Jenna Ortega Barack Obama letters story

    by Freddenver: Jenna Ortega

    Jenna Ortega recently shared a funny childhood story about texting Barack Obama every day because she was into politics. She explained, “When I was 6 I was really into politics so I will write him letters hey love your work can I come to the White House and he never responded.” She added that she used to think it was some kind of crush, but now realizes she just wanted to meet him. The full clip is from her WAVE x Adobe Acrobat interview.

    Transcript (en)

    I was really into politics and Obama got inaugurated that year. Yeah, so I would write him letters. Hey, love your work. Can I come to the White House? Pretty much. And he never responded. Obama, what's good, man? I used to think it was like a crush of some sorts, but I just wanted his job. Like I wanted to go to the White House to get an understanding of, okay, the Oval Office is going to be my space. This is a I need to familiarize myself with codes and whatnot. Yeah, he never responded to me. And then I started writing Oprah because I saw a photo of them together in a magazine. And I was like, hey, Oprah, I know, you know, Obama. He's not getting back to me. I know you know Obama, man. Yeah. Plug me. And I would give them to my mom, but because no one replied and fair enough, they're busy. I am like, I wonder if she kept those or I don't know. I have to ask her. But anyway.