Gavin Newsom Admits He Has No Idea What A 'Zaddy' Is After Becoming Internet Meme

His handsomeness has always come across as “sleazy used car salesman” to me. He is good at talking to the press, but he is not a good governor. I really hope dems don’t try to force him down our throats as the future of the Democratic Party.

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/zaddy

zaddy (plural zaddies)

(originally African-American Vernacular, slang) A handsome, fashionable man, especially an older man.

A serial philanderer definitely knows what it means and probably encouraged this story.