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Chris Rock admitted he might not be the best person to console Michelle Obama. During an interview on 'The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,' the comedian told a story about the time he went to the Obama’s White House farewell party and totally failed.

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00:00I never felt so stupid in my life. It's like my GED flared up, you know?

00:06Chris Rock admitted he might not be the best person to console Michelle Obama.

00:11During an interview on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the comedian told a story about

00:15the time he went to the Obama's White House farewell party and totally failed at talking

00:20politics with the former first lady. Rock said he was joined at the party by Jay-Z, Beyonce,

00:25Oprah Winfrey and Stevie Wonder, among others. At one point in the night, Rock found himself

00:29speaking one-on-one with Mrs. Obama. He told Fallon,

00:33"...I'm not really supposed to be alone with Michelle Obama. That's not really my lane.

00:37I don't know how to talk politics." The comedian said they spoke about the election and the former

00:42first lady voiced her concerns about the future of the country. According to Rock, Obama said,

00:47"...I don't know what's going to happen. This is such a crazy time." He responded with this,

00:52"...you'll be a'ight." The comedian went on to say,

00:56"...you can get any kind of job you want. The View, The Real Housewives of Atlanta."

01:01According to Rock, the former first lady responded,

01:03"...I was talking about the country. I wasn't talking about me."

01:07Rock says Obama then spotted Winfrey and ran away from him to talk to her. So, he went off to,

01:12as he put it, "...find some people as dumb as me." The comedian ended up partying with Charles

01:17Barkley and Jay-Z. For Rock's full recap of the Obama's White House farewell party on The Tonight Show,

01:22check out THR.com. I'm Tiffany Taylor for The Hollywood Reporter News.

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