A woman is to blame for Joe Biden backsliding on his vow to be less handsy with people he doesn’t know.

During an event in Berlin, New Hampshire this morning, Biden fetched a chair for a lady sitting on the floor in the front row.

Several men were seated in chairs nearby. As Biden helped her up, she leaned in to embrace him.

The two exchanged words that weren’t caught on the mic.

“We got a little secret going here,” Biden told the audience.

“I want the press to know she pulled me close. I just want you to know that, okay?” he said, pointing at reporters.

A panel of journalists guffawed on CNN, saying it was over-the-top.

“For him to be joking about that stuff was just unnecessary,” New York Times reporter Julie Hirschfeld Davis said.

“Every time he does that, it kind of brings that up again,” another noted.