President Trump turns down NBC’s request for the traditional Super Bowl pregame show interview

Deadline

Former President Obama did a Super Bowl pregame show interview every year of his presidency, and Trump did one last year on Fox with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly. NBC is still extending an open invitation, according to Deadline’s Lisa de Moraes. She speculates that Trump may be avoiding this year’s interview for fear of low ratings. About 12.2 million watched his Super Bowl pregame interview last year, which was significantly less than any of Obama's interviews. “Or,” she adds, “perhaps Trump does not want to take any uncomfortable questions about his relationship with Stormy Daniels, DACA, reported description of Haiti and countries in Africa as “sh*tholes,” etc.” Also, Trump may not want to go on an NFL pregame show after repeatedly bashing the sports league last year over National Anthem protests.