Pulp Fiction star slams Obama: 'Stop trying to relate'

Samuel L Jackson

Samuel L Jackson has warned that Barack Obama should "be a leader" and stop "trying to relate".

The Pulp Fiction star took issue with the United States President dropping the Gs at the end of his words.

Jackson said: "We know it ain't because of his blackness, so I say stop trying to 'relate'. Be a leader. Be ****ing presidential."

Jackson continued his tirade, saying: "Look, I grew up in a society where I could say 'I ain't' or 'what it be' to my friends. But when I'm out presenting myself to the world as me, who graduated from college, who had family who cared about me, who has a well-read background, I ****ing conjugate."

Jackson, who campaigned for Obama in the 2008 presidential election, said he still thought the President was a "safe dude" but was aware he faced a difficult fight against the Republicans.

He said he thought Hillary Clinton would kick the Republican's "****ing asses" if she decided to run for president in 2016.

He told Playboy magazine: "[Obama's] still a safe dude. But with those Republicans, we're now in a situation where even if he said, 'I want to give you mother****ers a raise', they'd go, '**** you! We don't want a raise!"'

The 64-year-old actor, who has been involved in United States politics since the civil rights movement, added that he was disillusioned with petitions for change on Facebook and Twitter.

He said: "You need to have your physical body out there in the streets and let these people - and the rest of the world - know.

"When our anti-war movement led the world, it was because people could see us in the streets, see our faces, hear the protest music.

"You can't do that **** blogging in a room."

- Independent