Savannah Guthrie Stumbles Across #AlmondGate

Today Show host shares nutty outtake from her interview with President Obama.

The New York magazine headline is wrong. President Obama didn’t lie to the nation about snacking at night on exactly seven salted almonds. Rather, the press did.

From Eric Levitz’s otherwise fantastic summary of how it all came to a head with Savannah Guthrie on the Today Show:

“This is an example of the weird way that the press works,” Obama said. “So Michelle and Sam Kass, who was our chef here, one night they were talking about me and teasing me about how disciplined I was, that I didn’t have potato chips or I didn’t have a piece of cake.

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