President Barack Obama told Linda Ronstadt he had “a little crush” on her in his younger days while awarding her with the National Medal of the Arts Monday afternoon.

Obama's Crush On Linda Rondstadt

Ronstadt was at the White House Monday to accept a National Medal of the Arts. After Obama placed the medal around Ronstadt’s neck, he admitted to the musician that he once harbored a crush for her. "I told Linda Ronstadt I had a little crush on her back in the day,” Obama told the crowd that had congregated in the East Room, reported CNN.

Ronstadt, according to a White House press release, was receiving the National Medal of the Arts for her “one-of-a-kind voice and her decades of remarkable music.”

“Drawing from a broad range of influences, Ms. Ronstadt defied expectations to conquer American radio waves and help pave the way for generations of women artists,...