If this first snippet from his upcoming appearance on Running Wild With Bear Grylls is any indication, the president certainly didn't get off easy while taping the show in the Alaskan wilderness. That grilled salmon that he's eating? It was half eaten by a bear before Grylls cooked it up. The bear, apparently, just wanted to eat the fatty bits, leaving the remaining "bloody carcass of half-eaten salmon" for Obama and Grylls to enjoy.
"The fact that he told me that this was a leftover fish from a bear, I don't know if that was necessary," Obama says. "He could have just left that out." Really though, Obama was just glad that they ate something "recognizable" that didn't still have its "legs and eyes on it." Although, he notes, he could've used a cracker to go with that salmon — and maybe a better cook. After tasting Grylls' salmon, Obama commented that Grylls is only a "mediocre cook."
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