Anna Kendrick made Barack Obama double over with laughter in 2012. Now we know why.

You want to know what real power looks like? Walking up to the President of the United States and calling him an asshole.

During the era of Donald Trump, sure, saying something like that could go very badly. But back in 2012, when politics was less of a bloodsport and President Barack Obama still lived in the White House, Anna Kendrick didn’t just get away with it — she got the president laughing hysterically.

“I called him an asshole and scolded him for not knowing enough about the 50 states,” Kendrick told Stephen Colbert during a Friday appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.  Read more…

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