Actor Mark Hamill visited the White House, where he gushed over White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and President “Joebi-Wan Kenobi.”
“I called him ‘Mr. President.’ He said, ‘You can call me Joe.’ And I said, ‘Can I call you Joebi-Wan Kenobi?’ He liked that,” the Star Wars actor told reporters at the podium during a Friday White House press briefing while Jean-Pierre grinned behind him.
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CBS’s @Weijia Jiang: “Did President Biden bring up Star Wars to you, sir?”@MarkHamill: “Well, you know, I called him Mr President. He said, you can call me Joe and I said, Can I call you Joebi-Wan Kenobi. [REPORTERS LAUGH] He liked that.” pic.twitter.com/goTx4yUZUY
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) May 3, 2024
Hamill was responding to CBS journalist
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