
Long before he was President Trump's Press Secretary (opens in new tab), Sean Spicer held a wholly different position at the White House: an Easter Bunny at the annual Easter egg roll.
This is a picture of the new White House press secretary Sean Spicer dressed as the Easter Bunny. pic.twitter.com/l11CfjwAlYJanuary 23, 2017
We'll wait while you stop giggling.
On March 24, 2008, under the George W. Bush administration, Sean Spicer slipped into a heavy white bunny suit, complete with baby blue eyes, a pink nose, and a look of trembling bewilderment, and paraded himself around the lawn of the White House.
But unlike the recent Russia relevations (opens in new tab), Spicer's hairy past is no secret in the Trump cabinet. In fact, the distinction caps off his GOP bio (opens in new tab):
Why are you only just learning about this now, you ask? Because screenwriter Robert Schooley recently unearthed Spicer's 2008 Politico interview (opens in new tab) about his moment of glory:
How did I not know this? pic.twitter.com/cTMGKfbpWSFebruary 26, 2017
At the time, Spicer was just a 36-year-old Assistant United States Trade Representative for Media and Public affairs, sweating it out among hordes of hungry children. Based on his interview, it's a pretty challenging role (the bunny one, we mean). Spicer said that it gets very hot in the suit, and he couldn't see very much, which is why each bunny is assigned a handler to guide them around the lawn. He wasn't even allowed to speak!
But even Spicer couldn't resist breaking the vow of silence to lecture the kids on the glory of fair trade:
According to this 2013 in-depth exposé by The Washington Post (opens in new tab), the Easter Bunny role in this 139-year-old tradition has previously been held by several "well-known administration officials," as far back as the days of President Nixon.
Judging by this tweet from last Easter, it looks like old Spice himself misses the innocent days of his carefree youth. #NeverForget
the good ole days -- what I would give to hide in a bunny costume again https://t.co/QOlPBsMwMAMarch 28, 2016
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