President Joe Biden and First Girl Dr. Jill Biden shared a New 12 months’s Eve message with Ryan Seacrest on ABC’s Dick Clark’s New 12 months’s Rockin’ Eve on Sunday.
Requested by Seacrest about his favourite reminiscences of the yr, the president replied: “My dad used to have an expression. He’d say, ‘Joey, a job is about much more than a paycheck. it’s about your dignity. It’s about respect.’ We introduced a whole lot of jobs again to the US. Persons are ready to have the ability to make a residing now. And so they’ve created a whole lot of jobs, over 14 million. I simply really feel good that the American folks acquired up. They’ve been by a tough time with the pandemic, however now we’re coming again, they’re again.”
Seacrest additionally requested what meals the president has been having fun with in the course of the holidays, and Biden mentioned he hasn’t been choosy, however there’s one sort of meals he’s actually been having fun with.
“I’ve been consuming every little thing is put in entrance of me, however I’ve eaten pasta, which I like consuming — a whole lot of hen parmesan. I’ve been consuming all Italian meals, mainly,” he mentioned.
“And ice cream,” interjected the First Girl.
“And chocolate chip ice cream,” the president agreed.
The Bidens appeared from their trip spot on St. Croix within the Virgin Islands. In keeping with the White Home, the interview occurred Saturday.
The ended the interview by sharing their hopes for the brand new yr.
“My hope is that everyone has a wholesome, blissful and protected new yr,” Joe Biden mentioned. “However past that, I hope that they perceive that we’re in a greater place than any nation on the earth to guide the world. And we’re coming again and it’s about time.”
Added Jill Biden of her hopes for America: “It’s what I might at all times inform my college students: Be optimistic, be optimistic, and be sort to at least one one other.”
Watch the interview beneath.
Dick Clark’s New 12 months’s Rockin’ Eve is produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a three way partnership between Penske Media Company and Eldridge that additionally owns The Hollywood Reporter.
