ILLUSTRATION BY BRAULIO AMADO
Bob Colacello reflects on the two icons who defined his life and career as a writer and observer of high society.
Two of my obsessions—I have several, though I prefer to call them extreme interests—are Andy Warhol and the Reagans. I know that’s an odd combination, and people often ask me how I jump from writing a book about Warhol to one on Ronald and Nancy Reagan. My first response is always that Warhol and Reagan had many similarities, starting with being born poor and being raised mostly by their very religious mothers. Both were actually mama’s boys, and Ronnie went so far as to call Nancy “Mommy.” Young Ronald, however, was much more athletic than young Andy.