Oprah Winfrey interviews Michelle Obama for Elle magazine December 2018 issue. They discuss Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming.

Oprah Winfrey interviews Michelle Obama for Elle magazine December 2018 issue. They discuss Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming.
Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama discussed Michelle Obama’s new memoir, Becoming.
Here is a synopsis of the interview in the magazine. Some of the poignant things that Michelle Obama says to Oprah Winfrey are, “Like it or not, we are role models.” She wrote her memoir, Becoming keeping that perspective in mind. People look up to her and many of the people who will purchase her book and read it look up to her.
Michelle Obama speaks of her humble beginnings growing up as a kid in the south side of Chicago. She looked at her family like they were a square, her brother, her parents and her making up the four corners of the square. She jokes that there was just a small partition between where she and her brother slept and they would throw a sock over it, saying, “I’m up. Are you up?” and chatting in general.
Michelle was very studious and hard on herself in school. She says that her mom thought she was a little “extra”.
Michelle wanted to be smart, exceed expectations and not perpetuate stereotypes that made assumptions about kids like her, from the south side of Chicago, heading for failure.
Michelle Obama says that she laid out her plan to go to law school but she did end up not particularly enjoying being a lawyer.
Furthermore, Michelle Obama explains that when she met and married former President Barack Obama, there were challenges that needed to be overcome. He traveled a lot, she needed his support and had to learn how to express that she needed his support.
When it came time for Barack Obama to run for President of the United States, he made sure that it would be a positive experience for the whole family.
Michelle Obama talks a bit about being thrown into the spotlight and maintaining a public image. She discusses how everyone was suddenly paying attention to what she was wearing and she had not expected to be scrutinized so muh. This increased her interest in fashion choices. She hired a fashion stylist that she had previously known from a boutique that she had often shopped at.
• Now that former First Lady Michelle Obama has moved out of the White House, even her dogs have had to get used to the change. In the interview, she mentions the two dogs’ surprise to hear the neighbor dogs barking in the distance. There was none of that at the White House.

• There is still a high level of security at the Obamas’ new home and they have been reminded to close the window that they should not keep open. If the window is open, they might get a call with the reminder to close it!

Former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama highlights her humble beginnings, her studiousness and her resilience when discussing her life story.