Pence says he didn't know a fly joined him at the debate

October 13, 2020 at 3:44AM
Vice President Mike Pence listens to Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., during the vice presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at Kingsbury Hall on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Vice President Mike Pence listens to Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., during the vice presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at Kingsbury Hall on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

After inspiring a flurry of parody Twitter accounts, sold-out campaign merchandise and an extremely long "Saturday Night Live" sketch, Vice President Mike Pence has finally addressed the fly that landed in his hair during last Wednesday's debate.

In an interview with Fox News, noted sense-of-humor-possessor Pence said he and his family got a real kick and had a laugh after the black fly landed in his stark white hair and just sort of milled around for nearly two minutes during his debate with Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris.

"They're the ones that told me. I didn't know he was there," Pence said, explaining he was unaware of the fly's presence and only learned about it from his adult children.

"They all told me, 'Dad, you did OK,' " he said. "But they did tell me about the fly. And it was a good laugh for all of us."

Vice President Mike Pence never exhibited any awareness — not the subtlest glance upward, not the slightest flinch or twitch — that his head had been colonized by a fly during Wednesday's debate. (Illustration by The New York Times; photo by Damon Winter/The New York Times)
Vice President Mike Pence never exhibited any awareness — not the subtlest glance upward, not the slightest flinch or twitch — that his head had been colonized by a fly during Wednesday’s debate. (Illustration by The New York Times; photo by Damon Winter/The New York Times) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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