Ellen Degeneres nearly missed out on receiving her Presidential Medal of Freedom Tuesday after she forgot to bring identification. The talk show host tweeted a picture of herself waiting on a bench outside of the White House. "They haven't let me in to the White House yet because I forgot my ID," she tweeted, adding that she wasn't joking. #NotJoking#PresidentialMedalOfFreedom pic.twitter.com/sHocwqChKV — Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) November 22, 2016She managed to make her way in just over an hour later. "In 1997, after coming out herself, Degeneres made TV history when her character on 'Ellen' revealed she was a lesbian," the White House said in a statement.

Source: Fox News November 22, 2016 19:43 UTC