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The brilliant Phoebe Waller-Bridge might have outdone herself when she gave President Barack Obama a rather cheeky shout out at the 2020 Golden Globes. Upon accepting the award for Best Comedy for Season 2 of Fleabag, Waller-Bridge mischievously said, “Personally I would also like to thank Obama for putting us on his list, and as some of you may know, he’s always been on mine.” The line got a huge amount of laughter, and for those at home who might have been lost, Waller-Bridge quickly added, “And if you don’t get that joke, please watch Season 1 of Fleabag really really quickly!”
Just last week, former President Obama revealed his top picks for films in 2019. The media savvy politico cited the likes of Parasite and Little Women, and at the bottom added a section for “a quick list of television shows that I considered as powerful as movies.” There, he listed Unbelievable, Watchmen, and Fleabag Season 2.
Now it’s not necessarily noteworthy that Obama liked the show per se, but it’s worth noting that in Season 1, Episode 1 of Fleabag, Waller-Bridge’s character masturbates to an Obama speech. Waller-Bridge’s cheeky little callout in her speech showed her doubling down on her crush on the former POTUS, and raises the question…what did Obama think of that scene?
It’s been a great night for Fleabag and Phoebe Waller-Bridge in general, as she also won the award for Best Actress in a television comedy.
