Michelle Obama Opens Up About Skipping Donald Trump’s Inauguration

Michelle Obama is reclaiming her peace – and she’s doing it on her terms.

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On the latest episode of ‘IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson,’ the former first lady addressed the swirling chatter about her absence from Donald Trump‘s second inauguration and Jimmy Carter’s funeral. But it’s not what the headlines assumed.

Obama revealed her reasoning for not attending the inauguration, saying:

“It started with not having anything to wear.”

Continuing, she added:

“I’m always prepared for any funeral, anything. I walk around with the right dress, I travel with clothes just in case something pops off. So I was like, ‘If I’m not going to do this thing. I got to tell my team.’ I don’t even want to have a dress ready, right? Because it’s so easy to just say, ‘Let me do the right thing.’”

With Taraji P. Henson joining the chat, the conversation got real about the emotional labor Black women carry and how she’s teaching her daughters, Malia and Sasha Obama, to do things differently:

“I want our daughters, I want the young women out there… I want my girls to start practicing different strategies for saying no.”

And that message? Loud, clear, and long overdue. Watch the full episode of the podcast below: