Cory Booker Gushes About Rosario Dawson and a Possible White House Wedding
Oh, hi! Did we elect a new president yet? No? Okay, just checking, because the amount of political news at the moment is so overwhelming, it can be hard to keep up. Cosmo is working to help you choose between candidates by inviting everyone to our HQ to ask about things you actually care about, and the latest victim presidential hopeful is none other than Cory Booker.
Booker talked to Cosmo editor-in-chief Jessica Pels about reproductive freedom, education reform, and vegan fast food. This guy! But wait, isn't this the candidate who's swinging single? Or didn't we hear he had a girlfriend?
So Cory Booker is one of the very few candidates who is not married and doesn't have children. Which is refreshing, since that really wasn't a thing like, 10 years ago. What's even more exciting than singledom, however, is the fact that he's in a long-term relationship with none other than actress Rosario Dawson.
The two apparently met at a political event (shocking!) way back in October 2017, but they didn't hit it off right away. In fact, according to Booker, "She didn’t give me the time of day." But then in March 2019, Booker said the following at a CNN Town Hall:
So we met again, and I had one of those really awkward experiences. I’m a United States senator, and I had to get up the courage to walk up to her and ask her for her phone number. And this doesn’t make me nervous, but that made me nervous.
Cute.
And how serious is it now? Well, he shared some new deets during his Cosmo visit that certainly put it into perspective. When senior editor Jessica Goodman asked him about how he could be the first unmarried man to be elected president since 1885, he got candid.
"Look, I have an incredible relationship right now, and I’m excited that we’re building toward something," Cory said. "I don’t know what it’s going to be. I wouldn’t be sworn in until January 2021. Who knows what could happen between now and then? I’m not making any announcements here. I’m not breaking any news here! Because my girlfriend will break my legs, but you never know what could happen. So let’s just not assume that it’s cast in stone here. But yeah, I could see myself, if I’m not married yet, having a, well, I don’t know if I’d do it in the White House, or—."
That "or" certainly left things on a 👀 cliffhanger that makes me think WHITE HOUSE WEDDING 2021, but Booker's not gotten that far with Rosario. Yet.
"The great thing about these last months of my life is I’ve never been this kind of excited about in my personal life," he said. "It is exciting, and it’s hard to date, as a presidential candidate. I—can we talk? I need some lifestyle tips on that. I got thoroughly mocked in the media, because I like to read. Reading is, like, my thing."
Even though people dragged him for it, he and Rosario will keep reading, TYVM. "I’m excited to do Welcome to the Monkey House with her," he said. "That’s the next book. And she and I are both kind of sci-fi-y buffs. She’s one of the few actors—this is a trivia question—that’s been both in the DC universe and the Marvel universe. Yes, she’s pretty...she’s bi-universal."
Additionally, before senior editor Ashley Oerman could ask Cory a question about sex education, he zeroed in on her wedding ring and asked for proposal tips.
"Did you know it was coming? Because I’m a big believer in surprises," he said, later admitting that he's "very worried about the whole ring part."
I mean...
Rosario, by the way, has confirmed to TMZ that she is indeed dating the New Jersey senator. Can we just say that we think Rosario would make a great First Lady? But fine, we won't get ahead of ourselves. Time to catch up on all the candidates running for the Democratic nomination in our handy explainer. Bye!
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