Celebs Text Obama’s BlackBerry!

Celebs speak about what they would text the president

By Ted Casablanca Feb 24, 2009 4:10 PMTags
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It's only a matter of time until Prez Obama's precious, way-overused BlackBerry is hacked, right? Then we can bitch-text him as much as we please.

If you could text Obama right now on his BlackBerry, what would you say?

"I'd say, keep funding the arts. And health care. Those are my two things. I hope they keep giving money to the arts, because the arts are really struggling right now." 
—Arty actress Illeana Douglas, keepin' her text sans the LOLs

"I'd say, 'Hey, number one, whassup?' Then a Secret Service guy would write back, 'Who are you, what's your address, what do you want?' " 
Breaking Bad's Emmy-winning Bryan Cranston, way suspicious of the prez's privacy

"Where's my phone call, goddamnit?!"
The Wrestler director and Rachel Weisz' hub-unit, Darren Aronofsky, on the slew of awards his Mickey Rourke comeback vehicle has won. Dar wants that congratulatory call already, Barack!