First Lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey joined forces in Copenhagen, Denmark on Tuesday. Find out what Mrs. Obama had to say about Lady O! The first lady and Oprah appeared together at a welcome reception hosted by Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. At the reception, Mrs. Obama made a pitch to International Olympic Committee members as to why the 2016 Summer Olympic Games should be held in her native Chicago. “Well, first let me begin by thanking my dear friend, my chit-chat buddy, Oprah Winfrey ” the first lady said during her speech. “She talks about me coming here without hesitation. This is a woman who’s got a pretty busy schedule -- taping shows, traveling across the globe, a woman with a full plate. “One reporter asked me in a press briefing, ‘So, what do you think Oprah adds to the team?’ I said, ‘Oprah is Oprah.’ What more do you have to say?” Mrs. Obama added. “I said every single city who’s bidding wishes they had Oprah on their team, and we have her, and we are grateful that she is a part of this endeavor.” Mrs. Obama said what excites her most about the prospect of bringing the Olympics to Chicago is “the impact that it can have on the lives of our young people, and on our entire community.”

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