A teaser for the HBO sketch comedy series Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness features Barack Obama joking about the challenges of working with comedian Larry David. Obama remarked that collaborating with David was harder than negotiating with some of the world\u2019s toughest leaders.<\/p>\n
The clip, which pairs Obama with the famously irritable \u201cCurb Your Enthusiasm\u201d star, quickly attracted attention. Obama is an executive producer on the series through Higher Ground Productions, the company he co-founded with Michelle Obama.<\/p>\n
Barack Obama\u2019s Cameo Highlights His Banter with Larry David<\/p>\n
In the series, Obama engages in candid dialogue with David, comparing their interactions to difficult discussions with powerful global figures. Although they do not regularly communicate, their exchanges are consistently challenging.<\/p>\n
David interrupts the conversation by asking Obama to be his emergency contact, suggesting that having the former president\u2019s name would add weight and expedite medical responses. Obama responds with apparent frustration, questioning if anyone actually likes David before answering, \u201cThe answer is no, Larry.\u201d<\/p>\n
When David suggests asking Michelle Obama instead, Obama replies dryly, \u201cGood luck with that,\u201d and then tells viewers, \u201cYou see what I\u2019m dealing with here? Impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n
David shared details of this interaction during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! while promoting the HBO sketch series. He noted that Obama\u2019s production company invited him to participate, with the former president making a cameo appearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A teaser for the HBO sketch comedy series Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness features Barack Obama joking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-485874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}