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President Obama tried to keep answers about his newly released long-form birth certificate light on Wednesday.

"Can I just say? I was there, so I knew that â€" I knew I had been born," Obama said while taping an interview with Oprah Winfrey on her talk show in Chicago. "I remembered it,” he said, prompting laughter from the live audience.

At a Democratic National Committee event at former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine's (D) house in New York, Obama began his remarks in a similar fashion.

“Today was a fun day,” he said. “Nobody checked my ID at the door.”

Earlier on Wednesday Obama released his long-firm birth certificate hoping to once and for all quell charges by so-called "birthers" that he wasn't born in the United States and thus is ineligible to be president.

Real estate mogul and reality TV show star Donald Trump, who is considering running for president, has been among the most prominent birthers, despi! te the fact that Obama had previously released the short form of his birth certificate.

Trump took credit for the long-form document's release Wednesday morning.

Obama appeared to be jabbing Trump indirectly in response throughout the day.

“But it was also a serious day because part of what happened this morning was me trying to remind the press, and trying to remind both parties, that what we do in politics is not a reality show," Obama said. "It’s serious.”

Watch the clip of Obama with Winfrey below. The entire interview airs May 2.