Olympic gold medalist and vault star McKayla Maroney made a pit stop at the White House on Thursday (Nov. 15) along with her fellow "Fantastic Four" teammates to receive congratulations from President Obama for their gold medal win at the 2012 summer London Olympic Games. It looks like Obama keeps up with his pop media culture - Maroney posed for a rather entertaining photo with the Prez, both flaunting the 16-year-old athlete's infamous "Not Impressed" facial expression. White House correspondent Pete Souza recently posted the good-humored image on Twitter - it has since gone viral.
Check out the Maroney and Obama "Not Impressed" Twitpic here.
Along with the photo Souza posted -"President Barack Obama jokingly mimics U.S. Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney's 'not impressed' look while greeting members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic gymnastics teams in the Oval Office, Nov. 15, 2012. Steve Penny, USA Gymnastics President, and Savannah Vinsant laugh at left."
The White House also retweeted the pic along with this message from Maroney - "Did I just do the Not Impressed face with the President?... Yes."
During the 2012 London Olympic Games in August, a photo was snapped of a rather annoyed and frustrated-looking Maroney after she fell short of a gold medal win in the vault competition. Maroney's mouth was pursed and crinkled, her eyes hard and soaked with disappointment. The photo hit the web and soon went viral - Maroney's "not impressed" facial expression became instantly famous (and the object of numerous spoofs).
In September Maroney told "The Hollywood Reporter" about her infamous pouty look - "I think it looks like I am. Sometimes I scare myself a little bit. I'm just really focused and really serious, I guess, and I think it's really funny, that Tumblr. It makes them and me laugh all the time."
Maroney tweeted this about her White House visit (she seemed a little happier and was mostly all-smiles):
McKaylaMaroney: "Me Aly & Gabby laughing so hard about totally getting blown away by the Presidents helicopter!!"
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