The former first described her final hours at the White House as a teary, chaotic mess — mostly because her daughters insisted on hosting one more sleepover.
The conversation between the south side Chicago native and Colbert wrapped a 34-date world tour supporting the book, a run that brought the wife of former President Barack Obama to arenas in London, Stockholm, Amsterdam and across the United States.
Obama credited her mother for raising her and her brother, Craig Robinson, as individuals; she didn’t stifle her “feisty” daughter — a trait Obama said she embraced in raising her daughters. “I had to beg the housekeepers … these girls have to learn how to clean their own rooms and make their beds and do their laundry,” Obama said. “Because they will not live here forever and I am not raising kids that don’t know how to make a bed.”Michelle Obama walks on stage during her Becoming: An Intimate Conversation with Michelle Obama event at Ryman Auditorium Sunday, May 12, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn.Obama outlined her final hours at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
“Everybody’s crying because it’s the last day and it’s emotional,” Obama said. “We’re saying goodbye and people are crying and the staff’s crying and I’m thinking I gotta get myself together because if I walk out that door in tears they’re going to think I’m crying because of the Trumps.”The conversation drifted slightly into political lanes, with Obama describing advice to potential presidential spouses and her frustration with pundits.
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