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Obama appears on 'Ellen,' calls DeGeneres' Oscar selfie a 'cheap stunt' [VIDEO]

Watch the president's Thursday appearance on "Ellen."

By Kate Stanton

Barack Obama appeared on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show on Thursday for the first time since he became president as part of a whirlwind media tour encouraging Americans to sign up for Obamacare.

Though he showed up in person in 2007 -- where viewers got a glimpse of the then-senator's dance skills -- this time, Obama spoke to DeGeneres via satellite feed. They discussed the first lady's trip to China, House of Cards and, of course, Ellen's star-studded Oscars selfie.

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"I thought it was a pretty cheap stunt myself, getting a bunch of celebrities in the background," the president joked of DeGeneres' selfie, which became the most re-tweeted tweet in history earlier this month, breaking Obama's 2012 record.

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