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The ladies kicked off this morning’s episode of The View by defending former first lady Michelle Obama amid rumors that she and former president Barack Obama are getting divorced.
The chatter all started after Michelle skipped major events like President Donald Trump‘s inauguration and former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral earlier this year. But when she appeared on a recent episode of Sophia Bush‘s Work in Progress podcast, Michelle shut down the rumors, telling Bush, “I get to look at my calendar, which I did this year, with a real big example of me, myself, looking at something that I was supposed to do — without naming names — and I chose to do what was best for me. Not what I had to do. Not what I thought other people wanted me to do,” per NBC News.
“We, as women, I think struggle with disappointing people,” Michelle continued. “I mean, so much so that this year people were, you know — they couldn’t even fathom that I was making a choice for myself, that they had to assume that my husband and I are divorcing.”
On The View, Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro were quick to praise Michelle for putting herself first.
“I love what she said though. Can’t it just be a grown woman making decisions for herself? If you think about it, she has been in the public eye a bit begrudgingly. She didn’t run for office, her husband ran for office. She did a wonderful job,” Hostin said, before adding, “She’s thinking about Michelle Obama right now. She’s in her era. She’s doing her thing.”
Navarro, for her part, described Michelle as a “woman who does not suffer fools.” When she hosted the Obama family at her ex’s hotel back in 2007, Navarro remembered Michelle telling Barack to be back to their room by 5 p.m. to have dinner with their kids — and “at 4:59 p.m., that guy was like Cinderella about to turn into a pumpkin.”
“I think that there is incredible mutual respect in that relationship and that she knows exactly who she is, what is good for her, what is good for her family,” Navarro added. “Leave her the hell alone.”
Sara Haines also understood why Michelle would want to skip certain events.
“She no longer has to fall in line and considering the times we’re living in and how they were treated at certain times,” she said. “Deep respect for President Carter’s passing but you don’t have to go sit at a funeral for a gazillion hours when you have other plans.”
As for what they thought about Michelle skipping Trump’s inauguration, Navarro exclaimed, “Good for her for not going!”
The View airs on weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.
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