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WATCH: What in The World Is Mary Matalin Talking About?

WATCH: What in The World Is Mary Matalin Talking About?

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Mary Matalin's joke about Vladimir Putin seemed devoid of the usual irony about him being shirtless.

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After the This Weekinterview with Russian president Vladimir Putin, professional pundit Mary Matalin was asked for her take.

So she assembled an incongruous string of one-liners that ended with a joke about Putin shirtless being ogled by her gay friends.

1) "Can I just say? I'm so sick of sports and politics."

2) "I'm not gay and I know I'm going to get in trouble for this, but all of my gay friends think he looks so buff in his shirtless publicity photos."

3) "Why is he even talking about this?"

After just airing one of the media's most sought-after interviews, moderator George Stephanopoulos wasn't having it. "He has to talk about it," he said. "It's a huge controversy."

It's true that Putin has a perplexing reputation for taking off his shirt. For example, BuzzFeed once assembled "The 16 Most Homoerotic Photos of Vladimir Putin" and the Daily Showisn't shy about why it depicts him shirtless and horseback. Still, Matalin's partner in life and commentary, James Carville, quickly claimed the spotlight and stopped her from whatever random thought might have come next.

Parts of the Internet wondered what in the world Matalin was getting at, with headlines like: "Mary Matalin Doesn't Get Putin's Anti-LGBT Controversy," "Mary Matalin shrugs off Russian anti-LGBT laws," and, "Why What Mary Matalin Said Is Not Only Offensive, But A Double Standard."

For those who are wondering, Matalin is lately supportive publicly of marriage equality, having worked as a longtime aide to Dick Cheney -- who supports marriage equality -- and both publishing Mary Cheney's memoir and congratulating her in 2012 on getting married.

Watch video of the awkward moment below:

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Lucas Grindley is VP and Editorial Director for Here Media, which is parent company to The Advocate. His Twitter account is filled with politics, Philip Glass appreciation, and adorable photos of his twin toddler daughters.
Lucas Grindley is VP and Editorial Director for Here Media, which is parent company to The Advocate. His Twitter account is filled with politics, Philip Glass appreciation, and adorable photos of his twin toddler daughters.