"As those doors shut, I cried for 30 minutes straight, uncontrollable sobbing, because that's how much we were keeping it together for eight years," Obama remarked, referring to her final flight aboard the presidential jet.
Michelle Obama opened up in a new podcast about how she sobbed quickly after leaving then-President Donald Trump's inauguration as the emotions of leaving their family's home after eight years and animosity over Trump entering office overcame her.
"As those doors shut, I cried for 30 minutes straight, uncontrollable sobbing, because that's how much we were keeping it together for eight years," Obama remarked, referring to her final flight aboard the presidential jet.
Obama's experience was recently made public in a segment from her "The Light Podcast," which debuted on Audible on Tuesday. The former first lady's third book, "The Light We Carry," reflects on how she has dealt with relationships and self-doubt.
And anxiety amid difficult times is the source of the podcast's audio. It includes exchanges from her promotional and discussion travels to six locations with A-list moderators like Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, David Letterman, and Conan O'Brien.
"That day was very emotional after the inauguration - and we are aware of whose inaugural we attended. Obama said, "We were leaving the house we had lived in for eight years, the only house our kids had ever known.
They remembered Chicago, but the White House was where they had spent the most time. So we were saying farewell to the staff and all the folks that helped to raise them." Obama said that although she "had to hold it together," she wasn't in a "nice mood."
"There were tears and that feeling. But to stand there and see the very opposite of what we stood for display — there was no variety, no color, and no representation of America as a whole," said Obama She also made fun of her late husband's successor over how many people attended his inauguration.
This has long been a source of controversy for the Trump administration, which has erroneously claimed the turnout was the highest ever. "You take out on your final journey, flying over the Capitol, which was not particularly crowded. We saw it," she replied, to the audience's laughter.
Obama expressed her hope that the podcast will encourage listeners to "share your own light" when promoting it on Twitter on Monday. The former first lady has provided additional details about her emotional state on that day in January 2017 during the years after leaving the White House.
Including the fact that she "stopped even trying to smile" during Trump's inauguration. A lot was occurring on that day, she noted in 2018, but as she said goodbye to the White House, one thing was crystal clear: "Bye, Felicia!"
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