Bitter, or on Point? Michelle Obama Lights Up the

Former First Lady Michelle Obama retains discovering herself in the news because she has a podcast with her brother where she often sounds bitter about the wonderful life God has supplied for her. 

The Obamas are multi-millionaires with mega-mansions in Hawaii and Martha’s Vineyard; her husband Barack was, as we all know, the first black American president, and they’re both cult-like figures for many on the Left who pour fixed adulation on them.

But for Michelle, her monologues make it sounds prefer it was all an excessive amount of, and her journey was marred by a racist America, an unfair press (they weren’t adoring enough, Michelle?), and the fact that as the associate of the once most highly effective determine in the most highly effective nation on the planet, people paid consideration to what she said, what she wore, and what she did. It kinda goes with the job, but to Mrs. Obama, it was all sheer drudgery.

Now she’s riled the plenty again with her sizzling take on parenthood. Appearing on Jon Stewart’s podcast IMO on Wednesday, she said she’s just glad raising youngsters is in her rearview mirror:

Jon Stewart: “You obviously miss the energy and excitement of the kids being around is so incredible.”

Michelle Obama: “I don’t! I love them. I’m going to see them tonight for dinner. I love them. But Barack cried when they went to college. I was like, ‘Bye, goodbye!’”

Stewart:…

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Jon Stewart: “You obviously miss the energy and excitement of the kids being around is so incredible.”

Michelle Obama: “I don’t! I love them. I’m going to see them tonight for dinner. I love them. But Barack cried when they went to college. I was like, ‘Bye, goodbye!’”

Stewart: “The thing I miss, though, is the job. It gave meaning and a pattern to my life.”

Michelle: “I’m good…” 

The daily grind of taking care of kids and guaranteeing their security was a bit an excessive amount of for the former First Lady:

“Now, Friday nights aren’t wracked with terror and fear about, ‘Where are you, where are you?'” she said, including that she has beloved seeing Malia and Sasha’s “growth” following their “emancipation”.

The bestselling creator also confused that her enthusiasm for this new part did not imply she was any less close to her kids.

“I’ve had so much quality time with my children, so much, I know them inside and out,” she said.

It’s a bit bizarre that she used a loaded phrase like “emancipation.” Parenthood is not about infringing on youngsters’ freedoms; it is about nurturing them and protecting them secure. Unless dad and mom are abusive, they do not need to battle for their “freedom” from us.

“I love my schedule,” she added. Because that’s the most important thing in life, evidently: making sure your schedule doesn’t involve caring for other human beings. “I have a great schedule, and it’s all mine.”

I can sympathize with her that raising youngsters while in the White House must have been extraordinarily difficult, with the never-ending scrutiny and criticism. I can only share my own expertise, though, and I can inform you that raising my 4 kids with my mama-bear spouse has been the most wonderful expertise in my life, bar none, and even though they’re now in numerous levels of younger maturity, it continues to be. 

Does it come with fear and sacrifice? Yes, of course, and that’s what makes it all the more significant. 

Plenty of people had ideas, and many of them weren’t form. Conservative pundit Matt Walsh didn’t maintain back:

Michelle had only two youngsters. She was wealthy and well-known for most of their childhoods so she would have had a fleet of nannies and assistants doing most of the grunt work. And yet she still couldn’t wait for the youngsters to go away because the minor calls for they made on her time and power… https://t.co/YeD7zI8UUT

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshWeblog) August 28, 2026

Michelle had only two youngsters. She was wealthy and well-known for most of their childhoods so she would have had a fleet of nannies and assistants doing most of the grunt work. And yet she still couldn’t wait for the youngsters to go away because the minor calls for they made on her time and power have been still an excessive amount of for her. Just a complete raging narcissist.

Wrote political commentator Link Lauren: “This podcast is just her sitting around her mansion in Martha’s Vineyard complaining about how hard her life of luxury is, and how much she despises her husband and children.”

The episode airs as a disturbing quantity of ladies are supporting Lindsay Clancy, who stands accused of strangling her three kids to death. Instead of condemning the heinous act, many leftists are sympathizing with her and saying the trauma of being a mother was just an excessive amount of for her, as our Brandon Morse has been reporting. 

Some of those sorts are completely down with Michelle’s place, declaring that raising your youngsters into impartial adults needs to be thought of a victory. There’s advantage to that argument; turning out well-functioning adults is the end-game when raising youngsters, but to myself and many others, Michelle’s level appeared to be about one thing more: parenthood sucks, and I’m glad to wash my palms of it.

California Republican Party Delegate and mother Elizabeth Barcohana said none of this is relatable to the devoted and loving mothers and dads around the nation:

“There is a difference between a mother expressing exhaustion from the demands of motherhood — which is real and relatable — and expressing resentment,” Barcohana said. “Resentment is what appears to come through in Michelle Obama’s remarks, and it is especially painful to hear amid the national conversation surrounding the Lindsay Clancy trial.

“She appears blissful that her daughters’ childhoods are over. That is just not a relatable feeling for most moms at all.”

I’m so sorry Michelle Obama has lived such a beleaguered existence. It’s past me what precisely it’s that would make her blissful.

For myself, though, I’ve beloved every minute of parenthood. Now I would like me some grandkids. Get on it, offspring of mine!

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