• Olivia, along with her House co-star Kal Penn, has supported US presidential candidate Barack Obama since the early primaries. The two stars joined the "All-Actor, All-Iowa, All-Star Voter Education Tour," where they spread the word about Obama's campaign. You can see videos and capture from the tour in our Media Archive.
Says Olivia, "I was on the set of House with Kal Penn one day, getting really jazzed about Obama, and my phone rings. I answer and it's like, 'Heeey, Olivia? This is Ba-rack O-bama.' I did my best to sound completely unfazed, but I apparently used the word honor like eight times in one sentence, trying to play it cool. Like, 'I'm honored, it's an honor, I'm honored, you're honored' for five minutes. And then I hung up and started screaming, 'Ooooooooohhh my God, ahhhhhhh, Obamaaaaaaaaa!!' And I realize, of course, that I did not press END, and my friend who was actually on the conversation, who's working for him, told me the next day, 'You squeaked for 15 seconds before he hung up.'"
For more information about Obama, visit his official website.
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