Google - AFP, 24 February 2013
US
President Barack Obama greets US First Lady Michelle after taking the
oath of
office on January 21, 2013 (AFP/File, Emmanuel Dunand)
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WASHINGTON
— A video clip of First Lady Michelle Obama grooving with a dressed-in-drag
Jimmy Fallon on his late-night comedy talk show has gone viral on YouTube.
In the
video, the pair, each clad in conservative slacks and cardigans, and Fallon
with a long brown-haired wig, perform a routine dubbed "Evolution of Mom
Dancing," to promote Obama's "Let's Move!" youth fitness and
nutrition campaign.
The dance
moves -- with names like "The 'Go Shopping, Get Groceries,'" and
"The 'Out of Sync Electric Slide'" according to titles splashed on
the bottom of the screen -- progress from a simple side-to-side step and end
with Fallon stalking off set as Obama rocks a smooth "Dougie."
Jimmy
Fallon hosts "Late Night with
Jimmy Fallon" on January 28, 2013
(Getty Images/AFP/File, Jamie
Mccarthy)
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"For
the first time... we have a first lady with soul," wrote zestydude87.
And Rina
Lubit wrote, "it may be just me but i really love the presidential family.
they just really seem like sincerely good and chill people."
In an
interview later on the show, Obama rates her husband's dance skills a
"B," saying "he's got, like, three good moves."
Obama also
touts her "Let's Move!" campaign, saying it has seen progress since
she launched it three years ago, but there is still work to do.
"Over
the past three years, we've seen a culture shift. Now people understand that
this is an issue," she said.
"We've
got better lunches in the schools, we've got companies putting grocery stores
in under-served communities. We've got our athletes, our Olympians, working to
get our kids more active. It's really heartening to see."
Obesity is
a major health problem in the United States, where one in three adults and
almost one in five children is overweight.
Among other
initiatives for "Let's Move," the first lady, an attorney by
training, has planted the White House's first garden since World War II and
written a book with healthy recipes.
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