Watch out Kim Kardashian, there’s a new face heading toreality TV, and he lives in the White House. President Barack Obama willparticipate in NBC’s Running Wild with Bear Grylls, making him the first sitting president to appear on a reality show.
Bear Grylls and President Barack Obama Photo: Delbert Shoopman/NBC
The episode, which was taped back in September while Obamawas visiting Alaska, will show “a side of the president you never have seenbefore,” according to host Bear Grylls.
He explained, “[The president] really does live in such a bubbleand it’s almost like a bit of a cage … it’s very hard to have the freedom toactually go and do anything. The wild gives you that.”
WATCH A PREVIEW OF OBAMA'S 'RUNNING WILD' EPISODE
While stranded in the Alaskan wilderness, POTUS wasjoined by a number of secret service men, but that didn’t keep him fromenjoying the wild. During the adventure, which airs December 17, the54-year-old politician ate actual bear-gnawed salmon. In a preview for the show, the commander-in-chief admits, "I'm tougher than I look."
“One of the big reasons [Obama]wanted to do this was to see the effects of climate change close up,” Bearsaid. “He’s a dad and he wants to preserve the planet for his children’s futureand I feel the same way.”
Jay Pharaoh and FLOTUS star in a rap music video promoting college
Much like her husband, Michelle Obama is also looking out for the future by encouraging high school students to go tocollege — via a rap music video (yup, that's right)! In the video, the 51-year-old isjoined by Saturday Night Live’s Jay Pharaoh as thetwo dance and rap all the reasons why individuals should go to college including the line:"If you want to fly jets, you should go to college.” However, if someone wants to “stare at grass” they suggest “don’t goto college,” but "for everything else you should go to college!” (Watch the first lady like you've never seen her below)
Safe to say POTUS and FLOTUS havea promising career in the entertainment business once they leave the White House.
WATCH MICHELLE OBAMA'S RAP VIDEO
