“MOST CONGENIAL” An hour before Chelsea Clinton took the DNC stage, Bill Clinton was spotted near the NBC News booth taking selfies with millennial female admirers, who did not shower the same kind of attention at other times on The Bachelor’s Chris Soules (found wandering the Marriott lobby bar) or Chris Cuomo (coming off a workout, holding a towel).
1 DAY, 2 STAR ANCHORS On the last day of the DNC, Megyn Kelly was ushered through a crowded Wells Fargo Center lobby by a security detail of a half- dozen giant, yelling men; the same day, Savannah Guthrie laughed about wearing yellow, the same color as the Bernie protesters.
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This story first appeared in the Aug. 12 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.