The playful teasing between Barack Obama and Larry David apparently went overboard on the set of a new show. Speaking to Variety, the director of a new HBO series from Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions, starring David, 78, said the former president attempted to offer notes on set before being swiftly shut down by the comedian. “He gave a few notes about something, and Larry went, ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah, we got it,” Jeff Schaffer said of one time Obama tried to use his executive power on the set of Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness. Schaffer said the former president responded by drawing on his time in the White House to illustrate how David should approach notes on set. “I spent half an hour talking about how funny everything is. I give you one note, and you get into a defensive crouch,” Obama, 64, reportedly told David, adding: “When I was in the Oval Office, I took advice and listened to my advisers, and I was the president of the United States.”
Published: June 27, 2026 3:29 pm
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