Jason Collins knew that coming out as an active gay member of the NBA would be a huge deal. We're just not so sure he was expecting a phone call from the President himself!
It's true!
Not only did Jason get a tweet from the First Lady, but he also got a phone call from President Obama! The Prez said he was 'impressed by his courage' and offered him his support in his big decision to go public! Now if only Obama would do something about the whole gay marriage thing…
Anyway, here's what Michelle said:
Barack Obama showed off his comedic chops during his speech at Saturday night's White House Correspondents' Dinner, but that was far from all of the HIGHlarity he brought to the event!
In fact, he also proved that he's a pretty impressive actor, as seen during his appearance in a parody video of Steven Spielberg discussing his cinematic 'follow-up' to Lincoln, chronicling our current President's life and starring notorious method-actor Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role!
That's right, folks! Get ready to watch Barack Obama playing Daniel Day-Lewis playing Barack Obama (above)!
And the LOLz didn't stop there!
You can ALSO check out the video intro to the ceremony featuring Kevin Spacey's congressman character from House of Cards alongside Senator John McCain, CBS News' Major Garrett and White House spokesperson Jay Carney…AFTER THE JUMP!!!
Well…
Let's just say it's a GOOD thing that he was seated next to the President! After that monologue, we don't think he was welcome anywhere else!
Conan O'Brien was on hand at last night's White House Correspondents' Dinner to take on Hollywood, Washington and beyond!
And whom, might you ask, is feeling the sting of Conan's wrath HARD this morning?!
Barack Obama SLAYED at the White House Correspondents' Dinner last night!
From the President's jab at CNN to comparing the GOP's love/hate relationship with sequester to a Taylor Swift album, he entertained a room full of celebs, reporters and big wigs in the media with some amazing jokes made at the expense of our government, including himself!
Like, who didn't LOVE that Photoshop with laser kittens and bald eagles?! Ha!
In case you missed it, ch-ch-check out the video (above) to enjoy all of Obama's incredible jokes…which included some of our favorites:
We hope you have your fanciest suits and ties ready, because tomorrow night is the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner, one of the most prestigious gatherings of politicians, celebrities, and press of the year!
Well, at least it used to be that way according to Tom Brokaw!
The NBC news anchor says the once distinguished dinner party has become a bit of a laughingstock, and it's all thanks to Lindsay Lohan!
LiLo attended last years event, and he was NOT thrilled about it, saying:
A lot of teenagers get a tattoo on their body just to show that they can.
It usually isn't until later in life when a number of teenagers-now-adults regret their youthful spurt of the moment decision.
All this Barack Obama knows.
Which is why he's developed a fail-proof plan to combat his daughters, Sasha and Malia, from ever wanting to get a tattoo.
If they do - he'll get the same exact tattoo as them in the same exact place. And not only that, but he'll post his tattoo on Youtube!
Eeek!
Having the same tattoo as your parents is like literally the definition of uncool!
Hear Barack himself explain his brilliant methods of parenting by checking out the video (above) around the 3:20 mark!!!
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Whoa! This kind of prank is NOT COOL, especially in the wake of the last week's awful attacks in Boston!!
The Associated Press's Twitter account was hacked today, and the person or persons responsible sent out a reprehensible tweet saying President Barack Obama was injured by two explosions in the White House!!
That is a horrible prank!! What a disgusting lie to spread to a nation so recently wounded!!
The White House quickly issued a statement saying both the iconic building and our President were unharmed and the AP's account was suspended once Twitter realized what a hacker was responsible.
Ugh! This is even more dangerous and reprehensible than "Swatting!"
As Twitter becomes an increasingly more legitimate distributor of news, security precautions must be taken to ensure these kind of malicious pranks can't effectively be played!
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