Parks and Rec Co-Creator: Rand Paul Bailed on Us at Last Minute

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) “bailed at the eleventh hour” after originally agreeing to appear in an episode of NBC’s Parks and Recreation, according to one of the show’s co-creators.

Asked by Hitfix which guest stars he never managed to get on the show, Mike Schur gave the obvious Hillary Clinton response, and then revealed the Kentucky senator might have bailed on a Washington, D.C., episode shoot because of the connection to Ron Swanson, a character on the show — and took a shot at Paul’s sense of humor for it.

“I think he thought we were making fun of him, or something, which we were not, at all,” Schur said. “We were in fact flattering him, by linking him to Ron Swanson. I get the sense that maybe interpreting writing and humor is not his strong suit.”

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Parks and Recreation wrapped up its final season last week in pretty grand fashion. Despite Schur’s assertion that Paul doesn’t have a good sense of humor, others would probably disagree.

[h/t TPM]
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