Optics be damned, Obama has to get his groove on!

Via Daily Mail:

In what might be the ultimate seal of approval, Barack Obama hailed Katy Perry as a ‘wonderful person’ last night.

The U.S. President hosted the ‘Dark Horse’ hit-maker at a White House dinner to honour the 46th anniversary of the Special Olympics and admitted he felt ‘grateful’ she’d taken time out of her busy schedule to be there.

Introducing her on stage, Obama said: ‘We have just one of my favorite people performing tonight — Katy Perry. We are so grateful to her.

Clearly delighted with her chance to perform for Obama, the I Kissed A Girl singer took to Twitter to say: ‘What an incredibly beautiful evening being invited to sing at the White House’.

She then posted a second message, with a link to her new video for This Is How We Do, adding: ‘Between singing at the White House & releasing one of my favorite videos, today was a good one.’