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 President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, in their first
live joint interview since entering the White House seven years ago,
shared their Super Bowl rituals with CBS on Sunday hours before
America's biggest sporting event.
Speaking to CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King, the first couple
reflected on the fact that this year's will be their last Super Bowl
they will enjoy at the White House.
The president said he, like millions of Americans, typically watches
the National Football League's championship game with friends,
pizza, nachos and chicken wings.
"There's like the little vegetable tray that nobody touches," he
joked.
Michelle Obama said she was more inspired by the half-time show,
which will be headlined this year by British rock band Coldplay and
U.S. pop superstar Beyonce.
"I care deeply about the half-time show, deeply," Michelle Obama
said. "I got dressed for the half-time show. I hope Beyonce likes
what I have on."
The first lady said they also have what they call a "champagne room"
where her mother sits and people "don't really know what's going on
but you're close to the champagne."
The Bay Area is hosting this year's Super Bowl, with a week of
events wrapping up in San Francisco and the Denver Broncos taking on
the Carolina Panthers at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, a city in
Silicon Valley.
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Obama, who was a U.S. Senator from Illinois before becoming
president, said that as his hometown Chicago Bears were not playing
for the title, there likely won't be much screaming at the
television, but he added: "We enjoy watching the game and we hope
for a good game."
(Reporting by Peter Cooney in Washington; Writing by Curtis Skinner
in San Francisco; Editing by Sara Catania and Mary Milliken)
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