Dodging the paparazzi is no easy feat, butMichelle Obamahas done a good job of avoiding unwanted attention.
I will not be photographed by the paparazzi in a bathing suit.'"
He added, “And she succeeded.”
“First of all, Michelle is funnier than me,” he said.
“I have to say that, because she insists that she is.
She’s naturally just a great storyteller.
There’s a rule in our household that she can tease me but I cannot tease her.
I pointed out that’s not fair, and she says, ‘Yeah.
I am often the brunt of her humor, and the girls have picked up on that.
So at the dinner table, generally, I am the recipient of mockery and jokes.”
In 2015, she opened up about what she has had to endure.
“One said I exhibited ‘a little bit of uppity-ism.’
Another noted that I was one of my husband’s ‘cronies of color.’
Cable news once charmingly referred to me as ‘Obama’s Baby Mama.'”
The negativity took a toll on Michelle.
“And all of this used to really get to me,” she said.
For Michelle, staying in shape is a form of self care.
“But after the fact, I’m always glad I hit the gym.”
She opened up about her mission in 2012 interview withPeople(via theDaily Mail).
Of course, avoiding the water wasn’ttoohard as the former FLOTUS isn’t much of a swimmer.
