{"id":8122,"date":"2022-02-03T17:11:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T00:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8122"},"modified":"2022-02-03T17:11:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T00:11:43","slug":"l-a-mayor-says-he-held-his-breath-while-taking-photo-with-magic-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8122","title":{"rendered":"L.A. Mayor Says He Held His Breath While Taking Photo With Magic Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Vincent Cain<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eric Garcetti, the L.A. Mayor and Biden Administration nominee to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/01\/eric-garcetti-ambassador-to-india-nomination-cleared-1234908931\/\">Ambassador to India<\/a>, defended himself for taking a maskless photo with Lakers great Magic Johnson and San Francisco Mayor London Breed at SoFi Stadium last weekend for the NFC Championship game in Los Angeles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Johnson tweeted out several photos from the event featuring himself and some others, including Garcetti, Breed, and California Governor Gavin Newsom. But, of course, none of them were wearing masks, despite a local public health officer order requiring masks at all times during such \u201cmega-events,\u201d excluding those who are \u201cactively eating or drinking.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NextLAMayor\/status\/1489039805715341319?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1489039805715341319%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeadline.com%2F2022%2F02%2Fl-a-mayor-garcetti-says-he-held-his-breath-for-maskless-photo-with-magic-johnson-1234925457%2F\">Garcetti answered a reporter\u2019s question<\/a> about the photos, said, \u201cI\u2019ll take personal responsibility, and if it makes you and everyone else happy \u2014 or even the photographs with people where literally I\u2019m holding my breath for two seconds \u2014 I won\u2019t even do that.\u201d Garcetti also praised Los Angeles&#8217;s mask mandate saying that the area is still seeing a high rate of transmission of COVID-19.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Garcetti said that \u201cHe was wearing a mask at the game and removed it for a brief moment to take a few photos.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Newsom said that he only removed his mask for a few photos while drinking a water glass when asked about the photos. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou\u2019re correct,\u201d Newsom said when asked about going maskless at SoFi. \u201cI was very judicious yesterday. Very judicious. You\u2019ll see the photo that I did take, Magic was kind enough, generous enough, to ask me for a photograph and in my left hand\u2019s the mask and I took the photo. The rest of the time I wore it as we all should, um \u2014 not when I had a glass of water \u2014 and I encourage everybody else to do so. And, uh, that\u2019s it.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/breakingtrendsn\/status\/1487966677581053953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1487966677581053953%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeadline.com%2F2022%2F02%2Fl-a-mayor-garcetti-says-he-held-his-breath-for-maskless-photo-with-magic-johnson-1234925457%2F\">Also videoed without their masks<\/a> were Jessica Alba and Leonardo DiCaprio.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given his 2020 incident at the French Laundry, Newsom was asked if he should have reconsidered taking off his mask, Newsom responded, \u201cYes, of course. I was trying to be gracious. I made a mis \u2014 I was trying to be gracious. I took the mask off for a brief second but, no, I encourage people to continue to wear them.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multiple photos of Newsom with and without a mask have surfaced online since.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photo Cred: AP Photo\/ Richard Vogel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Vincent Cain Eric Garcetti, the L.A. Mayor and Biden Administration nominee to Ambassador to India, defended himself for taking a maskless photo with Lakers great Magic Johnson and San Francisco Mayor London Breed at SoFi Stadium last weekend for the NFC Championship game in Los Angeles. 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