Don’t act like you weren’t suspicious: Larry David as Bernie Sanders was just too good – too real – to be entirely coincidental.
And yep, turns out, it’s totally not. Larry & the Bern are totally, honestly, really truly related. Distantly, but for realsies.
Wow. This feels… just really great.
Wait, two women just saved 16 MILLION people from losing healthcare
AND
Larry David & Bernie Sanders are *actually* related? #SkinnyRepeal pic.twitter.com/c3VNfGhyTf
— Sana Suri (@sanasuri) July 28, 2017
Wait. Larry David is actually RELATED to Bernie Sanders? I need to go for a lie down. This is too much.
— Kat Lister (@Madame_George) July 28, 2017
I just saw the news that Larry David and Bernie Sanders found out they’re related and I couldn’t be happier
— Madelaine Fincher (@maddienoellef) July 28, 2017
The news emerged today when David was on a panel promoting the upcoming season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. He’d recently taken part in American genealogy series Finding Your Roots (not nearly as good a title as Who Do You Think You Are?, just quietly), and discovered that he and Sanders are like, cousins or something.
That’s not editorialising. It’s David’s actual quote:
“He’s in the line… like a third cousin or something. I was very happy about that, I figured there was some connection. I love Bernie.”
exclusive footage of the Sanders/David ancestral voyage
God bless this perfect pair of third cousins (or something). Also, LOL @ Finding Your Roots, who apparently specifically instructed David not to talk about his famous distant relly.
Whoops. But also:
