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It's Lit! The Cavs Do The #MannequinChallenge With FLOTUS And We Just Can't Take It!

When the White House gets involved, you know it's about to be epic.
It's Lit! The Cavs Do The #MannequinChallenge With FLOTUS And We Just Can't Take It!
Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images
By Paula Rogo · Updated October 26, 2020
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The mannequin challenge has gone mainstream, but it may have gotten its most powerful endorsement yet.

The Cleveland Cavaliers visited the White House Thursday and performed the popular challenge with First Lady Michelle Obama.

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They tweeted out a video of the team with FLOTUS, writing that they are “freezing their White House visit in time.” They were there as the 2016 NBA champions

Freezing our @WhiteHouse visit in time forever with @FLOTUS!#MannequinChallenge 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/iX1qaJ8qQQ

— Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) November 11, 2016

In the challenge video had all the Cleveland players and what appears to be Michelle’s staff.  Players like Lebron James can be seen taking a “frozen in time” selfie with Michelle. 

The Mannequin challenge requires a group of people to pose and stay completely still—a la mannequins—to create a scene, while a person with a camera weaves through it to catch every aspect of it.

The more creative, the better.

TOPICS:  Michelle Obama Twitter