POTUS makes like Kobe, mic drops 'Obama out' at White House dinner
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 30: (AFP OUT) President Barack Obama speaks during the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner on April 30, 2016 at the Washington Hilton hotel in Washington, DC. This is President Obama's eighth and final White House Correspondents' Association dinner (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)
Barack Obama took a page out of Kobe Bryant's playbook in the final year of his presidency.
Bryant punctuated his final speech in his final game as a Los Angeles Laker with a "Mamba out" and a mic drop.
So the president did the same thing, bringing his own microphone to end his final White House Correspondents' dinner speech with an "Obama out" and a mic drop Saturday night.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}And Bryant, being the sport that he is, loved it:
Guess this means we should look for Obama to do the requisite hidden camera prank on "Ellen" when his term is over.