She and husband Barack were in the White House for eight years as First Lady and US President. With that came numerous pressures and Michelle grew concerned for her two children – Malia and Sasha. She explained her worries for her daughters in a moving interview with CBS’ Gayle King.
Michelle said that after Sasha graduated from high school, the Obamas had become empty nesters leading to concerns.
She said: “Every Saturday night, you had to worry about whether your kids are going to end up on Page Six.”
She shared stories with Ms King about her time in the White House, her marriage and the rocky road it took to get her where she was today.
She said: “This is the beauty of finding a partner you really love and respect.
“After all the highs and lows, the ups and downs we’ve been through, we have each other, which makes the journey worth it.”
She went on to add how important she felt it was for people to marry their equals to make a marriage work.
She said: “My husband is my teammate and if we are going to win this game together, he has to be strong and he has to be ok with me being strong.”
Michelle told Ms King people saw her relationship as “hashtag relationship goals”, but she wanted to let people know there were difficult times too.
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She said: “But Barack and I aren’t living our best life until we’re all living our best life.
“There is nothing we can’t do or change when we as a collective put our minds to it.”
Michelle also shared with Ms King the first time she spoke to Barack was on the phone before his first day at the law firm they worked at together.
She said: “That voice didn’t go with the picture of the little nerd I had in my head.”
The former First Lady recounted how Malia and Sasha were in tears when she had to get them out of the White House.
Michelle explained she allowed her daughters to have one last sleepover at the presidential house before the 2017 inauguration.
But she ended up getting the teenagers up in the morning while US President Donald Trump was ready to be sworn in as the new leader.
Michelle told CBS: “So anyway, the girls didn’t get up.
“I’m like, ‘Get up and get out of here.’
“And they’re all crying and they have their teddy bears and they’re moving slow and I’m like, ‘You’ve got to get up and get out of this house.’
“So you’ve got tears and I’m pushing people out of freight elevator and my kids are crying.
“I don’t know where they’re going. All of that was happening and the staff was crying.”