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Michelle Obama keeps shrugging off the idea of stepping back, popping up on a new podcast and giving interviews that keep her in the headlines long after the Obamas left the White House. The supposedly “retired” former first lady has instead launched IMO with her brother and used it as a platform to remind the public she’s still very much in the conversation.
She insists she isn’t running for office and claims she’s done with the political stump, but her public pronouncements read like campaign messaging dressed up as personal empowerment. When pressed recently she told interviewers she has “zero intention” of running and said she’s “not giving another political speech,” yet that hasn’t stopped her from weighing in on hot-button issues and stoking controversy.
Michelle has also fanned a media storm by skipping high-profile events and then fielding curious questions about her marriage and priorities — questions she tried to tamp down on air. She admitted she’s saying “no” more often, and yes, that decision spawned the usual tabloid chatter about her relationship with Barack Obama — chatter she addressed directly in interviews.
The former first lady even managed to inflame the debate about women’s health by suggesting that “creating life” is not the central measure of womanhood — a line that predictably set off conservative pushback and alarmed many who believe motherhood should be honored, not minimized. Conservatives see this as emblematic of a cultural elite that lectures ordinary Americans while divorcing its rhetoric from common-sense values and lived experience.
Predictably, the conservative commentariat circled the wagons: Matt Walsh and other voices on the right trashed the podcast as a flop and mocked Michelle’s apparent victim narratives, arguing that the Obamas have traded public service for perpetual branding. The critics aren’t just being nasty for sport — they’re pointing out how much media capital is spent on self-promotion and how little substance often accompanies the spectacle.
Meanwhile, Michelle continues to sound the alarm on “democracy” and push for sweeping federal voting changes, even as many Americans worry about federal overreach into state-run elections and the hollowing out of local control. There’s a real inconsistency when a public figure lectures about threats to democracy while simultaneously championing centralized fixes that would sway power to political operatives in Washington.
Hardworking Americans don’t need lecturing from celebrity elites who retreat to luxury and podcast studios when the spotlight dims. If Michelle Obama wants to be taken seriously about sacrifice and service, she should stop treating grievance like a brand and start offering real solutions that respect everyday citizens and the institutions that protect liberty. The country deserves leaders who build, not influencers who broadcast.
