Love Actually's "To me, you are perfect" scene is arguably one of the creepiest, most manipulative scenes in rom-com history. But it just got out-creeped, by none other than Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
That's right: a man who refuses to tell us how many children he has thought it'd be a great idea to pose as a man whose unrequited love for a married woman is his only personality trait. It's a strange choice for Johnson, given that this movie moment is actually deeply unsettling. As Lindy West wrote in Jezebel, "that best man guy shows up at Keira Knightley’s house and spawns a decade of nice-guy emotional manipulation reframed as 'romance.'" But then again, Johnson loves shitposting. Particularly when things aren't looking up for him.
The video begins with Johnson knocking on a random woman's door, telling her to shush, and displaying handwritten boards with messages like "we'll have Brexit done" and "your vote will make all the difference."
The video — Johnson's final election broadcast — was posted right in the middle of a huge public backlash after Johnson refused to look at a photo of a child forced to sleep on a hospital floor during a TV interview. He repeatedly refused to look at the picture on ITV reporter Joe Pike's phone before pocketing his phone and continuing with the interview.
Is our prime minister heartless? Surely not... just look at this sweet (and definitely not creepy) rom-com reenactment.
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