Michelle Obama, celebrity mothers use ‘mom bribery’ to urge COVID vaccinations
Former First Lady Michelle Obama and a group of celebrity moms are urging the public to get the COVID-19 vaccine in a newly released video.
In the nearly three-minute video, posted by The Second City, the comedy and improv group, mothers of celebrities such as Alicia Keys, NBA player Chris Paul, actress and singer Zendaya, actor Jonah Hill, and singer Adam Levine come together to convince their famous children to get vaccinated.
The mothers aren’t above using any tactic necessary, including “mom bribery,” guilt, aggressive texting, and love.
“To do it, they’ll use every power in the ‘The Mom Book,’” the video’s narrator says, before Terria Joseph, Keys’ mother, pulls out a massive ancient-looking tome of the same name.
Toward the end of the video, the mothers stop the jokes and speak from the heart.
“Just get the vaccine,” said Claire Stoermer, mother of Zendaya. “I don’t want to ad-lib about it. Zendaya didn’t get that from me.”
“I was very reluctant of getting the vaccine but then I was convinced,” Pauletta Washington, mother of actor John David Washington, says in the video. “I got it and now I feel free.”
Michelle Obama, mother to Sasha and Malia, closes the video with a message.
“You don’t need to be a mom to be a superhero. You can keep yourself and those around you safe by getting your COVID vaccine or booster today,” Obama says.
This story was originally published December 20, 2021 at 3:24 PM.
