Samantha Bee mocks Obama’s hair in Full Frontal Halloween interview
By Hector Cruz
Samantha Bee and President Obama joke about what they’re dressed up as for Halloween in a preview clip for their upcoming Full Frontal interview.
Samantha Bee announced earlier in the week that she would be sitting down with “her first male president,” Barack Obama, for an interview on her TBS show Full Frontal that’s set to air in full on Monday, October 31. Now we have the first footage from the episode courtesy of CNN. The 30-second clip released on Friday shows Bee asking the Commander-in-Chief about his costume during the “annual presidential Halloween interview,” before ribbing him over his graying hair.
“I’m dressed up as what happens when young people vote,” Obama replied when asked what he’s dressed as in celebration of the holiday.
“Someone gets really old really fast? Bee asked, before inquiring whether he has “white spray paint or fun Halloween cobwebs up there” on his head.
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“Sam, I’m still president for about three months. Careful,” he responded with a smile.
Meanwhile, Bee claims to be dressed as a witch despite her lack of costume since she’s a “woman on television, and I’m over 40.”
Watch the clip below:
In a press release revealing the momentous occasion of Bee becoming the first female late-night talk show host to interview a sitting president, the network rightly described the president’s outfit as a “flattering wool suit paired with sensible leather flats,” likely referencing the double standard that exists regarding the media’s fixation with female politicians’ sartorial choices.
“It covers a range of topics, from the 44th president’s legacy to the challenges the new Commander in Chief will face when she takes office in January. (Yes, “she.” Spoiler alert.),” the release went on to state. The conversation follows Bee’s interviews with several female world leaders, including Madeline Albright, on Monday’s Full Frontal. The comedian expressed that she hopes to “interview other former Secretaries of State in the very near future,” providing yet another nod to Hillary Clinton, whom she has vigorously defended and supported on her weekly talk show.
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Obama has been making the late-night rounds of late as he continues to campaign for Clinton to be his successor. The president made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday, and it’s been announced that he’ll finally sit down with HBO host Bill Maher next Friday after the comic circulated a petition requesting that Obama appear on Real Time in honor of his 60th birthday earlier this year.
Watch Bee’s entire interview with President Obama on Full Frontal on Halloween night at 10:30 p.m. on TBS.