I’m a longtime Buffalo Bills fan, but they’ve had their seasons wiped out by the Kansas City Chiefs in three of the past four seasons. So, amidst the excruciating Taylor Swift hype and Patrick Mahomes adoration, the prospect of the Chiefs potentially hoisting the Lombardi Trophy again on Sunday is already too good to be true without enduring a Joe Biden interview. It’s bad. Biden is said to be an Eagles fan, but after the team lost to the Chiefs in last year’s Super Bowl largely on fake penalties, he invited the Chiefs to the White House, effectively disowning the Birds, he said. ‘s wife, Dr. Jill, argued. Although he was a fan, like any good politician, he remained officially neutral. A certain fan.
The tradition of presidential interviews at the Super Bowl dates back to 2004 with then-President George W. Bush. There’s been discussion in the press about how much of a missed opportunity this is for Biden. After all, approximately 20 million more Americans are watching, even before the game, when most of the interviews would be aired. At the moment, I’m sitting through five days of Test cricket matches before Joe Biden’s long interview, but I didn’t mean to disrespect cricket fans.
President Trump excused himself from an interview during the 2018 Super Bowl. Last year, before taking the knee, the Biden campaign joked about giving an interview to Fox Soul, a Fox Corp. streaming network that even people who work there probably don’t know. Since taking office, Biden has given 86 interviews, compared to 300 for Trump and 422 for Barack Obama at this point in his presidency, according to data collected by the White House Transition Project. This certainly seems like a very bad thing, but I think his 86 interviews with him are about 85 too many. Seriously, Joe, please hide now.