CHICAGO — Fifteen minutes after striding in shiny red shoes to the centre of the stage of an intimate Chicago comedy club, Margaret Trudeau had those in attendance shouting something that sounded quite like fuddle duddle., a sprawl of candid anecdotes from Trudeau’s storied life that she workshopped publicly for the first time at Chicago’s Second City, a club where some of America’s brightest comedy stars have earned their stripes.
Many, based on the crowd’s audible reaction, did not expect to hear that one of those comforting her at Pierre Trudeau’s funeral had been Fidel Castro. But they were hooked, if only for the relentless celebrity name-dropping — Mick Jagger, by the way, “was an elegant ass” — or the somewhat nerve-racking sense, as Trudeau jumped from one decade to another, of not quite knowing what she would say or do next, so you had better pay attention.
It was about an hour in, during an exploration of whether she believes in God, that Trudeau let her pride in the current prime minister shine brightest. Her faith in the great religions had waned, she recounted, after an audience she and Pierre had with the Pope in Rome resulted not in a spiritual discussion but in a literal pat on the head as he offered that she was “blessed among women” for bearing children.
It is somehow fitting that Trudeau should be developing an autobiographical play in the U.S. during Canada’s election year, one in which her son is battling for his political future. She’d famously danced at Studio 54 the night Pierre lost re-election in 1979. Then, as now, she has a knack for a headline — and her bubbling, candid style of oversharing, so unusual for a fixture of Canadian public life, is as in vogue in 2019 as disco once was.
Actually read this article....then wished I hadn’t!
I feel bad for her having a son like JustinTrudeau
Justin Trudeau He has his dads name and his moms brain
One last shot at the limelight.
Why would I go? Is she straight?
I love this woman: she's good for all of us, if we open our minds and our hearts enough.
Is she gonna come clean on who Justin’s REAL father is?
Omg not another Trudeau can they all please just go away.