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Hands where we can see them, Joe!
President Biden got a little too close to actress Eva Longoria at the White House Thursday night — before the Hollywood starlet guided the 80-year-old’s mitts to relative safety.
The president embraced the “Desperate Housewives” alum after addressing a film screening of her directorial debut, “Flamin’ Hot,” but let his hands hover a bit too long on her waist before the actress quickly moved to grasp them and took a step back.
“Actress Eva Longoria barely escaped Joe Biden’s clutches,” one Twitter user said of the uneasy moment.
The oldest-ever president had awkwardly joked a moment before the hug about the age gap between him and Longoria when they first met.
“We’ve known each other a long time,” Biden told the crowd.
“She was 17, I was 40,” he joked to scattered laughs.
“Biden makes [a] disturbing comment from The White House about how long he’s known Eva Longoria: ‘She was 17, I was 40.’ And then he slowly slides his hands across her body as they hug,” tweeted Newsmax columnist Mark Vargas. “And the crowd full of Democrats just laugh.
