Lovely to meet funny, charming Barack Obama: Priyanka Chopra
Washington, May 1
Actress Priyanka Chopra was elated to meet the "very funny and charming" US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House Correspondents' Dinner here.
The 33-year-old actress, who found global recognition with her character Alex Parrish in the American TV series "Quantico", looked ravishing in a deep-cut, striped black gown at the dinner held on Saturday night.
Priyanka also shared a photograph of herself along with the two. The US President looked dapper in a black suit and crisp white shirt which he teamed with a black bow tie, while Michelle Obama looked lovely in an embellished beige gown.
"Lovely to meet the very funny and charming Barack Obama and the beautiful Michelle Obama," Priyanka captioned the photgraph.
"Thank you for a lovely evening. Cannot wait to start working on your girls education program," she added.
The 2016 White House Correspondents' dinner, which was President Obama's last in office, was hosted by comedian Larry Wilmore.
The non-profit White House Correspondents' Association, whose members include the reporters, producers, camera operators and other journalists regularly covering the White House news beat, traditionally hosts this annual dinner to raise money for journalism scholarships.
Hundreds of well-known journalists, politicians, and celebrities attended the dinner, which was held at the Washington Hilton Hotel.
Vice President Joe Biden, in attendance for the first time in eight years, joined Secretary of State John Kerry and other government officials, NBC News reported.
Obama began his speech apologising for being late, saying he was operation on “CPT” - an acronym for “coloured people’s time” that was controversially used by New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio during a skit last month with Democrat front-runner Hillary Clinton.
Obama said CPT stood for “jokes that white people should not make”.
The president also bragged about his recent popularity in the polls.
"My approval ratings keep going up. The last time I was this high I was trying to decide on my major."
Republican front-runner Donald Trump, a regular in recent years, did not attend the dinner,however Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders was.
"Bernie, you look like a million bucks," Obama told him. "Or to put it in terms you understand, you look like 37,000 donations of $27 each."
Obama wondered aloud why Trump did not attend. "Is he at home eating a Trump steak? Tweeting out insults to Angela Merkel? What is he doing?"
Obama ended his speech with the two final words: "Obama out".
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