The Queen Of Mean: 15 Times Michelle Obama Was A Very Angry First Lady — Tantrums, Feuds, Fights & More!
May 1 2015, Updated 6:30 p.m. ET
Jackie Kennedy, she isn't. Michelle Obama has made her mark on White House history by being a thoroughly modern First Lady -- and that includes speaking her mind! The former attorney has never been afraid to let 'er rip, no matter who's watching. RadarOnline.com takes a look at the moments that have earned Barack Obama's wife another title in addition to First Lady: Queen of Mean!
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Michelle Obama
Cameras caught the First Lady in an epic eye roll during the Inauguration Day luncheon in 2013. According to reports, she overheard John Boehner teasing the president about his smoking habit, but Boehner’s people later denied it.
Michelle Obama
Cameras caught the First Lady in an epic eye roll during the Inauguration Day luncheon in 2013. According to reports, she overheard John Boehner teasing the president about his smoking habit, but Boehner’s people later denied it.
Michelle Obama
When Barack became a state Senator in 2004, he has admitted that Michelle was unhappy with his time away from home — and she made it clear. “Leaning down to kiss Michelle goodbye in the morning, all I would get was a peck on the cheek,” he wrote in his 2006 book, The Audacity of Hope. “My wife’s anger toward me seemed barely contained.”
Michelle Obama
During a 2004 campaign trip in Illinois, Barack was called away from a planned family RV trip, leaving Michelle livid. The Chicago Tribune’s David Mendell, who covered the trip, said, “The tension between Michelle and her husband was palpable.
Michelle Obama
According to a 2009 report in Star magazine, Barack “thought public school would be” fine for daughters Sasha and Malia upon their move to DC, “but Michelle is the boss. She put her foot down and now the girls go to Sidwell Friends School.”
Michelle Obama
According to a 2009 report in Star magazine, Barack “thought public school would be” fine for daughters Sasha and Malia upon their move to DC, “but Michelle is the boss. She put her foot down and now the girls go to Sidwell Friends School.”
Michelle Obama
And in another passage, Anderson says Barack told his wife that he wished women in the crowd would stop “grabbing my a**.” Michelle is said to have sniped, “He’s loving it. He’s a man isn’t he?” Anderson claims.
Michelle Obama
And in another passage, Anderson says Barack told his wife that he wished women in the crowd would stop “grabbing my a**.” Michelle is said to have sniped, “He’s loving it. He’s a man isn’t he?” Anderson claims.
Michelle Obama
And in another passage, Anderson says Barack told his wife that he wished women in the crowd would stop “grabbing my a**.” Michelle is said to have sniped, “He’s loving it. He’s a man isn’t he?” Anderson claims.
Michelle Obama
Anderson also alleges that Michelle secretly pushed to have Barack’s former finance director, Vera Baker, moved to the Island of Martinique when Barack grew close to her. Cameras caught Michelle glaring at her husband as he happily chatted with the pretty blonde prime minister of Denmark during Nelson Mandela‘s memorial service in December 2013.
Michelle Obama
During the First Lady’s recent trip to China, a staffer at the Westin Beijing Chaoyang told reporters that Michelle and her guests were inconveniencing “pretty much everyone.” The staffer complained, “We can’t wait for this to be over, to tell you the truth. We entertain many important people here, but this has been, I think, very different.”
Michelle Obama
During the First Lady’s recent trip to China, a staffer at the Westin Beijing Chaoyang told reporters that Michelle and her guests were inconveniencing “pretty much everyone.” The staffer complained, “We can’t wait for this to be over, to tell you the truth. We entertain many important people here, but this has been, I think, very different.”
Michelle Obama
According to journalist Edward Klein’s book, The Amateur, Michelle once told Gayle King, “that if she found out her husband was running around, she wouldn’t keep quiet. Gayle was kind of astonished that she would say that.”
Michelle Obama
According to journalist Edward Klein’s book, The Amateur, Michelle once told Gayle King, “that if she found out her husband was running around, she wouldn’t keep quiet. Gayle was kind of astonished that she would say that.”