Just Say No!
Former first-lady Michelle Obama openly shared her personal thinking as she has done before on an April 23 rd podcast to explain why she is again saying “No.” Like anyone else, she didn’t have to explain herself even though she’s been criticized for her choices to just say “no.” The former first lady who, remember, is now a private citizen, was notably absent from the January 20, 2025 inauguration of the current president and also bowed out of former President Jimmy Carter's funeral a week and a half earlier on January 9th, where she would have been seated next to that new president. "My decision to skip the inauguration -- you know what people don't realize or my decision to make choices at the beginning of this year that suited me, were met with such ridicule and criticism," she said. "People couldn't believe that I was saying ‘no’ for any other reason; they had to assume that my marriage was falling apart. While I'm here really trying to own my ...