complete breast examination every year"; Franken then approaches her with his arms outstretched and his hands aimed at her chest. Although Tweeden stated "he wrote that sketch just to kiss me", it was later confirmed that the same kissing skit had been performed on the USO tour by several other actresses in previous years. It had been intended as a throwback to the Bob Hope/Raquel Welch USO skits of the Vietnam era. Numerous witnesses on that tour recalled that Tweeden had performed the skit on multiple occasions. CNBC's John Harwood said in defense of Franken, referring to a video taken of her "humping" a surprised, married comedian Robin Williams on a similar 2004 USO tour, "[T]hat pic was obviously a joke, not groping, just like Leeann Tweeden wrapping her leg around Robin Williams and smacking his butt; entertainment for soldiers deployed overseas is raunchy like that." Franken responded, saying: "I certainly don't remember the rehearsal for the skit in the same way, but I send my sincerest apologies to Leeann. [...] As to the photo, it was clearly intended to be funny but wasn't. I shouldn't have done it." He issued a longer apology later, which Tweeden accepted. Other accusations of sexual misconduct—including grabbing a woman's bottom while posing for a photo—followed Tweeden's. Franken resigned from the Senate on January 2, 2018. Personal life Tweeden met her husband, Chris Dougherty, a pilot for the California Air National Guard, during a USO tour. They married in 2010. They have two children, son Kane and daughter Kaia. She considers herself fiscally conservative and said that she voted twice for President George W. Bush. Tweeden made an appearance on the season 10 finale of That Metal Show. See also Deanna Merryman, a fellow model who attended high school with Tweeden. Notes References External links Dr. Drew Midday Live with Leeann Tweeden Al Franken Female models from Virginia American television personalities American women television personalities Hooters people Living people People from Manassas, Virginia American models of Filipino descent American women journalists American writers of Filipino descent Journalists from Virginia Osbourn Park High School alumni Year of birth missing (living people)