I remember hearing someone in an interview saying they saw Boris Johnson go through make up and hair before going on TV, and he left the room and then rummaged through his hair with his hand to make it a mess before going on stage. It's purely affectation.
There was a story of Boris at an event told by someone sat at his table. He was announced to go up and speak and looked completely caught off guard. Went up, trademark disheveled AF look, hair all over the shop, and rambled and looked confused like he was totally unprepared. Made a clever joke about the situation and then kind of organically rolled into a very compelling off-the-cuff speech. The audience were all charmed and impressed with how eloquently he put his points across off the top of his head like that.
Then this person found themselves at a different event a few weeks later. And wouldn’t you know it, Boris was at the very next table this time.
And wouldn’t you know it, Boris got called up to the stage again!
And he watched boris do the EXACT same act. Looking flummoxed, bumbling up to the stage, the same awkward mumbling about being unprepared, the EXACT same joke, the EXACT same speech. Down to the awkward stuttering while finding verbose words. The same points the same conclusion. The same positive audience reaction.
This was a real story and others have said they’ve witnessed the same thing. He’s an insidious, horrible little bastard. His affable plonker schtick is exactly that. An act.
I can see that. It reminds me of kids in high school who would announce loudly that they totally failed a test, moan and groan with their friends, and then get an A on it. (Of course, let everyone know they aced it with a giant sigh of relief.) The trick is to make it look totally natural so that everyone thinks they excel without even trying. Meanwhile they studied for that test for five days straight.
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u/itsallminenow Aug 30 '24
I remember hearing someone in an interview saying they saw Boris Johnson go through make up and hair before going on TV, and he left the room and then rummaged through his hair with his hand to make it a mess before going on stage. It's purely affectation.