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_Published 2015-07-21. Charlize Theron was so nervous to meet President Obama last year, she accidentally said the most awkward thing ever. And yes, it involves strip clubs._


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## Transcript

Charlize Theron was really, really nervous to meet President Obama while they were both on Jimmy Kimmel Live earlier this year. So nervous in fact, she got a bad case of word vomit during their brief conversation backstage, and she told Jimmy Monday night she's still mortified to this day. The president was chatting with Charlize about how [ UNKNOWN ] excited he was to be on the show and getting an opportunity to reach a younger demographic. Cue the aforementioned word vomit. I didn't know what to say and all I could come up with was, well, if you're looking for a different demographic I can take you to a strip club.

Amazingly talented, gorgeous and smart actress, say what! Charlize said Mr. Obama was actually really nice about her presidential faux pas. But she was apparently so horrified that she couldn't sleep for weeks. Personally, we'd be more nervous about what Mrs. Obama had to say about that suggestion, Charlize. Have you seen her arms lately? Scary! But, Charlize got over the whole thing pretty quickly. Because, as we all know, she isn't afraid to get a little awkward. Like that one time she embarrassed the heck out of Kristen Stewart when she stopped by a Spanish talk show. Yeah, totally goofy. Or when she slapped on a prosthetic nose and did the robot, when she won the hasty putting woman of the year award in Massachusetts back in 2008.

Work that rubber schnoz, girl. Gotta love a woman with a sense of humor, especially if the president of the United States is cool with it.

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