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Last week, former staffer Reid Cherlin called Michelle’s office a “miserable place to work” in an essay for The New Republic, claiming there was an inappropriate focus on fashion and intra-office politicking instead of making real change. The White House said in a statement, “From day one, the First Lady ambitiously set out to make a measurable impact on the lives of everyday American families. The First Lady is laser-focused on moving the needle wherever and whenever possible.”
2 of 15After working on the 2008 Obama campaign, digital activist Scott Goodstein said he’d clashed with Mrs. O. “I got yelled at by Michelle Obama for creating ringtones,” he said. “‘Oh my god you’re turning him into a hip hop star’ [she yelled,] ‘Novelty cell-phone rings are not going to get anyone elected President!’ Meanwhile, tens of thousands of people were joining the mobile program to download ringtones.”
3 of 15In 2013, one heckler learned the hard way that Mrs. Obama will not back down from controversy. After an audience member yelled out during her speech, Obama snapped, “One of the things that i don’t do well is [deal with hecklers]. Do you understand me? Listen to me or you can take the mic, but I’m leaving. You all decide. You have one choice.”4 of 15
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.
5 of 15Speaking of cigs, the Prez has said Michelle’s why he quit. “I haven’t had a cigarette in years,” he said in 2013. “That’s because I’m scared of my wife!”
6 of 15When 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.”
7 of 15During 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.
8 of 15According 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.”
9 of 15Biographer Christopher Anderson wrote in Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage that the First Lady did not appreciate her husband’s flirtatious banter with his constituents. He alleges she complained, “I want to tell these women, ‘Back off. Get a life.’ It’s just embarrassing.”10 of 15
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.RELATED: Michelle Obama's control-freak lunch program
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