cast paid a visit to the White House on Monday afternoon, where they discussed the importance of mental health with President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden.Jason Sudeikis, also a series co-creator/executive producer, was joined by Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt and Toheeb Jimoh for the special trip to Washington, D.C.
as they took part in the press briefing with White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre prior to their meeting with the Bidens.«On behalf of myself, everyone here with me today and the numerous other folks that it takes to make our show, it is sincerely an honor to visit the White House and the opportunity to speak to the president and the first lady about the importance of mental health,» Sudeikis said at the podium. «No matter who you are, no matter where you live, no matter who you voted for, we all probably — I assume — we all know someone who has or have been that someone ourselves, actually, that's struggled.
That's felt isolated, that's felt anxious, that has felt alone. And it's actually one of the many things that, believe it or not, that we all have in common as human beings.»«It's something that we all, and should, talk about with one another when we're feeling that way or when we recognize that in someone feeling that way.
So please, we encourage everyone — and it's a big theme of the show — to check in with your neighbor, with your co-worker, your friends, your family.