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has opened up about some of the “somewhat inappropriate” attention he received from women while commander in chief and also what kept him on a “straight and narrow path” throughout it.on “The Pivot Podcast,” Obama, 63, acknowledged his stardom but insisted that he “was not tripping” from his admirers, to the amusement of the podcast’s co-hosts, former NFL players Channing Crowder, Ryan Clark and Fred Taylor.
“First of all, I don’t know if Michelle’s going to be watching this,” Obama joked about his wife, former first lady“The truth is, you guys as NFL players and athletes generally … y’all get famous young, at a time when the attention that you’re talking about may be flattering, fun, what have you,” he said. “By the time people really knew who I was, I was 43 years old. I was married, had two kids, had gone grocery shopping, had washed my car. I was a regular guy in that sense.
The Secret Service likely didn’t intervene because they were “like old ladies and stuff, so they’re not going to wrestle them down on the ground,” he added.Regardless, he credited his family for keeping him grounded amid any such distractions. Barack and Michelle Obama attend the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 20 in Chicago, where both spoke in support of presidential nominee Kamala Harris.Obama has been hitting the campaign trail in recent weeks ahead of next week’s presidential election, with the former president stumping for Vice PresidentThank you for your past contribution to HuffPost. We are sincerely grateful for readers like you who help us ensure that we can keep our journalism free for everyone.
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