Charlize becomes latest celebrity to support Obama
News
-Staff
By Staff
Melbourne
(ANI):
Charlize
Theron
has
become
the
latest
celebrity
to
support
U.S.
presidential
hopeful
Barack
Obama.
The
South
African-born
Oscar
winner,
who
became
an
American
citizen
last
year,
pointed
out
that
her
timing
to
get
the
country's
citizenship
couldn't
have
been
better.
"Its
a
great
year
to
become
an
American
citizen.
I
think
everybody
knows
I'm
backing
Barack
Obama," the
Daily
Telegraph
quoted
her,
as
telling
Sunday
Express.
"There's
certain
things
about
him
that
I
find
truly
inspiring.
After
his
speech
on
race,
I
emailed
a
few
people
I
knew
who
are
probably
going
to
vote
Republican
and
suggested
that
they
really
listen
to
that
speech,"
she
added.
Last
November,
the
actress
expressed
her
contempt
for
current
commander-in-chief
George
Bush.
She
called
him
irresponsible
and
taking
exception
with
politicians
in
their
very
expensive
suits
and
air-conditioned
buildings,
telling
us
how
our
soldiers
are
doing
in
Iraq.