Podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen defended his questioning of Barack Obama on Monday, and said he asked the former president to make a statement to clarify his alien remarks.

Barack Obama set off a wave of online speculation after appearing on Brian Tyler Cohen's podcast and fielding a question about aliens. The post ‘They're real:' Obama sparks alien buzz in podcast

After former President Barack Obama's remarks on aliens during a recent podcast interview went viral, he later clarified what he meant in an Instagram post over the weekend.

Former President Barack Obama is back in the spotlight with a podcast appearance that quickly went viral. While most people focused on a playful extraterrestrial exchange, the conversation itself centered on how movies and television — especially streaming — shape culture today.

In an Instagram post on Sunday, Obama said he had been trying to “stick with the spirit” of his interviewer, political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen, during a wide-ranging podcast released Saturday. During a speed round, Obama told Cohen that aliens are real.

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