"First daughters of whom?" - Armin Amiri recalls unknowingly smoking a j*int with former First Daughters

Armin Amiri, who stars in season 3 of the HBO series, And Just Like That, recently appeared in an interview on The Page Six Radio. The versatile actor shared with hosts Danny Murphy and Evan Real an incident that took place in the 2000s when he used to work at a posh hangout spot in New York City.

The incident which Amiri recalled involved him sharing a j*int with the then First daughters, Jenna and Barbara Bush, daughters of the 43rd President of the U.S., George W. Bush, and his wife, the former First Lady, Laura Bush.

As per Amiri’s recollection of the incident, he did not recognize the Bush sisters at first, and was unsure about letting them into the club. As per The Page Six Radio, Amiri revealed,

“At first time I did not let me them in, I did not know who they were, so I got tap on my shoulder, and it was the secret service…and he says ‘these are the first daughters,’ and I was like ‘first daughters of whom?’”

The hosts burst into laughter at Amiri’s recollection. The actor, in the same candid tone, further shared that he smoked a j*int with them.

Who is Armin Amiri?

Armin Amiri was born in Tehran, Iran. At the age of 13, he left the country to seek asylum abroad, as per his biography on IMDb. Amiri’s biography on IMDb also details that the actor moved across a number of cities and countries before finally getting into the ACT conservatory, San Francisco where he began acting.

As per IMDb, Amiri, after leaving Tehran, spent a year in Istanbul, Turkey, after which he shifted returned again to Austria where he initially planned to seek asylum. IMDb notes that Amiri spent a considerable time in Austria before his shift to the U.S.

The 46-year-old is recently in the news because of his portrayal of Ravi Gordy in season 3 of And Just Like That. The HBO series is a spin-off the hit TV show, Sex And The City.

In an interview with the Daily Front Row, Amiri shared that his mother was a fan of Sex And The City. However, she would not be able to see her son in the show’s spin-off as she passed away two years ago.

Describing his relationship with his mother, the Iranian-born actor told Daily Front Row,

“My mom was a huge Sex And the City fan. I lost her about two years ago…We escaped Iran when I was 13 and I had so much trauma from saying goodbye to my mom when we got to Turkey. I didn’t see her for about 20 years after that.”

In his Interview with the Daily Front Row, Amiri shared the challenges of breaking the stereotype as a Middle Eastern actor, particularly during the 2000s. Amrin Amiri shared,

“I started acting back in the 1990s, and I was playing a lot of different characters. But after the war, all the roles I was getting set up with were stereotypical terrorists! I didn’t become an actor to do things like that. So, I sat back and designed bars and restaurants. Now, with [more representation and inclusivity], it’s opening up more. I wouldn’t have been considered by the American mainstream [audience] before. A Middle Eastern guy in a romantic lead? America wouldn’t have been interested!”

Armin Amiri got his breakthrough role when he was cast alongside Guy Pearce and Sienna Miller in Factory Girl. Speaking about his experience working in the film, Amiri shared with Red Magazine,

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“I had a realization. I saw I could bring all colors of my life - my past, my experiences and my present emotions - into creating a character. Thats when I knew this was what I wanted to do in my life”

Amiri’s other notable roles director Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler.

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