Hard-right Rep. Lauren Boebert has parted ways with the man seen groping her during a frisky date at a Colorado theater while enjoying a family-friendly performance of the musical “Beetlejuice.”
The self-described “eccentric” pol returned to Washington D.C. on Monday and told TMZ that “all future date nights have been canceled” between her and bar owner Quinn Gallagher.
“I learned to check party affiliations before you go on a date,” Boebert told the outlet, referring to Gallagher, who co-owns an Aspen bar that hosts drag shows.
Although she alluded to her date’s affiliation as a Democrat, the GOP stalwart said the break-up had nothing to do with the various reports on Gallagher in recent days.
“He’s a wonderful man, and it was a great time to go out and have dinner and enjoy part of a show,” she told TMZ.
“Nothing to do with anything that anyone reported. Honestly, he’s a private citizen and we peacefully parted. Great man, great friend and I wish him all the best.”
Boebert, a fierce opponent of trans rights, was caught on camera last week smoking what appeared to be a vape and rubbing Gallagher’s crotch while he fondled her breasts.
In January, Gallagher’s Hooch Craft Cocktail Bar in Aspen staged “a winter Wonderland Burlesque & Drag Show.” In 2020, Aspen Gay Ski Week hosted “an evening of cocktails, appetizers, and laughs” at Hooch, according to a Facebook post at the time.
In addition to the groping, multiple audience members complained that Boebert was smoking, obstructing their view by raising her hands, taking pictures with the flash on and loudly singing.
The 36-year-old congresswoman and Gallagher were ultimately tossed from the theater before the end of the show.
The lawmaker flipped the ushers off before finally leaving the venue — but not before warning them she would report them over the incident.
“Do you know who I am?” she was quoted as saying.
In a statement Friday, Boebert apologized for her uncouth behavior, chalking it up to her recent split from Jayson, her husband of 18 years.
Boebert also admitted to smoking from an electronic device inside the theater, walking back on initial claims by her campaign team that other audience members mistook “heavy fog machines” for vape pen smoke.
A pregnant woman sitting behind the rowdy duo said that she asked Boebert to stop smoking, prompting the pol to call her “a sad and miserable person.”
The mother of four and grandmother of one filed for divorce in May, citing “irreconcilable differences.”
Gallagher’s relationship with Boebert was believed to have started months ago.
Boebert is seeking a third term in Congress and is expected to face Democratic challenger Adam Frisch, whom she defeated by just 546 votes in last year’s midterm elections.