was,” Boebert said with a laugh.
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert speaks with reporters as she leaves the U.S. Capitol for the weekend on May 17, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Boebert was greeted with music from the play “Beetlejuice” when she sat down for an interview with Denver radio station KOA on Friday.
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Boebert has been repeatedly questioned since an incident in September 2023 when she and a man she was on a date with were asked to leave the Bull Theatre in Denver, Colorado. According to a report from the theater, the congresswoman and her date were seen vaping, using their cell phones and distracting other theatergoers. Surveillance footage also showed Boebert fondling her date during the musical.
In the aftermath of the scandal, Boebert apologized for her behavior, which she said “fell short of my values.” She has also made quips about the incident while running for office.
The congresswoman was asked about the incident during a Republican primary debate for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District last week, to which she said she had “owned up” to her actions and was “not going to live life in shame and be beat up by this.” Boebert was also pressed by the debate’s moderator for taking “credit” for public projects in Colorado that were funded by bills she voted against.
During Friday’s interview, Kaminsky asked Boebert how she felt being one of the more “famous” members of Congress, adding, “I don’t know that you’re famous for reasons that you want to be famous.”
“Do I wish I was less in the spotlight? Yes and no,” Boebert responded. “I mean I don’t have personal moments. I wish I was less on infrared camera, that would be great. So there are those aspects.”
“But also, if I wasn’t who I am, and as loud as I am in this spotlight, then I don’t believe I would be as effective,” she continued. “Because in Congress, when I speak, people listen.”
Newsweek reached out to Boebert’s office via email for additional comment Friday afternoon.
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