UFC’s Watson recounts encounter with President Obama
“I opened the door, and there was President Obama, pedaling on a bike and reading the newspaper,” Watson said. “I…
“I opened the door, and there was President Obama, pedaling on a bike and reading the newspaper,” Watson said. “I started shaking a little bit. There was no one else in the room.”
Because of his job with the UFC, Watson has met a who’s who of celebrities, but was still blown away by getting to meet Obama.
“I don’t get starstruck, because I work with celebrities all the time. It’s not my job to get starstruck, but I was dumbfounded. I walked towards him, reached out my hand and said, ‘What’s up?’ He said, ‘How are you?’ I said, ‘Right now? I’m honored.’ And he said, ‘Nah, I’m honored.’ And as I walked out, I thought, ‘Oh [expetive]! Did I just walk out of the room with the president of the United States? Me and him!”
He said that the enormity of the situation didn’t really hit him until later.
