Source: The Guardian
Michelle Obama is facing backlash for recently comparing Donald Trump‘s presidency to a divorced dad.
WATCH: Michelle Obama Makes A Surprise Appearance At The Grammys
The comment, made during a stop in London on her book tour for her memoir Becoming, came about while she was speaking with Stephen Colbert, who was the host of the stop.
“America is like a teenager,” Colbert began, with Obama agreeing before adding, “We are a teenager, we talked about this, we’re like a teenage country.”
“And we’re confused ’cause our body is changing,” Colbert joked.
“We’re changing all over the place. And we come from a broken family. We’re a teenager, where we’re a little unsettled and having good parents is tough. Sometimes you spend weekends with divorced dad and that feels like it’s fun but then you get sick — that’s what America’s going through. We’re kind of living with divorced dad right now,” Obama replied.
Colbert then laughed and proceeded to do a Trump impersonation.
Since video of the exchange surfaced on social media, Obama’s joke has divided some. Dana Bash, a CNN anchor, called it “unremarkably woke,” while various men identifying as divorced fathers on Twitter have also voiced their displeasure with the comment.
On Fatherly, a website that calls itself a “media brand for dads,” a writer by the name Jordan Shapiro, a divorced father of two, wrote an op-ed titled, “Dear Michelle Obama: Divorced Dads Aren’t Bad Parents.”
But some have also come to Obama’s defense, noting that the remark was made in the context of a joke and with someone who is a comedian.
Elsewhere in Obama and Colbert’s conversation, the two spoke about how Barack Obama never faced any indictments during his presidency.
“Let’s just stop and think about — for anybody who had problems with Barack Obama — what we were troubled by. There were never any indictments,” she said according to The Guardian.
Hulu and Nikole Hannah-Jones turned the robust 1619 Project, moving pieces of journalism into a… Read More
The new trailer for Shazam! Fury of the Gods has released, with Billy Batson and his… Read More
Rapper Cordae says he's recorded a project worth of material with Anderson .Paak, all of… Read More
With Stranger Things leading the pack, Osark, Wednesday, NCIS and more were some of the most-streamed… Read More
Aaliyah fans have started a petition for the late vocalist to be inducted into the… Read More
Comic legend and You People star Eddie Murphy recently spoke to Complex about plans for… Read More