Michelle Obama didn’t hold anything back. For Netflix’s
Becoming, the former first lady provided a rare glimpse into her private life as she embarked on a book tour in 2018 and 2019 to support her memoir of the same name. In it, she candidly discusses marriage, motherhood and leaving the White House with husband Barack, 58, after almost eight years. “This is totally me,” Michelle, 56, says, “unplugged, for the first time.”
Raising Malia & Sasha
Becoming a mom to daughters Malia, 21, now a junior at Harvard she still calls her “little potato,” and Sasha, an 18-year-old University of Michigan freshman, was a “concession,” Michelle admits. As husband Barack Obama pursued politics and, later, the presidency, “Something had to give — and it was my aspirations and dreams,” the…
