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IT DOES NOT WORK FOR ME.
THEY'RE GONNA WANT DETAILS, FITZ.
THAT'S HOW THIS WORKS.
THE REPORTERS, THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR--DETAILS.
DATES AND TIMES AND LOCATIONS.
WHEN DID THE AFFAIR START? WHEN DID IT END?
HOW LONG DID IT LAST? WHAT HAPPENED WHEN?
WHAT DID MELLIE KNOW, AND WHEN DID SHE KNOW IT?
AND... IF ALL WE HAD TO TALK ABOUT
WAS A BLUE DRESS WITH A STAIN
AND A CIGAR THAT HAD BEEN IN INTERESTING PLACES,
I'D BE FINE. I WOULD NOT GIVE A DAMN.
BUT I AM NOT GOING TO STAND IN THE ROSE GARDEN
AND HOLD YOUR HAND WHILE YOU TELL THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS
THAT YOU HAD AN AFFAIR WITH OLIVIA POPE
THAT LASTED A YEAR.
(chuckles) AND THEN ENDED AND THEN STARTED AGAIN
AND THEN ENDED AND THEN STARTED AGAIN.
AND I AM CERTAINLY NOT GONNA SIT
IN THE BLUE ROOM OF THE WHITE HOUSE
AND HOLD YOUR HAND WHILE YOU TELL JAMES
HOW YOU COULDN'T KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF HER
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL,
HOW THE SECRET SERVICE DRIVES YOU TO HER APARTMENT
IN DEFIANCE OF SECURITY PROTOCOLS,
HOW WHEN YOU WERE SHOT, THE NAME THAT YOU CALLED OUT
WAS "OLIVIA," OR ANY OF THE MANY WAYS
THAT YOU HAVE DEGRADED OUR MARRIAGE,
BECAUSE THAT IS NOT YOU MAKING A MISTAKE.
THAT IS NOT YOU CHEATING ON ME.
THAT IS YOU... (sighs)
THAT IS ME BEING IN LOVE WITH ANOTHER WOMAN.
(breath shudders)
IF YOU TRY TO TELL THAT DISGUSTING FAIRY TALE
TO THE PRESS,
I WILL MAKE SUCH A SCENE.
I WILL OPEN UP OUR CLOSET
AND I WILL PULL OUT OUR LAUNDRY,
AND I WILL SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD.
I AM THAT... TIRED.
(inhales and exhales deeply)