Wanda Sykes Explains Why She Once “Shushed” Michelle Obama

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Wanda Sykes Explains Why She Once “Shushed” Michelle Obama
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Wanda Sykes confessed that she 'shushed' Michelle Obama at the 2009 White House Correspondents' dinner: 'She's trying to make conversation. And I just gave her a look like, 'Woman, I'm working over here!''

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over a decade ago more than prepared her for this milestone occasion. “I was just thrown into the fire,” Sykes recalled of her speech at the White House Correspondents' dinner. “I had no idea the magnitude of people who would be in that room.”actress said she's still shocked happened. “At the Correspondents' dinner, I shushed the First Lady,” she confessed.

Sykes may have a very laissez-faire attitude towards her latest hosting gig, but she revealed that the role has seriously stressed out her wife,. “I can't tell her stuff because she would drive me nuts asking about it every day,” the stand-up said jokingly, adding, “Like I'll tell her, 'Oh guess what? I'm shooting a movie in Hawaii,' as I'm heading to the airport.” So when she landed this role hosting the Oscars, she was elated, but kept her reaction to herself.

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