Obama Covers GQ's Men of the Year Issue With a Dope POTUS Stance, Gets Grilled by Bill Simmons

"Anybody who thinks I could get away with telling Michelle I’m going to be president any longer than eight years does not know my wife," Obama says.

November 17, 2015

Fresh off stepping up his magazine cover game by becoming the first President of the United States to pose for an LGBT publication's cover, Barack Obama is back with an undeniably on-point GQ cover and an accompanying interview with Bill Simmons. "I would've enjoyed campaigning against Trump," Obama reveals during the casual Q & A session. "That would've been fun."

Obama is also quick to admit that, though he does most certainly enjoy Game of Thrones, he's not the best at actually remembering the characters' names. "I remember the characters, so when I watch it, I know exactly what’s going on," Obama tells Simmons. "But if you read a review of the show afterwards and they’re mentioning such and such, the only one I remember is Jon Snow, because I can pronounce Jon Snow."

Though Simmons and Obama cover a good bit of ground in the interview, including a brief aside about Grantland (RIP), the most revealing moments come when the outgoing POTUS is questioned about things like his smoking habit:

Or, you know, aliens:

Obama also spoke candidly about the current state of race relations in this country, outlining the different between being "Obama the Person" and "President Obama" in times of American crisis:

Peep the full interview here.