Gillian Anderson recalls meeting Bill Clinton on campaign trail and his 'intimate' handshake
dailymail.co.ukGillian Anderson recalled meeting Bill Clinton when he was running for the White House and detailed his intimate handshakeduring a talk show visit on Tuesday.The 53-year-old actress appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC to promote her Showtime series The First Lady - in which she portrays Eleanor Roosevelt - and revealed that she has never met a First Lady but that she had met a President.She said on the show - where she wore a strapless black dress - : 'I met Clinton.
I met him when he was running for office, the first time. Important:Gillian Anderson recalled meeting Bill Clinton when he was running for the White House and detailed his intimate handshake during a talk show visit on Tuesday'It was lunch for him at somebody's fancy house in the Hollywood Hills.
At the end of his speech, we created a line for him and he walked down the line and we got to meet him.''He did the most miraculous thing in the world,' Gillian said. 'That thing where he shakes your hand and grabs your elbow at the same time. 'He holds your arm further up, slightly intimate little thing, makes eye contact and then moves on to the next person.
Then he looks back at you.'Jimmy, 54, said he experienced the same kind of greeting when he met Clinton, apart from the 'look back'.
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