Michelle Obama spoke to Trevor Noah about her life since leaving the white house and her new book.
She told Trevor :
Being the first lady and President is a huge responsibility. We felt a deep responsibility to do it right and to do it better to be careful with our words, thinking about what you say before you say it, you know, telling the truth, you know, getting your facts right.
All of this we worried for no reason, we could have done it so differently, it could have been easier. But no, no, we were doing the traditional thing and so, you know, it was a big responsibility, a big weight on our shoulders but it was an honor to serve and we kept our eye focused on just everyday trying to show up right and push the ball forward on the issues that we cared about, but we were also doing it while raising our kids.
They were 10 and seven. When we entered they lived in the White House longer than they lived in any house they’ve ever lived in.
They were growing up right in that spotlight and so we had that pressure of getting through the adolescent years in the teen years and sending the college.
So we were exhausted and stressed because not only are you trying to get it right on the big picture level but you’re trying to get it right as a parent, and now we’re on the other end of that on, literally, on the other end of all of that, and our kids are about to be 23 and 20.
Our oldest is graduating from college, So all of that, you know, being at the end of that part of the journey, you know it, you know I am in a different place. I feel freer.
I feel more at peace. I’m also older, so I’m more comfortable. I’m even more comfortable in my own skin.
Living in the White House is like living in an nice older Hotel, where you can’t get out unless you call 20 people.
You have to think about how your movements, impact the rest of the world every time we went out, we had to think about it, it’s like, who’s gonna have to shut down with gate, how is this gonna disrupt this whole community because the Presidential motorcade is coming through, we have to worry about agents and not doing something that will put them in harm’s way.
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