Chopra attended the White House Correspondents’ dinner.
By Dileep Thekkethil
Bollywood actress of ‘Quantico’ fame Priyanka Chopra attended the final White House Correspondents’ dinner of the outgoing president Barak Obama, on Saturday.
Chopra, who is currently shooting her maiden Hollywood film Baywatch along with Dwayne Johnson after her successful act in ABC’s Quantico, posed for a photo along with Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
The 33-year-old actress who posted the photo of her along with the President and the first lady wrote in the caption: “Lovely to meet the very funny and charming Barak Obama and the beautiful Michelle Obama.”
Priyanka got a few minutes with the president and the first lady during which it seems like they discussed promoting education programs for girls.
The education program that Michelle mentioned to Priyanka is the “Let Girls Learn” which is the first lady’s initiative launched in 2015 to raise funds to empower 62 million girls worldwide who at present do not go to school. It also addresses the issue of lack of toilets, poverty, HIV, and other issues that keep girls out of school.
The 2016 White House Correspondents’ dinner was hosted by comedian Larry Wilmore. Celebrity guests who attended this year’s dinner included Hollywood stars Kerry Washington, Emma Watson, Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett, Michelle Dockery and Kendall Jenner.
This is why Priyanka like many others found Obama funny.
Obama’s take on Republican frontrunner Donald Trump
“The Republican establishment is incredulous that he’s their most likely nominee. They say Donald lacks the foreign policy experience to be president. But in fairness he has spent years meeting with leaders from around the world: Miss Sweden, Miss Argentina, Miss Azerbaijan.”
On Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton, referring to her highly-paid speeches to Goldman Sachs
“Here we are, my eighth and final address at this unique event, and I am excited. If this material works well, I’m going to use it for Goldman Sachs.”
On “Aunt Hillary”
He also called her “Aunt Hillary,” as at one point he virtually endorsed her candidature. “Next year someone else will be here, guess who she will be?” he said amidst laughter. Clinton is the only women contender in the race to the White House.”
He ended his gig by dropping the mic and saying: “Obama out.”
On life after the White House
“If this material works well, I’m gonna use it at Goldman Sachs next year. Earn me some serious Tubmans.”
On being late
“I do apologize, I know I was a little late tonight. I was running on CPT — which stands for jokes that white people should not make.”
On who will be the next president
“Next year at this time, someone else will be standing here in this very spot. And it’s anyone’s guess who she will be.”
On Bernie Sanders
“We’ve got the bright new face of the Democratic Party here tonight, Mr. Bernie Sanders! Bernie, you look like a million bucks. Or to put it in terms you’ll understand, you look like 37,000 donations of $27 each.”