John Legend was talking with The Daily Beast a few days back about Southside With You, a movie that documents Barack Obama and Michele Obama‘s first date. The movie executive-produced by John Legend was written and directed by Richard Tanne. “Just as people, as parents, and as a family, they’ve been a great example—and an aspirational one for not just people in this country, but people all over the world. For us all to be privy to a film about how that started is pretty cool.” Legend says of the Obamas, who’ve raised two fine young daughters, Malia and Sasha.
He decribed how the Obamas’ presence as the quintessential all-American family is something that we’ve taken for granted “Obviously there’s a double standard and it’s to some extent a bit of root for your own side, and so you’ll criticize things on one side that you wouldn’t on your own team,” Legend said, adding, “To some extent there’s a double standard that has racial elements as well. They were held to a much higher standard, and they exceeded that standard.”
“The Obamas have been a great example for the country and I think people are getting a bit nostalgic for that now when they see what some of the alternatives might be.”
He also talked about his support for Hilary Clinton and why he won’t vote for Donald Trump. “I’ve fundraised for Hillary, and I’ll be voting for her,” says Legend. “I don’t think we should be electing Donald Trump as president and I’m supportive of Hillary’s campaign. There’s nothing that can shock me anymore, but at this point, Trump’s made it very clear how his temperament is, how his personality is, what his level of intellectual depth is when it comes to policy, and he’s made it abundantly clear that he’s utterly unqualified to be president—no matter what your political views are.”
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