--- title: George W Bush Made Obama Laugh During Clinton's Speech description: The Internet is all about the moment George W. Bush cracked Barack Obama up during Bill Clinton's speech at a hurricane relief concert. canonical: https://time.com/4993154/george-w-bush-barack-obama-laugh-bill-clinton-speech/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-23T14:46:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:12.682Z og:title: The Internet Is Loving That Bush Made Obama Laugh During Clinton's Speech og:description: "Bush pulling a dad move, cracking a joke to Obama" og:url: https://time.com/4993154/george-w-bush-barack-obama-laugh-bill-clinton-speech/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ed7540bba3304ae/6988e2ef7cdbac5cccd5a94d/bush-clinton-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jimmy-Carter-George-H-W-Bush-George-W-Bush-Bill-Clinton-Barack-Obama-Hurricane-Relief-Concert og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Loving That Bush Made Obama Laugh During Clinton's Speech twitter:description: "Bush pulling a dad move, cracking a joke to Obama" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ed7540bba3304ae/6988e2ef7cdbac5cccd5a94d/bush-clinton-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Loving That George W. Bush Made Barack Obama Laugh During Bill Clinton's Speech  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 23, 2017 2:46 PM UTC  Former U.S. Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama attend the Hurricane Relief concert in College Station, Texas, on October 21, 2017. Former U.S. Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama attend the Hurricane Relief concert in College Station, Texas, on October 21, 2017.JIM CHAPIN/AFP/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 23, 2017 2:46 PM UTC The Internet is all about the moment [George W. Bush](http://time.com/4989764/george-w-bush-bigotry-seems-emboldened-speech-transcript/) cracked [Barack Obama](http://time.com/4988993/barack-obama-rcampaign-trail-governor-elections-races/) up during [Bill Clinton’s](http://time.com/4859118/bill-clinton-george-w-bush-statues-photo/) speech at a [hurricane relief concert](http://time.com/4992497/one-america-appeal-concert-presidents/) attended by all five living former U.S. presidents. While Clinton spoke at Saturday night’s [“Deep From the Heart: The One America Appeal”](https://www.oneamericaappeal.org/) event at the Reed Arena at Texas A&M University in College Station to raise money for victims of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, the younger Bush leaned over to Obama and whispered something that made his presidential successor let loose a laugh. The giggly scene quickly began to make the online rounds, with some who watched the clip tweeting about how much they enjoyed watching the former commanders in chief bond. “Bush pulling a dad move, cracking a joke to Obama during Clinton’s speech, and glancing repeatedly to see his reaction,” [user Classic Dad Moves](https://twitter.com/ClassicDadMoves/status/922249678913015808) wrote. “W cracking a joke to Obama while Clinton gives a speech is me in middle school,” [user Justin Taylor](https://twitter.com/TheSmarmyBum/status/922236908872146944) added. > [](https://twitter.com/ClassicDadMoves/status/922249678913015808) > [](https://twitter.com/TheSmarmyBum/status/922236908872146944) See some of the best reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/jbillinson/status/922274676616949760) > [](https://twitter.com/thepatrickryan%5F/status/922297214776389632) > [](https://twitter.com/BarstoolNewsN/status/922272965902897152) > [](https://twitter.com/DylanSnoddy/status/922193815640961024) > [](https://twitter.com/TravisB06052015/status/922287370447310849) > [](https://twitter.com/%5F%5Fstephandstuff/status/922269017934622720) George W Bush Made Obama Laugh During Clinton's Speech ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4993154/george-w-bush-barack-obama-laugh-bill-clinton-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4993154/george-w-bush-barack-obama-laugh-bill-clinton-speech/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Loving That George W. 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