He’s always asking: ‘Is that new? I haven’t seen that before.’ It’s like, Why don’t you mind your own business? Solve world hunger. Get out of my closet.

Michelle Obama
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This quote is a reference to the relationship between Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio. The two had had an on-again, off-again relationship since the 1940s. When DiMaggio died in 1999, Monroe’s publicist said, “It sounds like he’s always asking her: ‘Is that new? I haven’t seen that before.’ It’s like, Why don’t you mind your own business? Solve world hunger. Get out of my closet.”

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