After endorsing him for two terms, Oprah Winfrey is now getting endorsed by President Barack Obama for her role in Lee Daniels’ The Butler. Gushing over the Queen of Talk, “Oprah, my girl, she can act.”;
Obama, 52, admitted in a radio interview with BlackAmericaWeb.com that he got a little weepy upon seeing the box office hit. “I teared up just thinking about not just the butlers who have worked here in the White House, but an entire generation of people who were talented and skilled, but because of Jim Crow, because of discrimination, there was only so far they could go,”; he said. “And yet, with dignity and tenacity, they got up and worked every single day, and put up with a whole lot of mess because they hoped for something better for their kids.”;
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The Butler is about Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker) who serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, working through the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events that affect his life, family, and American society. Winfrey, 59, plays his wife Gloria Gaines. “All of the acting was terrific, and I thought Forrest Whitaker was wonderful,”; the Commander-In-Chief said of the film’s star. “[Oprah’s] just a wonderful actress. So I’m glad they did it.”;
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Obama adds, “And I will tell you that the butlers who are now here in the White House, when we first arrived, when Michelle and the girls just — first arrived, they could not have been kinder to us and warmer to us. And part of it, I suspect, is they look at Malia and Sasha and they say, well, this looks like my grand-baby, or this looks like my daughter. And I think for them to have a sense that we’ve come that far was a powerful moment for them, and certainly a powerful moment for us. We love them to death. They look after us just wonderfully.”;
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