President Obama is just 54 years
old, but on Friday he found himself on his heels in front of an
auditorium of laughing students when one accidentally jabbed him about
his aging appearance.
Obama
was meeting with students at Taylor's University in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. One of the students was trying to ask the president about how
to bridge differences between older and younger generations. His
question, however, got off to a rocky start.
“So
the question that I want to ask you is, that since yourself is aging
toward a very senior life,” the student said, pausing after roars of
laughter erupted around him.
After
letting the student finish the rest of his question, Obama said, “The
first thing I want from young people is to stop calling me old! Come on.
You hurt my feelings!”
Obama, who is on the final leg
of a seven-day trip overseas, wound up explaining to the students that
"we all get old," and acknowledged he was noticeably more gray than when
he entered office in 2008.
"Although
I will tell you that I don’t dye my hair and a lot of my fellow leaders
do," Obama said. "I’m just saying. I won’t say who, but their barbers
know, their hairdressers.”
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