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# Michelle Obama Tells Jimmy Fallon Young People Are 'Knuckleheads' Who Need Obamacare

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## Video: Late-Night Highlight: Michelle Obama Does 'Ew!' With Jimmy Fallon

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_Published 2014-02-21. The First Lady joined Jimmy Fallon and Will Ferrell for some 'Ew!' talk, and she even brought chips. Well, kale chips._


by 

[Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/)


## Maya Rhodan


Feb 21, 2014 1:34 PM UTC

by 

[Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/)


## Maya Rhodan


Feb 21, 2014 1:34 PM UTC

First Lady Michelle Obama said Thursday that young people need health insurance because they’re “knuckleheads,” as she touted Obamacare during her appearance on the _Tonight Show_ with Jimmy Fallon.

“A lot of young people think they’re invincible,” Obama. “But they truth is young people are knuckleheads. They’re the ones who are cooking for the first time and slice their finger open. They’re dancing on the bar stool.”

Later in the show, the First Lady promoted her healthy living initiative “Let’s Move” during sketch in which Fallon and guest Will Ferrell played teen girls.


## Transcript

[00:00] >>For your Late- Night Highlight, First Lady Michelle
[00:02] Obama stopped by The Tonight Show Thursday and
[00:06] her appearance was just so EW!
[00:09] >>I think exercise is ew!
[00:12] >>Exercise is not ew!
[00:16] >>Dancing is exercise?
[00:17] >>Sure.
[00:18] >>Ew! Dance party!
[00:22] >>Yes, float is joined Jimmy Fallon and Will Ferrell for
[00:26] Fallon's famous " Ew !" sketch to promote her Let's
[00:30] Move! Campaign. She even offered the guys, we mean
[00:33] girls, some kale chips as an alternative to potato
[00:38] chips, so " ew !" Obama also talked The Affordable
[00:42] Care Act and gave updates on her daughters. Malia
[00:45] turns 16 this summer. You can check out more of the
[00:49] interview and more " Ew !" on The Tonight's Show
[00:52] website. Thanks for watching. I'm Lauren Zima.

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