The reasons to love Michelle Obama transcend beyond her well-sculpted arms and fashionable wardrobe, but that doesn’t stop us from loving those parts of her just as much.
The fly FLOTUS is featured in this month’s issue of Parade Magazine, and of course, riddled in with serious accounts of her insightful work with childhood obesity, there were a few style related questions.
In the teaser to the interview that drops this Sunday, Michelle talks about why she got rid of the bangs that were almost more famous than her husband, and she clears up the “single mother” comment that briefly cast a questionable shadow over the White House.
Check out some excerpts from the conversation below:
On why she no longer sports the bangs that caused such a sensation:
You know, it’s hard to make speeches with hair in your face!
On her thoughts about turning 50 in January:
I have never felt more confident in myself, more clear on who I am as a woman. But I am constantly thinking about my own health and making sure that I’m eating right and getting exercise and watching the aches and pains. I want to be this really fly 80-, 90-year old.
On whether her recent description of herself as “a single mother” was an acknowledgement of the pressure that comes with always making the decisions about her kids:
That’s absolutely right. When you have a husband or a partner who’s either traveling for work or has huge responsibility … and I give my husband credit—he knows who their friends are, he knows what their schedule is. But he’s not making the calls to the dance studio to figure out what classes they’re taking next year … I think it’s important for both parents to shoulder that [responsibility]. I tell my kids, “I am thinking about you every other minute of my day.”
On the rules she has set for the Obama daughters as they grow older:
I give them as long a leash as they can handle. What I tell my kids is, I’m preparing you for college and for life. So, having independence, knowing how to set your own boundaries, figuring out how to make that balance. We still have screen time rules.
Head over to Parade Magazine for more of the FLOTUS’ interview.
