Michelle Obama responded to the woman who referred to her husband Barack Obama as being “fine as a motherfucker” at a recent event prior to the midterm elections.
Michelle was shown the footage on her most recent visit to Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote her new book The Light We Carry. Prior to the midterm elections, Michelle had apparently never seen the viral video with a woman complementing her husband when he was out campaigning at the Detroit Renaissance High School in Detroit, Michigan.
“Sometimes traveling on a campaign trail feels a little harder than it did to,” the 61-year-old former president remarked in the video. “It’s not only because I’m older and grayer.
Then someone in the crowd said, “You still fine as a motherfucker.”
As the audience and Obama both laughed, he added, “I’m not going to tell Michelle you said that… Although Michelle agrees, she is aware.”
President Obama: I’m getting old and gray.
Lady in the crowd who I agree with 1000%: you still fine as a motherfucker.
— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly 🌸 (@AynRandPaulRyan) October 29, 2022
“I hadn’t seen that,” Michelle says at the 10-minute mark of the above video. “I was aware of it. That was the first thing he said when he got home. ‘How did it go?’ I inquired. ‘Someone said I was fine,’ he explained. ‘Oh really?’ I thought. That’s fantastic.”
The late-night host then asked Michelle if she would ever tell her husband stories like that, to which she shook her head. “He doesn’t need to know everything about me,” she explained.
Barack has previously lavished similar compliments on his wife. Following the unveiling of the couple’s post-presidency portraits at the White House in September, Barack stated that the artist Sharon Sprung had perfectly captured the fact that his wife was “fine.”
“I’d like to thank [artist]Sharon Sprung for capturing everything that I adore about Michelle. “Her grace, her intelligence, and the fact that she is fine,” Obama said as the portraits were unveiled in the East Room to applause and cheers.
“She is. Barrack added, “Her portrait is stunning,” before Michelle thanked him for his “spicy remarks.”
"I want to thank Sharon Sprung for capturing everything I love about Michelle. Her grace, her intelligence – And the fact that she's fine." – Barack Obama on Michelle’s portrait pic.twitter.com/KaQ98z0R72
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) September 7, 2022
Michelle also discussed her new book, which she said wasn’t quite a self-help book, but was meant to inspire because so many people had asked her for advice over the years.
“Dealing with fear, feeling invisible, how do you find your voice, people are figuring out how to get through life, and not everyone has a mentor,” Michelle explained. “Not everyone has parents who can give them that kind of advice. So this book is simply my offering of the tools that have helped me over the course of my 58 years.”
