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The Obamas are always so cool and collected during their official duties that it was nice to see a different — sillier — side to them while they have been in Los Angeles. Both President Obama and his wife Michelle madeappearances on the hottest talk shows this week and had a lot of fun while doing it.
The President and the First Lady showed off their light-hearted side this week Photo: Getty Images
Barack Obama appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Thursdaynight to partake in a fan-favorite segment "Mean Tweets." Usually thecomedian has stars on his show to read the mean comments people have posted onTwitter about them, but this week, he decided to have an entirely presidentialtheme.
Barack Obama sat down with Jimmy Kimmel Thursday Photo: Getty Images
The politician read aloud nasty comments including,"How do you make Obama's eyes light up? Shine a flashlight in hisears." With a smile on his face, the 53-year-old had no problem poking funat himself.
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And on daytime television, Michellewas busy showing off her dance moves (which Angela Bassett has seen firsthand) on the Ellen DeGeneres Show. As part ofthe First Lady's #GimmeFive social media campaign she helped create a dance toBruno Mars and Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk," which she performed with Ellen and thecast of So You Think You Can Dance.
Watch Michelle's awesome dance moves below:
“We’re asking folks all across the country to #GimmeFive waystheir leading a healthy life," Michelle told Ellen on the pre-taped show that airsMonday. "We’ve got a lot of celebrities involved. Beyonce gave me five, and Ryan Seacrest and Nick Jonas and even the astronautson the space shuttle; the International Space Shuttle got involved. And we’regonna take over the Easter Egg Roll this year with a#GimmeFive dance and actually the So You Think You Can Dance All-Starsare coming to the Easter Egg Roll to teach the whole south lawn thisdance.”
We had better see the President #GimmeFive!