President Barack Obama will return toJimmy Kimmel Live!this week, sitting down with theABC late night show this Thursday, March 12th, according to The Hollywood Reporter. That nights episode will also feature Sean Penn.
Obama made his first appearance on Kimmelvia satellite in June 2008 during his initial campaign for President. Despite the big gap between appearances, the talk-show hostwas invited to hostthe White House Correspondents dinnerin 2012.Afew months after, ahead of the election,First Lady Michelle Obama stopped byKimmel for an interview anda goofy pre-taped bitwhere she shoved the host out of bed so he would vote (and eat his carrots).
President Obamahas actively made the late-night roundsthroughout his tenure in office. He has primarily visited The Tonight Show and Late Showbut he has also swung by Late Night while Jimmy Fallon was still hostfor some sultry slow jamming of the news.
More recently, Obama helped Stephen Colbert bid farewell to the Colbert Reportbyshowing him up at his own job. Obama butted in during Colberts regular The Word segment, which he decisively renamed The Decree, and proceeded to poke fun at his ownAffordable Care Act. Remember the original healthcare.gov website? I think thats where Disney got the idea for Frozen, he cracked.
Outside of the late-night circuit, Obama has also taken to working with online media outlets as a way to promote his signature health care bill. Recently, he snapped a few selfies for Buzzfeed, and in 2014 he sat down with Zach Galifianakis for a hilarious and typically awkward edition ofBetween Two Ferns.