Michelle Obama In ‘Therapy’ For ‘Transitioning’ Into ‘Next Phase’ in Life

Michelle Obama has stirred renewed speculation about her personal life and political ambitions after revealing she’s in a “transition” phase, all while once again invoking race and criticizing President Donald Trump’s immigration policies in a series of recent media appearances.

The former first lady made the comments during an interview with left-wing podcast host Jay Shetty, in which she described turning 60 as a milestone that’s led her to reevaluate nearly every aspect of her identity and lifestyle.

“At this phase of my life, I’m in therapy right now because I’m transitioning, you know?” Michelle told Shetty, according to The Independent. “I’m 60 years old, I’ve finished a really hard thing in my life with my family intact, I’m an empty nester, my girls are in – you know, they’ve been launched.”

Now that she’s out of the White House and her children are grown, Michelle said she’s finally living for herself.

“Every choice that I’m making is completely mine,” she continued. “I now don’t have the excuse of, ‘Well, my kids need this,’ or ‘My husband needs that,’ or ‘The country needs that.’”

“I’m getting that tune-up for this next phase because I believe this is a whole ‘nother phase in life for me,” she added. “And I now have the wisdom to know—let me go get some coaching while I’m doing it.”

Michelle’s remarks come amid a growing chorus of speculation about her marriage to former President Barack Obama. Her absence from several public events in recent months has prompted questions about the status of their relationship.

During a separate appearance on the Work in Progress podcast with actress and liberal activist Sophia Bush, Michelle pushed back on those rumors.

“That’s the thing that we as women, I think we struggle with—disappointing people,” she said. “I mean, so much so that this year people were, you know, they couldn’t even fathom that I was making a choice for myself that they had to assume that my husband and I are divorcing.”

Now 61, the former first lady says she’s begun questioning everything from how she spends her time to how she’s perceived by the public. “We start actually, finally going, ‘What am I doing? Who am I doing this for?’” she mused. “And if it doesn’t fit into the sort of stereotype of what people think we should do, then it gets labeled as something negative and horrible.”

During the same Shetty interview, Michelle Obama used the platform to launch a familiar attack on President Donald Trump, this time claiming his immigration policies “keep me up at night.”

Despite having spent the last two decades in elite circles, Obama portrayed herself as deeply fearful of “what’s happening to immigrants,” citing supposed racism and lack of due process.

“Now that we have leadership that is sort of indiscriminately determining who belongs and who doesn’t,” she said. “Those decisions aren’t being made with courts and with due process.”

That claim is demonstrably false. Under President Trump, deportations are conducted through the Department of Homeland Security in full compliance with U.S. law, including judicial review and due process—unlike the open-border chaos encouraged under the Biden regime.

Still, Michelle doubled down.

“I worry for people of color all over this country, and I don’t know that we will have the advocates to protect everybody,” she said. “And that makes me … that frightens me. It keeps me up at night.”

She also repeated long-standing claims about systemic racism that she and her brother, Craig Robinson, allegedly faced growing up. “No one was going to see beyond the color of our skin,” she told Shetty.

The irony, of course, is that Michelle and Barack Obama ascended to the very pinnacle of American success—he as president for eight years, she as first lady—and remain among the most powerful and influential public figures in the world.

Yet, the narrative remains the same: grievance, fear, and racial division.

As President Trump focuses on restoring law and order, enforcing immigration laws, and revitalizing the American economy, the Obamas continue to push a vision of the country rooted in resentment and revisionism—one that many Americans no longer recognize.