Obama Downplays Scarlett Johansson Emails

Scarlett Johansson, a big supporter of Barack Obama, recently gushed that she frequently trades emails with the presidential candidate. Obama, however, is downplaying the notion that he walks in such lofty circles:

As he headed to a Hollywood fundraiser, Sen. Barack Obama downplayed the idea that he hobnobs with actress Scarlett Johansson...

...speaking to reporters aboard his campaign plane, Obama said the actress doesn't have his personal email address. "She sent one email to Reggie, who forwarded it to me," Obama said, referring to his 26-year-old personal assistant, Reggie Love. "I write saying, 'thank you Scarlett for doing what you do,' and suddenly we have this email relationship"

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[r11]

Another story like this one and I won't ever come back to HuffPo. If I want
cr@p like this, I will settle for yellow press @ local grocery or NY Post.

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease !

[Furby]

Too late. They're probably just catering to their readers' preferences. It is, after all, a business just like any other.

[Ray46]

What heterosexual male would delete her emails?
http://www.popoholic.com/photo.php?id=scarlett-johansson-mmag-01&title=Scarlett%20Johansson

[KarateKid]

Jesus, which side of bed did you all get out of this morning? What a bunch of grouches. Bad hair day, eh?
And who forced any of you to read this? Why not just look at the photo....the left part, that is. Lighten up, folks. It is good to have a few laughs and a titillation or two (pun intended) to break the monotony of the never ending stream of depressing news.

[BigLib]

She got tossed under the bus.

[KarateKid]

I'd like to toss her under the bus, then join her underneath it.......provided it was stationary.

[k6007]

How stupid this waste of time is.

[inthecolour]

Obama shouldn't have even addressed this question/topic.

So lame.

Michelle needs to kick some serious media butt.

[macbabe]

what did he do wrong??

"Obama said the actress doesn't have his personal email address. "She sent one email to Reggie, who forwarded it to me," Obama said, referring to his 26-year-old personal assistant, Reggie Love. "I write saying, 'thank you Scarlett for doing what you do,' and suddenly we have this email relationship"

[Tropiholic]

were any of you aware that Scarlett's twin brother works on the Obama campaign?

[eden4barack08]

What an exaggeration for such NON-NEWS! Jeeez!

[mhoiles]

I think it's a tee up to the H a r o l d F o r d ad; "call me".....................

[thizzkid]

Exactly I cant believe that Huffpo would engage in race baiting truly dipicable

[MPeter]

I guess it must be a very slow day for this to be a news story. And what a distortion!

[Manu12]

Ridiculous story... is this important for anyone? Is this what journalist go to school for? Find out what the candidates think about net neutrality, or the forgotten war in Afghanistan, or a barrel of oil costing $140, or the lies and deceit of this administration... but no... we get this nonsense. DISGRACE!

[chrisbee]

better headline but still- who cares. This is such a nonstory for front page.

[V4Vigilance]

Since when is "downplays"="throws [insert subject here] under the bus"?

IMHO, the tired, over-used cliche' "thrown under the bus" needs to be thrown under the bus.

[RatgurlSD]

Seriously, who cares about SJ & her political junkiness? It's great that she's pulling for Obama, but other than that, this is just fluffy filler.

[freshnotbitter]

I feel sorry for Obama having to carry this heavy load and am hereby taking over some of the burden starting with Scarlett's E mails. I know what to do, don't worry about a thing. We must push forward to victory together.

[TekBoss]

Every time the press "gets it wrong" they have to save face with a headline like this. This whole story is a non-story. It is all media bull. The media doesn't do its job anymore. There is no fact checking.

The media has become a house of gossip.

Everyone that works in this industry (except Michael Ware) should be ashamed of themselves.

[WIpatriot]

They have no shame...what else ya got??

[KarateKid]

It may have been an inane article, but that red dress Johansson has on sure does highlight her pulchritudinous assets. :-D

[zippywpinhead]

she is a looker...