And if he doesn’t laugh at her jokes she will beat his ass senseless.

WASHINGTON — President Obama says he manages the ups and downs of his job by laughing at himself. A lot.

“Part of the way you survive the stress of the White House is being able to laugh with your team about some of the crazy stuff that happens,” Mr. Obama said in an interview with talk-show host Steve Harvey that aired Friday. “You can’t take yourself too seriously, you have to take the job seriously.” […]

The president said first lady Michelle Obama helps by constantly cracking him up.

“You know the truth is I laugh all the time,” Mr. Obama said. “Partly because Michelle’s really funny. She’s just a funny person. So we get a lot of good laughs.”