Rick Harrison, a U.S. businessman who starred in “Pawn Stars,” recently shared how he received an apology from President Donald Trump during his first term in office.
During a recent interview on “In Depth with Graham Bensinger,” Harrison said his most memorable experience with Trump was when he received a personal apology from the president after the Secret Service denied him entry backstage at a Trump rally in 2018.
“So this is kind of crazy,” Harrison said. “So this is in 2018, he’s having a rally here in town for … someone running for Congress and Senate. And they wanted me to announce him at the rally. So I show up with my son Jake and my daughter Serena, White House staff, ‘Hey Rick, how’s it going? Come on, come this way.’”
Harrison told Bensinger that when he and his kids tried going backstage at the Trump rally, the Secret Service said he was “not on the list.” After repeatedly being denied entry, the reality television star and businessman said he tried calling a U.S. senator and a congressman for help but was not able to “get a hold of anybody.”
“Secret Service throws me into the public, and I am getting mobbed,” Harrison said. “And we had to leave. We could not stay there. And I’m f-cking pissed.”
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Harrison told Bensinger that he was frustrated about the situation because he did not want to disappoint his son, who was initially excited to tell all of his friends that he was going to meet the president of the United States.
“So I get a block from the house and then Senator Heller’s number pops up in my truck, and I’m like, Senator Heller knows I have no filter,” Harrison continued. “So the first words out of his mouth, he’s like, ‘Rick, before you say a word, the president of the United States would like to talk to you. And the first words out of Trump’s mouth were, ‘Rick, I am really sorry. This is all my fault, because my White House staff, they work for me. They screwed up. That makes it my fault. I’m sorry. They should have informed the Secret Service. So, I’m sorry, will you please come back down to the convention center? We’ll try and make this happen.’”
Harrison told Bensinger that he was “not going to tell the president of the United States ‘no,’” so he told Trump that he would do whatever he could to get back to the rally.
At the end of his story, Harrison explained that he and his son were ultimately able to get to the rally with the help of law enforcement officials and that his son was able to get a picture with the president.
