By Christopher Rosen
Justin Bieber has an army of fans, but don’t count George H.W. Bush among them.
Speaking with Jenna Bush Hager, his granddaughter, on the TODAY show, Bush revealed his shocking indifference to the Canadian pop icon.
“Is that his song?” he asked the younger Bush after she sang the chorus of “Baby.” The former president then added, “I don’t think I’d like it.”
The blasphemy of that statement aside, Bush does have one thing in common with Bieber: a preference for colorful socks. “Bieb?” the 41st president said when confronted with evidence of sartorial similarities between himself and the 18-year-old singer. “Is he a sock man?”
