Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear laughs off unflattering social media comments in a video with his wife

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear laughed off some unflattering comments aimed at him on social media in the past year, and had his teenage son translate what one barb meant, in a light-hearted video that shows his willingness to occasionally poke fun at himself.

Continuing an end-of-the-year tradition, Beshear and his wife, Britainy, read several posts from 2024 that took jabs at him. It’s their version of late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel’s segment where celebrities read mean posts directed at them on the social media platform X.

Beshear, who has been mentioned as a potential contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028, read one message that said: “Andy, I love you but …