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On the June 18 episode of her IMO podcast Michelle Obama casually joked that she was “so glad” she never had a son because “he would’ve been a Barack Obama,” a zinger she delivered with a laugh as her brother Craig Robinson and guest Angie Martinez looked on. The throwaway line went viral because it was more than a joke — it was another moment where the former first lady aired private frustrations about her husband in public.
Megyn Kelly wasted no time calling out the remark, saying plainly on her show that the comment fits a pattern and that “this woman can’t stand him,” arguing the Obamas conveniently offer public displays of unity while privately sowing gossip. Kelly’s take captured what many conservatives see as a larger problem: celebrity elites who lecture the country while trashing the very institutions they pretend to defend.
This latest quip sits atop past admissions from Michelle that hardly read like a rosy picture of marriage; she once said there were “10 years” during which she “couldn’t stand” her husband while they raised their children and built careers. Those remarks, first widely reported years ago, make these podcast barbs feel less like levity and more like chronic condescension toward a man who led the free world.
It’s no small thing when the people Americans once admired treat marriage as a punchline while selling themselves as moral authorities. The Obamas’ decision to air intimate details on a widely distributed platform is emblematic of the cultural elite’s entitlement: they believe the rules don’t apply to them, and that airing personal grievances doubles as cultural instruction.
Conservative readers should notice the double standard: when ordinary families struggle in private, left-wing media and politicians preach resilience and discretion, but when the powerful do the same, it becomes a moment for self-indulgent confession and a media feeding frenzy. That hypocrisy — celebrating selective vulnerability while weaponizing private pain for public consumption — is corrosive to the social fabric that conservatives are trying to protect.
At the end of the day hardworking Americans deserve leaders who model commitment, not celebrities who recycle marital friction into content and applause. Judge the Obamas by the same standards you judge your neighbors: loyalty, responsibility, and quiet dignity, not cable-friendly snipes dressed up as candor.
