Barack Obama has opened up about the “inappropriate” sexual advances he received while he was president and – cough, cough – married to Michelle Obama

Former President Barack Obama he talked more about the “slightly inappropriate” attention he received from women when he was commander-in-chief, and what kept him on the “straight and narrow path” all along.

In an interview on Pivot Podcast released on Tuesday, Obama, 63, admitted he was a star but insisted he was “staying on” from his admirers, much to the delight of his podcast co-hosts, former NFL players Channing Crowder, Ryan Clark and Fred Taylor.

“When I got drafted into the NFL, I became a little nicer,” said Crowder, a former Miami Dolphins linebacker, opening the discussion by sharing his own experiences.

“Do women yell at you and stuff, like because you’re a handsome guy, but now you’re ‘President Handsome Dude,'” he asked, laughing.

“First of all, I don’t know if Michelle will watch this,” Obama joked about his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama. He then admitted to his experiences, which he felt struck him differently because of his age at the time.

“The truth is that you, as NFL players and athletes… you are all gaining fame at a young age, at a time when the attention you are talking about may be flattering and entertaining, what have you got to do with it,” he said. “Before people really knew who I was, I was 43 years old. I was married, had two children, went grocery shopping, washed my car. In that sense, I was an ordinary guy.

Barack married Michelle in 1992, and their two daughters, Malia and Sasha, were 10 and 7 when they moved into the White House after his major victory in 2008. He was 47 at the time, making him one of the youngest presidents in country and the first black president.

“Before I came to this kind of remark, I had not tripped over it. There are times when women behave in a slightly inappropriate manner. There are photos on the Internet of women grabbing my ass when I was president at the time,” he said.

The Secret Service probably didn’t intervene because they were “like old ladies and stuff, so they’re not going to knock them down,” he added.

Either way, he was grateful to his family for keeping him grounded despite such distractions.

“My wife is such an amazing woman, such an amazing partner, that you just try to stay focused, stay on the straight and narrow. And besides, look, children change your life. The idea of ​​disappointing children is something I have no intention of doing.”

In recent weeks, Obama has been hitting the campaign trail for next week’s presidential election, with his former president defeating Vice President Kamala Harris in her tight race against his successor in the White House, Donald Trump.

“The situation could get worse or better. I think we have a really difficult choice right now, and I think Kamala Harris will be an excellent president, and Donald Trump has already proven that he’s not a very good president. And that should be enough,” he said on the podcast while pointing to Trump’s conduct the coronavirus pandemic and his “well-documented” unequal and degrading treatment of minorities as examples of his failed leadership.

“He’s someone who has a history of looking down on and disparaging people who don’t look like him,” he said of Trump. “How can he represent me if he doesn’t think I deserve the same representation as his children? And from there you can look at specific issues.”This article was originally published on HuffPost.