Michelle Obama and her daughters are not having the time of their lives during the coronavirus pandemic. During an appearance on the Conan O’Brien show, former First Lady Michelle Obama griped about how she and her daughters have had their fair share of struggles during the lockdown. Although she is delighted to spend so much time with her two daughters, Sasha and Malia, are not so happy to be stuck at home with their parents.
While the “early stages” of the stay-at-home order were a lot of fun for Michelle Obama and the family was “excited to be together,” it did not take long for the children to get frustrated. Before long, 22-year-old Sasha and 19-year-old Malia were “itching” to return to life as normal and go back to college.
“We were all being organized, and we would spend the days apart doing our respective work – the girls were still in classes in the spring – and so we would be working and then doing a little exercise, and then come together in the evenings,” she said. “We would have these activities. We would have cocktails, and then we would work puzzles and play games.”
The family played games and did many fun activities.
“Barack taught the girls how to play spades. We actually had some organized things. Like we had an art exhibit day, where we all went off and did watercolor paintings, and then we showed it,” she said.
Good times faded quickly.
“Now, Conan, this was in the early stages. I think first our kids got a little sick of us, which was fine because we were pretty much sick of them. And so the summer started happening, and then we could be outside a little bit more, and we came to the vineyard, where we still are, and so there’s more room to roam around, and that was good because it helped us break it up.”
Although Sasha and Malia did not return to school as normal, they are attending virtually.
“And now the kids are back in Zoom land classes. They’re doing it remotely. And they’re no longer thrilled about being with us,” she stated.
Entertainment Tonight (video below) ran a story about the Obamas during the lockdown. Thousands of people shared comments, including the following:
“Some people hate the fact the Obama’s are smart, honest, and overall Gooood people.”
“Not surprising that the Obama’s raised intelligent responsible. Charming young women.”
“Those girls are so gorgeous. My favorite presidential family. Educated, beautiful, humble, loving, and patient. Such a beautiful representation of leadership.”
“They are well-spoken, well-mannered, ivy league young women who happened to be gorgeous. I’m so disappointed that most of these comments are solely about how pretty they are, cause yes, that’s what matters.”
“Wow. Not only was she smart, but she really has a very great speaking voice. And I say the same for Sasha. I really believe that a person’s voice has something to do with the content of a human’s brain.”
What do you think about the Obama home issues during a lockdown?