President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama bantered
playfully and held hands Monday during a taping of the female-oriented
talk show, "The View," giving no indication of second thoughts about the
appearance despite criticism that the president was blowing off
international diplomacy in order to take part in the often-fluffy
daytime gabfest.
"I told folks I'm just supposed to be eye candy here for you guys,"
President Obama said during a back-and-forth about him being the only
man on the program. The show's five co-hosts are women.
The first lady played along by letting the audience in—just a tad—on their relationship and even some of their marital spats.
"He's very loving, he's very giving. He's very open. He's funny; I'm
funnier," Mrs. Obama said when asked to describe her husband's
personality.
Asked whether her husband ever gets angry, she replied: "Yeah, yeah, he does. I can make him mad -- any number of ways."
"By being thoroughly unreasonable," the president jumped in, smiling, according to a pool report.
The Obamas also talked about their 20th
wedding anniversary falling on Oct. 3—the night of the first
presidential debate. President Obama said the couple will celebrate the
following Saturday.
"I like lavishing her with all kinds of attention when she deserves it, and she always deserves it," the president said.
President Obama also said the couple's daughters, Malia and Sasha,
are becoming more independent and no longer seem eager to hang out with
their father.
"They're now at the point where, they still love their daddy, but
they come in [to visit him] strategically. They're not being surly or
anything," Obama said, while adding that the children now pay about a
five-minute visit and then take off.
"The View" program the Obamas taped Monday is set to air Tuesday,
taking the first couple in front of a politically-coveted heavily-female
audience six weeks before the November election.
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