Michelle Obama, whose given name at birth was Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 17, 1964. Michelle is a native of the South Shore neighborhood. Because of the emotional toll that her father’s MS took on her, she committed herself fully to her studies and excelled in them.
She was the class valedictorian at Whitney Young High School where she earned her diploma in 1981. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Princeton University with a minor in African-American studies in 1985, with highest honors.
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How Rich Michelle Obama?
Former First Lady and practicing attorney Michelle Obama is also a published author. Michelle and Barack Obama are worth a combined $70 million as of this writing, as calculated by Celebrity Net Worth. From 2009 until her term ended in 2017, Michelle Obama was the First Lady of the United States. Michelle was first hesitant to campaign for her spouse.
She didn’t like doing it, but she would shake hands and raise money for it anyway. Michelle was concerned that Barack running for president would be too stressful for their small family. She frequently brought up issues of race, literacy, and parenting in her campaign speeches. On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama became the nation’s first black president.
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Michelle Obama Assures Oprah That She Has No Plans To Run For The Presidency
The morning of April 25 saw the release of two major Netflix originals: the stand-up comedy special John Mulaney: Baby J, in which the comedian hilariously details his road to recovery, and the interview special The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey.
Two segments from Michelle Obama’s documentary The Light We Carry appeared exclusively yesterday on Rolling Stone. In one, Obama tells media mogul Oprah that she had to “slow ghost” certain acquaintances before she moved into the White House. The rest of the episode, which was shot in Los Angeles on the last day of Michelle’s book tour for her self-help tome of the same name, is a casual talk between two friends, focusing on survival strategies during the Covid pandemic.
Michelle says to Oprah, “I think it helped that we lived with a former president — not just any president, but a president who reads and believes in science. Who had steered the country through several pandemics. Remember Ebola? I think one case reported in the U.S. That was my husband.”
“What scared me, Oprah, was watching the confusion in the world — the mixed messages, the inconsistency, the lack of leadership, the lack of a plan, watching people not take this seriously, people treating the pandemic like an extended vacation, people arguing about wearing masks, and watching kids partying on the beach in Florida,” Michelle continued.
Michelle says that she found herself spiraling down into a depression, and she had to find her own hope. The election of Trump also made people wonder if the Obama presidency had any lasting effects.
Michelle admits, “I kind of felt abandoned. It’s like, did it really matter what we did? Does it? That’s the dark part of those times.”
She felt like she was losing a bit of her own light and had to search her own toolbox for ways to come out of that, which led her to activities like knitting and, of course, writing the book. You may wish to look at the official tweet by Michelle Obama below in which The Light We Carry special is now streaming on Netflix!
Michelle and Oprah’s discussion about hormone replacement therapy is one of the most frank and compelling aspects of Netflix’s The Light We Carry, which links the topic to the current conservative struggle on reproductive rights and bodily autonomy.
Michelle expresses her dismay, “And then they wanna tell us what to do with our wombs? This is what I tell the men in my life: You don’t know me, so you should not comment on me. You shouldn’t have an opinion about me, the way my hair looks, what happens inside my body. Just stay out of it.”
Michelle also addressed the young, attractive mothers who post selfies on Instagram and consider themselves parenting experts despite their lack of experience.
“This is social media. We like to listen to young people because we think there’s some value in youth. Y’all don’t know nothing!” she says. “If I wanna hear about mothering, I want to hear from somebody who’s finished it. I want to see how yours has turned out before I decide whether I take your advice. So, I talk to my mother about mothering. I’m not talking to somebody on the ‘Gram or whatever.”
About an hour and a half into their conversation, Oprah finally asks the million dollar question: “Will Michelle ever run for president?” The answer is a strong no, Democrats.
“I’ve never expressed any interest in politics. Ever,” admits Michelle. “I mean, I agreed to support my husband. He wanted to do it, and he was great at it. But at no point have I ever said, ‘I think I want to run.’ Ever. So, I’m just wondering: Does what I want have anything to do with anything? Does who I choose to be have anything to do with it?”
“Politics is hard. And the people who get into it — it’s just like marriage, it’s just like kids — you’ve got to want it. It’s got to be in your soul, because it is so important. It is not in my soul. Service is in my soul. Helping people is in my soul. Working with kids? I will spend my lifetime trying to make kids feel seen and find their light. That I will do. I don’t have to hold office to do that. In fact, I think I’m actually more effective outside of politics, because sadly, politics has become so divided. The minute you declare a party, you’ve alienated the other half of the country. Now, maybe some people who don’t agree with me politically can still gain some tools that can help them. Maybe I can help a kid who’s a Republican, because maybe they’ll listen to me,” she added.
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