Rudy Giuliani told Steve Bannon on his podcast a “funny story” about a 2014 charity golf tournament where Giuliani, Rush Limbaugh, and magazine publisher Marvin Shanken were paired, at the last minute, with LPGA star Michelle Wie, who was 25 at the time, Golfweek reports.

Giuliani recounted how Wie, when she plays, “bends all the way over and her panties show.”

Wie responded on Twitter: “What this person should have remembered from that day was the fact that I shot 64 and beat every male golfer in the field leading our team to victory. I shudder thinking that he was smiling to my face and complimenting me on my game while objectifying me and referencing my ‘panties’ behind my back all day.”

“Given all that is going on in the world, I don’t think putting me on a pedestal is appropriate at this time. I hope, though, that somewhere down the road several years from now or perhaps after I’m gone if you still feel I deserve it, then I’m certain I will stand proud in our great State Capitol as a grateful Tennessean.”

— Dolly Parton, declining the offer of a statue of her in the Tennessee capitol building.

“Amanda Gorman, the young poet who grabbed the national spotlight at President Joe Biden’s inauguration with her inspirational and powerful reading, will recite more of her work at Super Bowl LV,” BuzzFeed News reports.

A new research paper from Heyu Xiong finds that Ronald Reagan’s tenure “as the host of a 1950s entertainment television program translated into support for his candidacy, in terms of votes and political donations, nearly two decades after the show’s first airing.”

“A voter initiative led by Michelle Obama is partnering with a similar group founded by NBA star LeBron James and other prominent Black athletes and entertainers to sponsor events in major U.S. cities starting next week to generate excitement about voting early for the Nov. 3 election,” Politico reports.

President Trump mocked the ratings of the NBA playoffs, suggesting fans don’t like the players criticizing him.

Ron Brownstein: “Trump, by attempting to brand them as unpopular for criticizing him, is essentially daring LeBron James and the other NBA stars to prove they can mobilize turnout and move persuasion among Black voters, and young voters generally, between now and Election Day.”

Former President Jimmy Carter admits in a new documentary that one of his sons smoked pot with Willie Nelson on the roof of the White House, the New York Post reports.