Obama leaves many of us in awe as well, but for vastly different reasons.
Via Politico:
Actor Brad Pitt was in “respectful awe” when he visited President Obama in the Oval Office in March 2009, Jodi Kantor reports in “The Obamas.”
Though the star is so confident in his public life, he “barely said a thing, and he seemed overcome by meeting the president,” Kantor says.
Obama later chastised Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser, for talking too much during the meeting, but Jarrett said she was just trying to help Pitt feel more comfortable.
Pitt’s reaction to meeting with the president in the Oval Office was similar to how others responded. Entering the office through a narrow hallway “sometimes did strange things to people,” Kantor writes. Visitors’ voices sounded strange because of the room’s curved walls, former deputy press secretary Bill Burton said. Some, like Pitt, responded with near silence, while others “babbled” or began to cry. Older African-Americans were particularly moved to see Obama in the office.