What if it is the hat?

“Do you think she hates me?”

“With a passion.”

“Do you think it’s the hat?”

“No”

“A lot of people hate this hat.  It angers them, just the sight of it.  Well, I’ll tell you a story about that on the way to school”

(My tribute to John Candy as ‘Uncle Buck’.  Every kid should have an uncle like that!)