“The highlight of my week!”: Barack Obama joins Eli and Peyton Manning in the first quarter of his beloved Chicago Bears vs. New England Patriots – and jokes that they stole silverware from the White House!
Peyton and Eli Manning took their ManningCast show for the Patriots vs. Chicago Bears game to new heights and welcomed President Barack Obama for their coverage.
Obama, 61, is a Bears fan and joined the brothers in the first quarter of Monday’s game against the Patriots.
“This is the highlight of my week,” Obama joked before Peyton cut to the chase while reflecting on his and his brother’s trips to the White House during Obama’s presidency.
Chicago Bears fan Barack Obama was featured on Monday’s ManningCast for the first quarter of his team’s game against the New England Patriots
Obama and the Manning brothers jokingly taunted each other while the Bears played the Patriots on Monday Night Football
“Mr. President, we both had the pleasure of meeting you at the White House,” Peyton said. ‘Be honest, who was the better guest?’
Obama laughed and then replied, “You were both gentlemen. Some cutlery was missing after this visit but we could not trace it back to you.
‘We had a great time. One of the fun things about being president — and there are a lot of things that are so fun — is meeting world-class athletes and giving them a chance to sign. It makes a lot of fun.
“Although I’ll say if you bring football teams in – I’m a skinny guy anyway and when I’m standing next to some of these line men and they shake my hand, they have paws. You feel a bit small there.”
Peyton also asked Obama about his love for the 85-man Bears — a team he has called the best of all time — and hailed them shortly after a reception with Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers, the Super Bowl champions were, in the White House.
“It was hard having the Packers and having to be nice to them,” Obama joked. “But I moved to Chicago in ’85.
“You show up in this town and you have this team that captures everyone’s imagination. The fact that they never got their White House due, I figured, what’s the point of being there if you can’t make up for it?
Obama spoke of inviting the famous 1985 Bears team to the White House during his time as President of the United States
Obama also opened up about his fandom of today’s Bears team.
“We’ve had a little drought in pretty much every sport since I left the White House,” Obama said. “But look at the Bears, young team, new coach, they play hard.
“I firmly believe that as long as they play hard, as long as they look like they care, they are consistently loyal, then I will stay with them and keep rooting for them. Our day will come again. It may take a while.’