Moms were put on this earth to embarrass their children. But when you’re Dakota Johnson and your mom is famous actress Melanie Griffith and she’s introducing you to the President of the United States, the stakes are a little higher.
While looking back at some of her former movie roles—including The Social Network in 2010—with Vanity Fair, Johnson revealed how she was left a bit mortified after meeting Barack Obama for the first time—thanks to her mom.
“One time, I was with my mom and we were meeting Barack Obama and it was a huge deal,” Johnson recalled. “He was talking to her and she goes, ‘Oh, Mr. President, this is my daughter. She just did a movie. She’s an actress too. She was in The Social Network.'”
And while Griffith could have just left it at that, she decided to include an embarrassing detail, telling the former commander-in-cheif: “She’s in her underwear.” In the film, Johnson plays a college student who hooked up with Timberlake’s character, Sean Parker, and in one scene, she wears an off-the-shoulder Stanford sweatshirt with a pair of bright red underwear.
Of the experience, Johnson jokingly added, “And I died. I died inside.”
In the same video, Johnson opened up about how she had “preconceived notions” before working with Justin Timberlake on The Social Network. “Are you kidding? I was just like 19 and straddling Justin Timberlake and like whipping him in the face with my hair,” Johnson said when asked whether or not she had any assumptions about acting alongside former boy bander. “100% had preconceived notions, but he was lovely and kind and really welcoming for a person that was just a stranger.”