Michelle Obama has revealed that she’s “so glad” she didn’t have a son with husband President Barack Obama because he would’ve been a clone of the former president.
In this week’s episode of her podcast, IMO, Michelle and her co-host (and brother) Craig Robinson spoke to New York radio host Angie Martinez about the challenges around raising sons “in a volatile culture filled with bad examples of masculinity.”
Talking about their own children, Martinez told Michelle, “You should’ve threw a boy in the mix,” to which she responded, ”I’m so glad I didn’t have a boy.”
When asked why she and Barack never tried for a third child after daughters Sasha and Malia, Michelle quipped, “Because he would’ve been a Barack Obama.”
While Martinez felt that a baby Barack “would’ve been amazing,” Michelle disagreed, arguing, ”I would’ve felt for him.” Robinson joked that Michelle just “borrowed” his boys, and she agreed, telling Martinez, “I got plenty.”
Sounding content with the two daughters she and Barack did have, Michelle said of parenthood, “I’ve loved every phase of parenting: I loved them when they were little babies, I loved them when they were walking and starting to talk, the teenage years were interesting in the White House.”
“But I’ve loved every time with them—and watching them become their own people and make their own choices, and figure stuff out, and call me after they figure stuff out,” she added.
