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Michelle Obama opens up about the not-so perfect moments with Barack Obama, protecting her children in today’s society and the most intimate details from her new memoir “Becoming,” the former First Lady.
For another time, the forever-First Lady sat down with Oprah Winfrey to chat, but this time it wasn’t on behalf of politics, it was to discuss her new novel “Becoming.” Michelle says while the book reveals raw moments from her life, those moments weren’t difficult to share. ⠀⠀
“Actually, no, because here’s the thing that I realised: People always ask me, ‘Why is it that you’re so authentic?’ ‘How is it that people connect to you?’ And I think it starts because I like me. I like my story and all the bumps and bruises…And the other thing, Oprah: I know that whether we like it or not, Barack and I are role models,” said Michelle.
Michelle went on to say she doesn’t like those who won’t accept responsibility for the impact they have as celebrities. “I hate when people who are in the public eye—and even seek the public eye—want to step back and say, ‘Well, I’m not a role model. I don’t want that responsibility.’ Too late. You are. Young people are looking at you.
Their conversation covered the family’s transition from presidency to a somewhat normal life. But normality for the family includes being constantly supervised by security, and not being able to open cabinets or windows. “Can’t open a window. Sasha actually tried one day—Sasha and Malia both. But then we got the call: ‘Shut the window,’” Michelle said.
Michelle and Barack have always been relationship goals, but Michelle highlighted how counseling became a part of their lives while Barack juggled presidency, his family and marriage. “Well, you go because you think the counselor is going to help you make your case against the other person. ‘Would you tell him about himself?!’ And lo and behold, counseling wasn’t that at all. It was about me exploring my sense of happiness. What clicked in me was that I need support and I need some from him. But I needed to figure out how to build my life in a way that works for me.”
Michelle also mentions how she wasn’t always happy about Barack wanting to run for President. “That happened when he wanted to run for state Senate, then Congress, then the U.S. Senate. I knew Barack was a decent man. Smart as all get-out. But politics was ugly and nasty. I didn’t know that my husband’s temperament would mesh with that. And I didn’t want to see him in that environment. But then on the flip side, you see the challenges that the world is facing.”
Read the full interview on Elle.com
