The Final Five Went To The White House And Tried To Get Adopted By The Obamas

The Final Five at the White House
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The Final Five women's gymnastic team (and soon-to-be Obama daughters?) hung out with POTUS on Thursday and it's the best thing you'll see all week.

When asked what it was like to meet Barack and Michelle Obama, 16-year-old Laurie Hernandez told Us"It's just like on TV!"

Hernandez, along with her teammates Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, and Madison Kocian, were welcomed by the president and first lady during an official visit to the White House.  

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They were joined by the USA's Olympic and Paralympic teams, minus gymnast Gabby Douglas, who was getting her wisdom teeth removed, and swimmer Ryan Lotche, who was banned from the event, People reported.

The four gymnasts were just scheduled to meet with FLOTUS to promote her Let's Move! campaign and snap a few pictures on the White House's official Instagram account, but ended up running into Barack and Vice President Joe Biden, too, according to Us

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“Once I saw Obama walk through the door, we were all freaking out a little bit," Hernandez admitted. "I think I started jumping up and down — it was pretty funny!”

Like any of us, they used the chance meetup as an opportunity to get the Obmaas to adopt them. 

“We jokingly said to President Obama, ‘Will you please adopt us?’ And he said, ‘Oh sure, my oldest is going to college so we need someone to fill in the space!’ "Hernandez said. "(Obama) said, ‘You can have sleepovers and pizza!’ We said, ‘Yes please!’ They were really nice."

We're gonna need that turned into a reality show ASAP!

President Obama also attempted to do the splits with the medal-winning gymnasts, but he had a little trouble.

"I want you to know that I was going to do, like, a floor routine on the way out with Simone," POTUS joked, "But we decided it was a little too crowded." 

"And he can't touch his toes," Michelle added.

The visit was arranged to honor the USA teams that competed in Rio this year. The athletes presented Obama with a surfboard as a gift before he gave a speech commending their hard work. "One of the reasons our country is so proud of this year’s Team USA is 2016 belonged to America’s women Olympians," Obama said to the athletes. 

"As the father of two young women, for them to have that example of health, and drive, and competition, and persistence, and strength — it makes me really proud."

Awww

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