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Michelle thinks I'm still cute: Obama

Last updated on: August 2, 2011 14:24 IST
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their daughters Sasha and Malia watch the World Cup soccer game between the US and Japan, from the Treaty Room office in the residence of the White House

America's first President of African origin Barack Obama, who will turn 50 this Thursday, says that even though he has got "a little greyer", his wife Michelle still thinks he is 'cute'.

"I have got a little greyer since I took this job, but otherwise, I feel pretty good," The Daily Telegraph online quoted President Obama as saying in an interview with the 'National Public Radio'.

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... but she also sees worry creasing his face

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President Barack Obama listens during a meeting with advisors in the Oval Office

"Michelle still thinks I am cute. And I guess that is all that matters, isn't it," he said.

Obama was born in 1961 near the end of the baby boom years of 1946-1964. He'll join the more than 4.5 million other boomers who are turning 50 this year, according to latest US Census figures.

The US First Lady also talks about seeing the "worry creasing his face", the President said.

Malia and Sasha say grey hair makes me look distinguished

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President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia stand on the viewing platform where they would have watched the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavor at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral

The grey hair around President Obama's temples is about the only obvious sign of ageing.

He says his daughters 'Malia and Sasha say it makes me look distinguished. Michelle says it makes me look old'.

He has stuck to a regimen of near daily exercise

Last updated on: August 2, 2011 14:24 IST
President Barack Obama talks on the phone with House Speaker John Boehner in the Oval Office

The over six foot tall President is as lanky as he was when he took office.

He has gained no noticeable amount of weight despite a level of job stress that would send most people to the refrigerator for relief on a nightly basis.

He has stuck to a regimen of near daily exercise that includes treadmill runs, weightlifting and weekend games of pickup basketball, golf or substitute coaching daughter Sasha's basketball team.