--- title: President Obama Gave John Legend the Sweetest Baby Gift description: The 'Darkness and Light' crooner and wife Chrissy Teigen received a special present from the President after the birth of their daughter. canonical: https://time.com/4595286/obama-john-legend-baby-gift/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-08T18:26:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:19.281Z og:title: President Obama Gave John Legend the Sweetest Baby Gift og:description: The singer and Chrissy Teigen received an extra-special present from POTUS. og:url: https://time.com/4595286/obama-john-legend-baby-gift/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97d12d4ad01a3deb/6988b2520a4a2216009cc4b9/john-legend-mr-porter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5184 og:image:height: 2916 og:image:alt: john-legend-mr-porter og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Obama Gave John Legend the Sweetest Baby Gift twitter:description: The singer and Chrissy Teigen received an extra-special present from POTUS. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97d12d4ad01a3deb/6988b2520a4a2216009cc4b9/john-legend-mr-porter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Obama Gave John Legend and Chrissy Teigen the Sweetest Baby Gift > Sponsored content. 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Not only is she the child of the goals-worthy entertainment powerhouse couple, but she also received a personalized gift from none other than President Obama after she was born in April. In a new interview for [MR PORTER Magazine](https://www.mrporter.com/journal/the-look/an-audience-with-mr-john-legend/1614), the [_Darkness and Light_](http://time.com/4522995/john-legend-new-song-love-me-now/?iid=sr-link2) musician shared this tidbit on his daughter’s presidential favor. “It was a little onesie,” Legend told the fashion magazine. “And the President signed a card for her. That was pretty cool.” Legend and Teigen have been longtime Obama fans and friends, attending their private inauguration afterparty in 2013 and regularly speaking out in favor of the First Couple. (Legend also [executive-produced _Southside With You_](http://people.com/movies/john-legend-barack-and-michelle-obama-are-just-so-cool/), the story of the Obamas’ [first date.](http://time.com/4311511/southside-with-you-trailer-obama/?iid=sr-link3)) As for any political ambitions of Legend’s own? The activist—he’s devoted to raising awareness [about mass incarceration](http://time.com/3965245/john-legend-mass-incarceration/?iid=sr-link1) and civil rights issues—played coy, only saying that a presidential run “would be entertaining.” “I am in politics as far as I’m concerned,” he said of his current approach to contemporary issues. “I speak out about political issues, I fight for legislation that I think is important. 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