Yesterday evening during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Property Brothers Drew Scott and Jonathan Scott presented their vision for a renovated White House in a comical skit.
The pre-taped skit, which you can watch below, featured White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “Infrastructure Czar” Mitch Landrieu and first lady Dr. Jill Biden, who were listening to the brothers’ ideas.
White House Correspondents’ Association President Tamara Keith revealed that the press room would be getting an official remodel in the next two months just prior to the video being cued up.
“The press workspace is cramped and the furniture is literally falling apart. The briefing room seats are mysteriously sticky,” she explained. “We have this room that we affectionally call ‘the lavateria,’ that is a combo lunch room bathroom. And the last time any of this was updated was when George W. Bush was president.”
In the clip, Drew and Jonathan referred to the White House as “a bit of a fixer upper to put it nicely,” adding that “This place is in really serious disrepair,” said Drew. “It’s dirty, it’s dingy, it’s moldy. It’s a s— hole!”
At first, their vision was well-received. “We are pitching replacing all the furniture in the White House workspace,” said the brothers. “New cabinets, new flooring, new lighting — everything to give it a new modern, positive vibe. Tasteful, simple, and within your budget.”
But from there, it was all downhill. The duo pitched a few other out-of-the-box ideas that aimed to, as Jonathan put it, “turn the White House into the White Home.”
Their plans included hanging “tasteful nudes” of former presidents along the walls, converting the entire West Wing into “one massive, sleek modern room,” as well as “bulldoze the rose garden, lose the west colonnade and transform the Oval Office into a Dave & Buster’s.”
The White House officials cut the meeting short and ended the video call, with the brothers high-fiving one another. “Nailed it,” said Drew.
That’s when Martha Stewart appeared on screen. Although Jean-Pierre previously told Drew and Jonathan that they “wanted to hire Martha Stewart, but she wanted to build a lake and put 24 swans in it,” Landrieu quickly dialed Stewart.
“I knew you’d come crawling back,” Stewart joked. “They always do.”
