And Just Like That star makes drug revelation about US President George W Bush's daughters

Daily Mail​

7 days ago

And Just Like That star Armin Amiri revealed he once smoked a joint with the daughters of U.S. president George W. Bush - and then hit them up for immigration help when stoned.
The Iranian-born actor revealed he was once a doorman of the since-shuttered, celebrity-frequented hotspot, Bungalow 8, in New York City, when he met the first daughters.
He didn't even know who twins Barbara Bush and Jenna Bush Hager were when they showed up at the hotspot during their widely publicized party days in the early noughties, he told Page Six.
The twins, now 43, were continuously in the news for partying and underage drinking at the time.
'The first time I didn't let 'em in and I didn't know who they were,' he recalled.
'I got a tap on my shoulder, and it was the Secret Service.
'And he goes, 'Hey man.' I said, 'Hey.' And he goes, 'These are the First Daughters.' I said, 'First daughters of whom?''
He said he 'took care of it right away' and led the women inside to a table.
He recalled how, at one point, he asked them for a favor while under the influence.
'I remember I needed my green card. So, we smoked a joint together and I was just like, 'Listen, I'm having a green card problem.''
He said one of them said they would 'speak to someone' but joked that 'nothing ever happened.'
He recalled how he had to go back to work but ended up finding the women again at the end of the night to offer to comp their dinner.
He said one of the sisters told him: 'Honey, don't even worry about it. We're used to these kind of things.'
Amiri — who stars in HBO Max's continuation of Sex and The City as movie director Ravi Gordi, the love interest of Sarita Choudhury's character Seema Patel — said he ended up smoking a joint with them and asked them for help with his green card.
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He said he also ran into former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at one point and asked them for the same favor.
On Wednesday, the TV star told the story about meeting Bush's twin daughters, now both 43, ahead of the upcoming premiere of AJLT's season three on May 29.
'The first time I didn't let 'em in and I didn't know who they were,' he recalled. 'I got a tap on my shoulder, and it was the Secret Service. 'And he goes, 'Hey man.' I said, 'Hey.' And he goes, 'These are the first daughters.' I said, 'First daughters of whom?''; pictured May 2008
He recalled how he had to go back to work but ended up finding the women again at the end of the night to offer to comp their dinner. He said one of the sisters told him: 'Honey, don't even worry about it. We're used to these kind of things'; pictured January 2019 in New York City
Then, Amiri recalled how he later went up to Bush's predecessor Bill Clinton for help on his green card too.
'I walked up to Bill Clinton and I said, 'Bill, I need my green card.'
'And he says, 'Talk to my wife.'
Amiri explained that their conversation ultimately resulted in the same thing yet again.
'So they're like, 'Hey, listen, we'll do our best to take care of it for you.'
'Nothing happened,' he explained.