Michelle Obama Plays Race Card Again In Bizarre Interview

Former First Lady Michelle Obama has once again suggested that she and former President Barack Obama were treated unfairly during their time in the White House—this time arguing that their family was “held to higher standards” because of their race.

In an upcoming interview set to air on ABC’s Good Morning America on Sunday, Obama claimed that she endured a heightened level of scrutiny as the first black First Lady.

The interviewer asked, “You said we were all too aware that as a first black couple, we couldn’t afford any missteps. And you also say as a black woman, I was under a particularly white, hot glare. Did you feel that?”

“For sure,” Obama responded. “You can’t afford to get anything wrong because you didn’t get the—at least until the country came to know us.”

“We didn’t get the grace that I think some other families have gotten,” she added.

Her remarks arrive despite the fact that Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election in what was considered a historic landslide and secured re-election in 2012 with comfortable margins. Following their departure from Washington, the couple leveraged their political celebrity into a global brand, signing lucrative book deals, producing media projects with Netflix, and earning substantial fees for speaking engagements.

Yet Michelle Obama has continued to center many of her public appearances and interviews around themes of race, privilege, and perceived cultural inequity. She has frequently framed her experiences as those of someone constantly underestimated or scrutinized.

Last month, she recalled feeling as though she did not belong at Princeton, suggesting that others assumed she had benefited from affirmative action. “All my scores said I did not belong in Princeton,” she said. “People saw my skin color and said, ‘You are aiming too high.’”

More recently, the former First Lady drew online backlash for describing what she called the hidden costs of life in the White House during an interview on The Diary of a CEO podcast.

“It’s expensive to live in the White House,” she said. “Many people don’t know, but much is not covered. You’re paying for every bit of food you eat.”

“You’re not paying for housing and the staff in it, but everything, even travel,” she added, noting that when she or her daughters traveled without the president, those expenses were paid personally. “If you’re not traveling with the president, if your kids are coming on Bright Star — the First Lady’s plane — we had to pay for their travel to be on the plane,” she said.

By the time the Obamas left Washington in 2017—years before President Donald J. Trump returned to the White House for his second term—their net worth had reportedly grown from roughly $1 million to around $70 million.

Critics online called her recent comments “out of touch” and “tone-deaf.” Former View co-host Meghan McCain wrote on X: “It would be cool if Michelle Obama had literally anything positive to say about anything.”

Meanwhile, rumors surrounding the Obamas’ marriage continue to circulate. A report from Radar Online claimed the couple has been attending therapy and discussing how to divide assets “in case of a potential split.”

“They want to have everything ironed out in advance,” one source said. “The last thing they want is an ugly fight with lots of nasty legal filings.”

Fueling speculation, the couple’s former Martha’s Vineyard estate, the 30-acre Blue Heron Farm, was recently listed for nearly $40 million. The Obamas purchased a different property on the island in 2020.