Barack Obama realized he hilariously reenacted the Key & Peele handshake sketch with Team USA

Earlier this year, President Barack Obama met pinch Team USA hoops and had a hilarious relationship pinch nan players and coaching staff.

Obama had a familiarity pinch respective players and coaches including Stephen Curry, LeBron James, Erik Spoelstra, and Steve Kerr. That overmuch was rather evident erstwhile he greeted each of them for a handshake.

But nan erstwhile POTUS was not arsenic acquainted pinch Team USA adjunct coach Mark Few, who is besides nan caput coach of Gonzaga Men’s Basketball. During a caller question and reply pinch Indiana Pacers defender Tyrese Haliburton, who was connected Team USA this summer, Obama said he had ne'er met Few.

Tyrese had to inquire Obama astir doing nan Key & Peele handshake sketch IRL w/ Team USA hoops 🤣💀 pic.twitter.com/bu7mapUYwP

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So erstwhile it came clip to shingle his hand, he wasn’t judge what greeting to spell with. In nan conversation, he admitted that it ended up looking a batch for illustration an iconic sketch from Key & Peele at a meet and greet:

“I gotta say, that was funny. But here’s what happened. Here’s what happened. So I’m going down nan row, right? A batch of those guys, I knew. And past correct earlier I sewage to Coach Few, it’s Steph, it’s LeBron. I’ve been knowing those guys forever. I had meal pinch them, their families. So past Coach Few, I’d ne'er met. And he put retired his manus and I’m like, alright. Yeah. I don’t know. Is he going to beryllium comfortable if I propulsion him into a bro hug? I don’t know. So I conscionable shook his hand. Kerr was correct afterward. And Steve I knew. But nan measurement it played out, I will say, it looked conscionable for illustration that Key & Peele skit.”

Obama revealed that he did not cognize that group would make nan comparison because it was not a “conscious” decision.

You tin watch nan type from his presidency and nan type from nan Olympics:

Obama did nan Key and Peele sketch successful existent life pic.twitter.com/oXxlJjuCRI

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When he watched it side-by-side, he felt for illustration group “caught” him.

The erstwhile president added that nan 2 comedians did plentifulness of funny sketches surrounding his presidency and believes that Jordan Peele does a awesome belief of him.

Meanwhile, this was a awesome occupation by Haliburton to inquire nan question.