Ann Romney says since she pushed back at critics of husband
Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign last week, she’s been getting high fives
from “everyone I’ve seen.”
But Romney admitted to Jay Leno during a Tuesday appearance
on NBC’s “The Tonight Show” that she initially wondered how she came across, “I
stepped out of the interview and I’m like, ‘Oh dear. Was I a little strong?’ ”
In in a radio interview last week, Romney said critics of
the campaign should “Stop it. This is hard. You want to try it? Get in the ring."
The wife of the GOP presidential nominee also disclosed that
in 2008, after Mitt Romney lost a bid for the White House, she made a video for
her husband telling him, “I’m never doing this again.”
He then quipped to his spouse, a mom of five, “Do you know
Ann, you say that after every pregnancy?”
Mrs. Romney had kind words for Michelle Obama, saying she
“loves” her and calling the first lady a “beautiful” and “strong” woman.
In the wide-ranging interview, the former Massachusetts
first lady made light of her husband’s propensity for saving money. When Leno
asked if Mitt Romney was cheap or frugal, Romney chose cheap, explaining, “When
we leave the house, he turns off the hot water heater … Do you know what he does
when we come back from the house? He pretends to forget that he’s got to turn
the hot water heater on and he says, ‘Cold showers — they’re not that bad.’ ”
Romney also recalled her struggle to get her sons to church
on time in the morning when they were young, revealing that she used to dress
them in their church outfits the night before services.
“Woke them up in the morning, [combed] their hair. Look
pretty good to me. Out you go,” said Romney.
Saying “boys are awful,” Leno gave credit to Romney for
raising all sons. Romney responded to laughs, “They’re smelly when they’re
teenagers.”
Leno predicted her statement would soon be all over the
airwaves on political ads. “A negative ad,” Leno said, “ ‘She says kids are
smelly!’ ”
