{"id":3991,"date":"2018-09-15T17:28:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T17:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2018\/09\/15\/anna-kendrick-tells-stephen-colbert-about-the-time-she-called-obama-an-a-hole-to-his-face-watch\/"},"modified":"2018-09-15T17:28:05","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15T17:28:05","slug":"anna-kendrick-tells-stephen-colbert-about-the-time-she-called-obama-an-a-hole-to-his-face-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2018\/09\/15\/anna-kendrick-tells-stephen-colbert-about-the-time-she-called-obama-an-a-hole-to-his-face-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna Kendrick Tells Stephen Colbert About the Time She Called Obama an \u2018A\u2014hole\u2019 to His Face \u2014 Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/anna-kendrick\/\" id=\"auto-tag_anna-kendrick\">Anna Kendrick<\/a> counts herself among President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/barack-obama\/\" id=\"auto-tag_barack-obama\">Barack Obama<\/a>&#8217;s many fans, but that didn&#8217;t stop her from calling him an asshole the first time they met. The &#8220;Up in the Air&#8221; and &#8220;Pitch Perfect&#8221; star recalled the incident during an appearance on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert\">The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/a>,&#8221; explaining how it began innocently enough: \u201cI got an email saying, \u2018Hey, do you want to meet the president?&#8217;\u201d Kendrick said. \u201cNaturally, I said, \u2018Of what?\u2019 and they were like, \u2018The country, you idiot.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/09\/a-simple-favor-review-blake-lively-anna-kendrick-paul-feig-adaptation-1202000669\/\" title=\"\u2018A Simple Favor\u2019 Review: Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick Shine in Paul Feig\u2019s Campy, Overcooked \u2018Gone Girl\u2019 Knockoff\">\u2018A Simple Favor\u2019 Review: Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick Shine in Paul Feig\u2019s Campy, Overcooked \u2018Gone Girl\u2019 Knockoff<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>During the group meeting, Obama used a discussion of the economy as a segue to bring up &#8220;Up in the Air.&#8221; Later, when they met one-on-one, he told her, \u201cI hope I didn\u2019t embarrass you earlier.\u201d Her response: \u201cYeah, you\u2019re such an asshole.\u201d Kendrick was clearly mortified, but appears to have recovered gracefully.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/12\/anna-kendrick-pitch-perfect-tighter-sexier-costumes-1201907508\/\" title=\"Anna Kendrick Was Told \u2018Pitch Perfect\u2019 Cast Needed \u2018Tighter\u2019 Costumes and to \u2018Show More Skin\u2019\">Anna Kendrick Was Told \u2018Pitch Perfect\u2019 Cast Needed \u2018Tighter\u2019 Costumes and to \u2018Show More Skin\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThinking about my conversation with the Secret Service agent, I said, \u2018Yes, and actually I was the first person here,&#8217;\u201d she went on to explain, referring to an earlier moment when she met a fellow Mainer. \u201cAnd I start to talk about his Secret Service agent and he goes, \u2018Are people from Maine really punctual?\u2019 And I was like, \u2018You didn\u2019t know that? You\u2019re the president.&#8217;\u201d Watch the full exchange below, with the relevant portion beginning at 2:48:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/Uomy3FKdft\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" title=\"View on Instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/instagr.am\/p\/Uomy3FKdft\/media\/?size=l\" alt=\"Instagram Photo\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: IndieWire film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anna Kendrick counts herself among President Barack Obama&#8217;s many fans, but that didn&#8217;t stop her from calling him an asshole the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-3991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-careering"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqOTj-12n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3991\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}