Obama Press Conference Interrupted by Duck Ringtone [Video]

Obama Press Conference Interrupted by Duck Ringtone [Video]

In what may be some of the worst cell phone etiquette ever recorded, President Obama had a speech interrupted by a reporter’s ringtone yesterday.

The moment, video captured and spreading quickly on YouTube, happened during a White House speech about gay rights. The ringtone, which is difficult to hear in the video itself, apparently featured something resembling the Aflac quacking duck sound you hear in the insurance company’s commercials.

After being interrupted, Obama jokes “Whose duck back there?” and asks the White House press corps “Where do you guys get these ringtones by the way?” Here’s the video:

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