People say that the best way to put yourself at ease during interviews with watu mashuhuri is to imagine them in funny situations. Blame it on that unforgettable 2009 video of a shaggy-haired Joe Jonas booty-shaking to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” in leotards and pumps, but I’d been expecting to meet a goofy teenage boy for my one-on-one interview. Boy, was I ever wrong.
What greeted me was a lean, muscular young man wearing a tight white Bench shati and a warm smile on his face. He’s shorn his trademark shaggy mop in favor of a close-cropped ’do, his jaw shadowed kwa a bit of stubble....
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