Barack Obama nutzt die letzten Wochen seiner Präsidentschaft und verlieh deshalb noch jenen Menschen, von denen er meinte, dass sie es verdienen, die „Presidential Medal of Freedom“. Diese ist neben der gleichrangigen „Goldenen Ehrenmedaille“ des Kongresses die höchste zivile Auszeichnung der USA.

Unter den Ehrengästen waren unter anderem Tom Hanks, Michael Jordan, Diana Ross und die Talkshow-Moderatorin Ellen DeGeneres, deren Verleihung das Netz zu Tränen rührte.

What a wonderful day. #Repost @whitehouse ・・・ „It’s easy to forget now, when we’ve come so far, where now marriage is equal under the law—just how much courage was required for Ellen to come out on the most public of stages almost 20 years ago. Just how important it was not just to the LGBT community, but for all of us to see somebody so full of kindness and light, somebody we liked so much, somebody who could be our neighbor or our colleague or our sister challenge our own assumptions, remind us that we have more in common than we realize, push our country in the direction of justice. What an incredible burden that was to bear. To risk your career like that. People don’t do that very often. And then to have the hopes of millions on your shoulders. But it’s like Ellen says: We all want a tortilla chip that can support the weight of guacamole. Which really makes no sense to me, but I thought would brighten the mood, because I was getting kind of choked up. And she did pay a price—we don’t remember this. I hadn’t remembered it. She did, for a pretty long stretch of time—even in Hollywood. And yet, today, every day, in every way, Ellen counters what too often divides us with the countless things that bind us together—inspires us to be better, one joke, one dance at a time.“ —President Obama awarding the Medal of Freedom, our nation’s highest civilian honor, to Ellen Degeneres yesterday, along with 20 other Americans who have contributed to their fields.

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Ein besonders kreativer Twitter User, @yvezayntIaurent, postete daraufhin ein (zugegeben ziemlich authentisches) Foto, auf dem Obama Kylie Jenner die Ehrenmedaille verleiht.

Die Bildunterschrift: „Kylie Jenner receiving the Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama yesterday for realizing stuff in 2016“.

Das Lustige an der Sache: Zahlreiche Fans glaubten wirklich, dass Kylie die „Presidential Medal of Freedom“ erhalten hat, teilten das Foto und lobten sie in hohen Tönen.

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Realität

Dabei war die Dame gerade mit ganz anderen Dingen beschäftigt:

mornings with @sashasamsonova

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