I really like you, you know.
Thanks. I enjoy our professional interactions too.
No, but I mean I really, really admire you and I don’t care who knows it. I’m thinking of getting your face printed on my handbag.
What? Excuse me while I make a quick call to HR.
There’s no need to be like that — I’m just following in the footsteps of the ever-inspiring Meryl Streep, who stepped out this week carrying a tote bag printed with a photo of Michelle and Barack Obama superimposed on a backdrop of the White House.
How bizarre. Is it a new fashion trend?
I wouldn’t go that far. Nobody seems to know the provenance of this particular item, although there has been speculation that it is custom-made. It has long been known that Streep’s an enormous fan of the former president. In 2009 she told Channel 4 News; “I love him — I think he’s fantastic.”
Do you think he and Michelle are deeply uncomfortable with this public fandom?
Far from it, the feeling seems to be mutual. In 2014 Obama told a White House reporter: “I love Meryl Streep. Her husband knows I love her. Michelle knows I love her. There’s nothing they can do about it.” Michelle subsequently described the actress as “delightful”.
How very cosy. So why the bag? Is Streep getting into the design business?
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No explanation has emerged, but I assume it’s a political statement for the benefit of those of us perusing paparazzi photos at home — not so much a kind gesture to the Obamas as a rude one to President Trump, whom Streep criticised at the Golden Globes earlier this year.
He must be horribly hurt that she doesn’t like him.
He does seem a bit sensitive about it. After the Golden Globes, he took to Twitter to describe her as “one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood”.
Still, I wouldn’t mind a Donald Trump bag.
If that’s what you’re looking for, Michael Kors does a lovely satchel in orange leather.
