President Obama admits he did shed a few tears when watching The Butler. He also praised, Forest Whitaker, who played the titular role in the film, and Oprah Winfrey.
The president was interviewed at the White House on Tuesday morning by radio host Tom Joyner and his co-host Sybil Wilkes.
"I thought Forest Whitaker was wonderful," Obama said, THR reports. "And Oprah, my girl, she can act. She's just a wonderful actress, so I'm glad they did it."
He also explained why he cried at one point, saying "I teared up thinking about not just the butlers who worked here in the White House, but an entire generation of people who were talented and skilled. But because of Jim Crow and because of discrimination, there was only so far they could go. And yet with dignity and tenacity, they got up and worked every single day and put up with a whole lot of mess because they hoped for something better for their kids."
Obama also talked about the African American butlers that are currently in the White House, saying of his family “we love them to death.”
He said when his family first moved into the White House, “they could not have been kinder to us and warmer to us.”
He thinks it’s because they can relate to them explaining, “They look at Malia and Sasha and they say, 'This looks like my grandbaby,' or 'This looks like my daughter.' I think for them to have a sense that we've come that far was a powerful moment for them, and certainly a powerful moment for us.”
Reuters reports Obama also said his favorite parts of the movie are the jokes told by Cuba Gooding Jr.
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