President Obama Jokes About Jersey Shore; J-WOWW Says "It's A Great Honor"
May 3 2010, Published 1:01 p.m. ET
Move over Dane Cook. President Obama may have a job waiting for him after the presidency—stand up comic!
Obama had some hilarious one-liners at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday, one of which he mentioned MTV’s Jersey Shore.
RadarOnline.com has exclusive reaction from the cast.
The president joked “This next provision (in the health care bill) is called the Jersey Shorah. It reads, ‘The following individuals shall be excluded from the indoor tanning tax within this bill: Snooki, JWOWW, The Situation and House minority leader John Boehner.”
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A source close to the cast said, “Jenni thinks it’s hilarious that the President of the United States mentioned her in a speech and even though it’s a joke thinks it’s a great honor to get recognized by him.”
Obama, one of the youngest president’s, has always kept up with pop culture—and by the reaction from the political audience; it appears Jersey Shore is a guilty pleasure of the Washington set.