{"id":83,"date":"2025-05-24T19:33:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T19:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/?p=83"},"modified":"2025-05-24T19:33:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T19:33:46","slug":"michelle-obama-takes-jab-at-barack-over-his-behavior-in-the-bedroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/?p=83","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama Takes Jab at Barack Over His Behavior In The Bedroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former First Lady Michelle Obama made headlines again this week after she shared intimate details about her personal life and habits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During an interview on \u201cNot Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce,\u201d Obama revealed that bedtime can be a contentious time for her and her husband, former President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHi, I\u2019m Michelle Obama, and I\u2019m not gonna lie\u2026bedtime is the best time of the day. My husband teases me about how early I can go to bed. He just doesn\u2019t understand the idea of getting into some good sheets, and it\u2019s cool,\u201d Obama said at the beginning of the interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf we\u2019ve got people in the house, I\u2019m game, I\u2019m there. I\u2019m up, I\u2019m in it. I\u2019m laughing, I\u2019m talking. But, you know, the minute we finish up, I\u2019m just trying not to go to bed before the sun goes down,\u201d Obama continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s ideal bedtime?\u201d Kelce asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMan, any time after dinner,\u201d Obama said with a laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s lovely,\u201d Kelce agreed, adding, \u201cComing from someone who likes the AARP special reservation\u2014which is the 5:30 reservation\u2014I would love to be in bed by like 8:30.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe girls, they were good sleepers,\u201d Obama said, referring to her daughters Sasha and Malia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichelleObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MichelleObama<\/a> is not gonna lie: bedtime is the best time of the day! <br><br>Full episode drops on 3\/20! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vznStVndQi\">pic.twitter.com\/vznStVndQi<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce (@nglwithkylie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nglwithkylie\/status\/1902389606999335409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At another point in the interview, Obama declared that she is \u201cnot interested in politics\u201d as a mom of two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was so glad when we got out of the White House,\u201d the 61-year-old admitted, referencing the end of her husband former President Barack Obama\u2019s second term in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wanted them to have the freedom of not having the eyes of the world on them. They still are dealing with paparazzi and being who they are and trying to carve out their own identity,\u201d Obama said, referring to her two daughters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of that, Michelle noted, \u201cWhen people ask me, would I ever run [for office], the answer is no.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said that those wondering \u201chave absolutely no idea the sacrifice that your kids make when your parents are in that role.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former lawyer added, \u201cNot only am I not interested in politics in that way but the thought of putting my girls back into that spotlight when they are just now establishing themselves \u2014 we\u2019ve done enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As far as Michelle is concerned, the \u201cquestion [has been] asked and answered\u201d and is \u201cnever gonna happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She concluded, \u201cThey\u2019ve already served their time. \u2026 It would be unthinkable. Nope.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Obama was mercilessly ridiculed on social media after the first few episodes of her new podcast, \u201cIMO (In My Opinion),\u201d debuted to poor numbers when compared to other political shows on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To begin their new media endeavor, Obama and her brother Craig Robinson launched their video podcast on Monday, March 10, and uploaded their first two episodes on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But on their first day on the platform, the two episodes received 15,000 and 47,000 views, respectively. On the other hand, Joe Rogan\u2019s show receives between 500,000 and 56 million viewers and listeners each episode, while California Governor Gavin Newsom\u2019s new podcast received over 743,000 views on YouTube in its debut episode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several on social media to poke fun at the former first lady for her \u201cabysmal\u201d viewership numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One user on X, formerly known as Twitter, shared a screenshot showing the view count on Obama\u2019s YouTube page and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1900000118788497720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1900000118788497720%7Ctwgr%5E4ca4a9f15624eeb6c021947884b9c92984690cf0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediaite.com%2Fpodcasts%2Fmaga-celebrates-michelle-obamas-podcast-debuting-to-abysmal-numbers-were-you-one-of-the-25k-that-listened%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>, \u201cMichelle Obama\u2019s first couple podcast episodes absolutely flopped, not even getting a combined 20,000 views in the 15 hours after posting. The comments filled with people saying \u2018nobody asked for this.\u2019 What an utter failure. Who thought this was a good idea?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another X user commented: \u201cI find the majority of successful podcasts come about naturally and over time. The left seems to think success can be forced. I have news for \u2018em. You can\u2019t just take someone who was popular at one time, and achieve your goals. It just doesn\u2019t work that way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A third person pointed out: \u201cThis is extremely embarrassing. Absolutely insane that it did this bad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fox News host Jesse Watters declared Michelle Obama\u2019s podcast a \u201cflop\u201d just hours after the first episode was released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watters said on Wednesday night\u2019s episode of \u201cJesse Watters Primetime\u201d that he had been wondering where the former First Lady had vanished after she missed several important occasions, such as the inauguration of President Donald Trump and the funeral for former President Jimmy Carter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former President Obama attended a Los Angeles Clippers game courtside on Wednesday\u2014but noticeably without Michelle Obama, further&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/michelle-obama-opens-90001\/\">sparking rumors of a coming breakup<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barack Obama notably attended President Donald Trump\u2019s second inauguration alone in January after Michelle, a vocal critic of Trump,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/michelle-obama-opens-90001\/\">opted to skip the event<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michelle Obama was also absent from her husband\u2019s side at the funeral for President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in D.C., with reports indicating that she chose to stay in Hawaii for an \u201cextended holiday vacation\u201d instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite ongoing speculation about their relationship, the couple appeared affectionate on Valentine\u2019s Day last month, with both&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/barack-another-89990\/\">sharing heartfelt messages<\/a>&nbsp;on social media, The Post noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former First Lady Michelle Obama made headlines again this week after she shared intimate details about her personal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions\/85"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}