Had a similar experience that I wanted to bring up, which is both of us hosted, uh, the White House correspondents dinner during the O'Bryant.

I'm gonna deal Brian.

That's amazing.

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I just want to say that I feel in many ways I co ran the country with Barack Obama during that eight year period.

No, During the Obama administration, we both had a chance to do the White House correspondent dinner.

Uh, that's a thrilling gig.

I found it to be very exciting.

I had done it once under Clinton and then with with the with the Obama's there, what people don't know.

And I think you had this experience too, is that, uh, the comedian goes after the president.

So we're sitting there and President Obama would get up, absolutely destroy great jokes, Amazing delivery.

And I was sitting next to you sit next to the first lady.

So you sit next to Michelle Obama while you're watching the president kill and then, you know you have to go up next.

What was that experience like for you?

You pretty much mapped it out.

Yeah.

I mean, it's you're sitting there and you have your you know, I have my cards and he's just killing.

And he's going some stuff that I was gonna dio, that's what That's what I wanted to talk about.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So s so you really have to listen to make sure you don't, you know, do a joke he's doing and and while he's doing while he's going through, you know, doing his act, The first lady is just tryingto talk to me trying to make, you know, make some some some some contact here.

And and I know she was just being nice, being very generous and trying to make me feel comfortable and let me trying to relax me.

But that's not what you do to a comedian.

When we got to go up, who's about to go on?

Yeah, No, I know exactly you're talking about because I was sitting there and I'm I'm watching the president like a hawk because he's doing He's covering all these all these areas.

And of course, I've got my, like, 50 cards of all the jokes I'm gonna dio and I'm flipping through.

And then he'll mention something.

He'll he'll He'll mention an area, and I go like, uh and I'll find that card and rip it up.

And meanwhile Yes, Yes, Mrs Yes, Mrs First Lady?

Yes, Mrs Obama?

Yes, the I do like putting.

I'm gonna have my putting Hold on a second.

What's that?

And it's just it's crazy making its crazy making.

But it was still, you know, she was absolutely delightful and incredibly nice.

And then one of the first things that president did when I was sitting there when he got up was he made some kind of just fun, harmless Dig at me like it was a roast.

And he just did a dig at me.

And the whole crowd was wondering, Well, what do we think about this?

And the first lady shook her head like no, and gave me a put her arms around me like not Conan.

And the whole crowd was, but they booed depressive s Oh, I oh, I oh, the first lady.