Remember that selfie that David Ortiz snapped with President Obama during the Boston Red Sox visit to the White House?! Welp, that selfie is about to become the reason selfies are banned at the White House with Obama. Hit the jump for details…
Via NBC:
Thanks, Big Papi. Now if Benin’s president Yayi Boni comes to visit, he’s going to have keep his iPhone in his pocket:
Senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer told “Face the Nation” on Sunday that presidential selfies may be banned after that shot, a feel-good moment that later appeared to be part of a promotion for Samsung.
“Well, [President Obama] obviously didn’t know anything about Samsung’s connection to this,” Pfeiffer said, “And perhaps maybe this will be the end of all selfies.”
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More via YahooSports:
Ortiz later tweeted the selfie from his Twitter account. Samsung retweeted the photo, saying it was “thrilled to see the special, historic moment David Ortiz captured with his Galaxy Note 3 during his White House visit.”
“When we heard about the visit to the White House, we worked with David and the team on how to share images with fans,” the company said in a statement. “We didn’t know if or what he would be able to capture using his Note 3 device.”
According to Sports Business Journal, the All Star designated hitter recently signed an endorsement deal with Samsung to be its “MLB social media insider.”
“So when the Red Sox visit the White House this week to commemorate their World Series victory, ‘Big Papi’ will be tweeting and sending photos on Samsung’s behalf,” the publication reported Monday, the day before Papi snapped the presidential selfie.
On Wednesday, Ortiz denied the selfie was part of his new endorsement deal.
