Michelle Obama Used My Favorite Excuse to Skip Trump’s Inauguration
The former first lady said she ultimately “tricked” herself out of attending the event by not preparing anything to wear.
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On Wednesday’s episode of Michelle Obama’s podcast, IMO With Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson, which she co-hosts with her brother, the former first lady finally addressed her absence from President Donald Trump’s second inauguration in January. Much to Megyn Kelly’s chagrin, the former POTUS didn’t fly solo because of any marital trouble. Frankly, the reason was far more amusing than I could’ve imagined.
According to Obama, she struggled so much with doing “the right thing” generally—versus doing what felt right to her personally—that she ultimately had to “trick” herself out of attending the event by not preparing anything to wear. Despite the fact that she is Michelle Obama and undoubtedly has a closet of gorgeous things to wear, I’ll just say: Relatable! I wouldn’t want to attend the inauguration of a prolific sexual predator and borderline fascist dictator either. Though I do wish she’d just say that…
“It started with not having anything to wear,” Obama said. “I was like, if I’m not going to do this thing, I got to tell my team, I don’t even want to have a dress ready, right? Because it’s so easy to just say, let me do the right thing.” Had her team coordinated an outfit for her, Obama said she knew her pesky “go high” impulses would’ve kicked in and she would’ve attended. Instead, she gave herself the most practical reason a woman would choose to stay at home.