'It was sort of an unexpected turn of events yesterday,' Karmel Allison said. Fainting woman explains cause

The woman who fainted Monday during President Barack Obama’s remarks said she is happy that both Obamacare and the president have her back.

“It was sort of an unexpected turn of events yesterday,” Karmel Allison said Tuesday on CNN’s “New Day.”


“I was, obviously, thrilled and honored to be on stage with the president, but was not looking forward to being the one who faints behind the president,” she added.

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Karmel, who is also 20 weeks pregnant, said she attended the remarks because she wrote a blog post about her experience with type 1 diabetes and the coverage she will now receive through Obamacare.

“So standing up there and beginning to get faint I just had that moment of, ‘Oh, no, don’t let it be me. Please God, not me,” Allison said. “And next thing I know, the president is catching me and I’ve realized, ‘Oh, no, I was that person.”

After Allison fainted, Obama joked, “This happens when I talk too long,” but she said she just hadn’t had enough to drink.

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“Well, it wasn’t that long. Just not having had that much to drink that morning, I think,” Allison said.

Appearing on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Live” on Monday night, Allison, who said she was “extremely embarrassed,” added that the president checked up on her.

“He asked how I was doing, made sure I was OK and, I mean, I was extremely appreciative of that,” Allison said.

Allison also agreed it will be a good story to tell her baby, “you met the president,” before even being born.

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