--- title: Samantha Bee to Interview President Obama on 'Full Frontal' description: Full Frontal with Samantha Bee will air an interview with President Obama on Oct. 31, TBS announced Wednesday canonical: https://time.com/4546689/samantha-bee-obama-full-frontal/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-26T19:24:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T01:26:35.229Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Samantha Bee to Interview President Obama on 'Full Frontal' og:description: The President "wore a flattering wool suit paired with sensible leather flats" og:url: https://time.com/4546689/samantha-bee-obama-full-frontal/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5674940b2ab52cde/6988abacab6d7749496abb40/samantha-bee-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: samantha-bee-obama og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Samantha Bee to Interview President Obama on 'Full Frontal' twitter:description: The President "wore a flattering wool suit paired with sensible leather flats" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5674940b2ab52cde/6988abacab6d7749496abb40/samantha-bee-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Samantha Bee to Interview President Obama on _Full Frontal_ > Sponsored content. 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Brown—2016 Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 26, 2016 7:24 PM UTC _Full Frontal with Samantha Bee_ will air an interview with President Obama on Oct. 31, TBS announced Wednesday. The interview with Obama, who “wore a flattering wool suit paired with sensible leather flats” to the pre-taped interview, according to the [release from TBS](https://www.turner.com/pressroom/united-states/tbs/full-frontal-samantha-bee/samantha-bee-interview-her-first-male), comes amid the President’s [campaigning on behalf](http://time.com/4544016/president-obama-donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel/) of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. “It covers a range of topics, from the 44th president’s legacy to the challenges the new Commander in Chief will face when she takes office in January. (Yes, “she.” Spoiler alert.)” the release said. The conversation follows interviews by Bee of [female leaders from around the world](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/10/25/samantha-bee-women-world-leaders-misogyny), including one with former Secretary of State Madeline Albright, which aired on Monday’s _Full Frontal_. “Talking to Secretary Albright was especially inspiring,” Bee said in the release. “I hope to interview other former Secretaries of State in the very near future.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4546689/samantha-bee-obama-full-frontal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4546689/samantha-bee-obama-full-frontal/"},"headline":"Samantha Bee to Interview President Obama on Full Frontal","datePublished":"2016-10-26T19:24:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:26:35.229Z","description":"The President \"wore a flattering wool suit paired with sensible leather flats\" during the interview","url":"https://time.com/4546689/samantha-bee-obama-full-frontal/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5674940b2ab52cde/6988abacab6d7749496abb40/samantha-bee-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5674940b2ab52cde/6988abacab6d7749496abb40/samantha-bee-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"samantha-bee-obama","caption":"onstage at the 32nd annual Television Critics Association Awards during the 2016 Television Critics Association Summer Tour at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on August 6, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.","creditText":"Frederick M. 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