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HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Mr. Mom Jeans?

For all the hoopla over how hip President Barack Obama is (remember the GQ spread?), he’s just a dad in mom jeans.

[IMGCAP(1)]Obama has been drawing sharp criticism from the fashion police over the baggy, saggy denim he sported while throwing out the pitch last week at the All-Star Game.

Obama addressed the fashion controversy during an interview with NBC on Tuesday. “I’m a little frumpy,— Obama confessed. “I hate to shop. Those jeans are comfortable. And for those of you who want your president to look great in his tight jeans, I’m sorry. I’m not the guy.—

We — along with other critics — couldn’t help but think of the “Mom Jeans— made famous on “Saturday Night Live.—

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