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This Is The 'Hot' Guy From Last Night's GOP Debate
There was a hot guy sitting in the audience at CNN's GOP debates last night, and Twitter went insane.
Greg Caruso is a 24-year-old USC graduate and aspiring filmmaker. But unlike many recent film grads, he's REALLY rich: his father is Rick Caruso—billionaire developer of places like The Grove and Americana at Brand, who's also a big-time Republican donor.
Let's find out more about Greg, shall we?
Sign: Cancer!!!
Born July 13, 1991, Greg is suuuuuch a Cancer! Cancers, aka "Crabs" possess some totally sweet traits, according to Astrology.com.au: they can be "loving, susceptible, sympathetic, sensual, faithful, instinctive, charitable, over-reactive and moody." Awww! Dreamy! But that's not all; Cancers also use exercise, and especially team sports, as a way to quiet their loudly raging feelings. As a walk-on of the USC football team, this makes perfect sense! Here's Caruso's highlight reel from his days playing football at his Brentwood high school (amazing soundtrack, BTW):
Interests: #Menswear, the films of Steven Spielberg, and Ronald Reagan
Caruso might let you browse through his vast collection of leather-bound books on menswear. His most recent project is a documentary film called Making the American Man, which is about "business owners who specialize in American made products for men." Caruso took to Reddit last year to solicit research advice and wrote, "Since I was a kid, I've collected books on men's style, the art of being a gentleman and what constitutes masculinity in America. I look to Hollywood's Golden Age, from the 1920s to the 50s, as an era to learn from in all of these facets."
Caruso would be so down for some Netflix and chill! Heloves Old Hollywood, and cites Ken Burns, Alfred Hitchcock, and Steven Spielberg among his favorite directors. Imagine snuggling up together on the couch under some bespoke Pendelton blankets as Ken Burns' The Civil War plays on the flatscreen...swoon.
He's in super good shape, too: in the description under his short film about Steve Prefontaine, Pre Envy I, Caruso explains how he kind of went "method" while in the process of: "At the time of making Pre Envy I began running daily due to Prefontaine's impact on me."
Caruso told CNN he's a fan of Reagan and George W. Bush. He declared Carly Fiorina the winner of the debate. "Carly Fiorina did a great job and was in her element," he said. "That was the highlight of the debate to watch her. She held her own."
Relationship status: Undisclosed. Caruso declined to reveal his relationship status with CNN. So if you want a chance at sighting Caruso out and about in L.A., we'd suggest attending local GOP fundraising events.
While Twitter was, for the most part, #obsessed with the #HotDebate Guy, there were plenty of haters:
An eerie apt comparison:
That so called #HotDebateGuy from last night is the real life version of the #tombradysketch pic.twitter.com/PU8chkOqMN
— Devon Haskins (@devonhaskins) September 17, 2015
Those chiseled features may be actually quite sinister:
.@BlaineStewart #HotDebateGuy look like the kinda white guy that'll buy a poor family to kill during The Purge pic.twitter.com/36pEQu1F94
— @DCHomos (@DCHomos) September 17, 2015
Eh! This person is NOT impressed!
This user has quite the imagination:
Am I blind or are y'all? GOP #HotDebateGuy looks like a cross btwn how I imagine Tom Buchanan frm Great Gatsby & a 2nd generation Gremlin.
— Elon’s Musk - Eau de Toilet (@SupDre) September 17, 2015
This is a compliment, right?
Is that Ricky Fitts from American Beauty sitting behind Jake Tapper? pic.twitter.com/5w8Shj77Yn
— Matthew Grizzard (@MattGrizz) September 17, 2015
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