President Donald Trump told a board meeting of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday that he wants to present more Broadway shows at the national cultural center, and then went on to speak about his love of Cats. The New York Timesreported that Trump—who last month replaced the bipartisan members of the Kennedy Center board and appointed himself chairman—told his new board that he attended the Broadway premiere of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical with “somebody I should not have been there with.” He did not elaborate on the person’s identity except to say they “were treating me good because I was a young star.” Cats premiered in London in 1982 and on Broadway a year later, when he would have been 36-years-old. Trump also offered an exceptionally curious review of the feline songfest, telling his newly appointed board that he didn’t like the musical at first glance and thought to “get out” when he saw dancers laid down across the stage. After taking a closer look, he said he changed his mind: “I walked in, I saw all these bodies, and then I noticed those bodies were gorgeous. They had silk tights on, and they were all ballerinas, and women from Broadway. And men.” He immediately clarified that he didn’t find the men’s bodies “as attractive to be honest.” Trump has been known to play “Memory” from the musical at his rallies.
