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On meeting Henry Kissinger during a FIFA internship at the World Cup
I wanted so bad to go ask him what he was doing after that game.
But the game didn’t end until about 11:30, and Henry Kissinger is, you know, like 88 years old.
The World Cup, South Africa Photo by Josh Ford '12
So he’s way across the room. No one has nametags, but I got close enough to see that he’s got this VIP badge.
It’s a special FIFA badge, and it says, “Henry Alfred Kissinger.”
So I walked over, and I was like, “Hey! It’s good to see another American.”
He got so excited! He gave his cane to his wife, and shook my hand.
I figured I should probably gracefully walk way and not bother him anymore. But we ended up having this six-minute conversation about… everything. Politics, soccer, South Africa. Just all sorts of things.
We both seemed really amused that the other one was there. I mean, I’m sure I was more amused than he was.
It was just like you’d meet someone on Franklin Street. I don’t really get that excited about famous people. But this was one that I definitely I got really excited about.
I wanted so bad to go ask him what he was doing after that game.
But the game didn’t end until about 11:30, and Henry Kissinger is, you know, like 88 years old.
