In the words of Fifth Harmony: Michelle Obama, purse so heavy gettin' Oprah dollars—Boss.
While speaking to Stephen Colbert on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the former First Lady Michelle Obama revealed what dinners were like in the White House.
Mrs. Obama did a hilariously perfect impersonation of former President Obama: Colbert and the audience couldn't get enough.
What Is One Thing Barack Obama Loves? Michelle Obama Tells Stephen Colbert
While speaking to Mrs. Obama, Stephen Colbert said, "I heard you say that he [Barack Obama] leaves the job at the door when he comes into the residential part of the White House. Is that really true, because I can't leave my job at the door? How does he leave that at the door?"
The former First Lady says he does leave his job at the door: "You know, at least our time together because when he first walks in, we have dinner. It's usually dinner time. So, that's the time when, unless Malia asks him about his work, which we try not to have her do."
She continues saying, "It's all about the kids. You know, 'How are your days? What's going on? What's the latest gossip?'"
Mrs. Obama then reveals a fun fact about our former President, "He's really into gossip." She says why he loves gossip so much, jokingly saying, "Because he doesn't have a life."
Colbert, jumping in, agrees he may not have a life, but "he's got the NSA, and he can find out what any of us are thinking." The two of them go on to have a good laugh about that.
Michelle Obama's Impersonation of Barack Obama
While the former First Lady talked with Stephen Colbert about her eight years in the White House and the last few days in the office, Mrs. Obama busted out her Barack Obama impersonation.
After she imitated the former President's two smiles, Colbert asked her if she did an impression of her husband, "Now, that smile was a pretty good impression of your husband. Do you do an impression on your husband?"
Mrs. Obama immediately answered, saying, "Oh, we, all three of us [herself, plus her two daughters, Malia and Sasha], have good impressions of Barack."
Colbert responded, "Would you mind sharing a little bit of yours—" The former First Lady jumped in, saying, "Well, it's usually at the dinner table. Because, you know, and Malia will start it because she usually asks the serious question. 'Well, Dad, tell us about your day, oh and what about that conversation on global warming.'"
She goes on to jokingly say, "And Sasha and I are like, 'Oh God, no, don't get him started.'" This is when Mrs. Obama breaks into her impersonation:
In Barack Obama's voice, she says: "Well, I'm glad you, I'm glad you asked that. Um, let me just, uh, let me just answer that in three points. One."
Back in her own voice, Mrs. Obama says, "And then 1A, and then 1A and B, and Sasha and I are like, ugh." But the reason she and Sasha don't want to talk politics at the table? Simple, they want to talk about their favorite Beyoncé song.
"Because Sasha and I want to talk about our favorite song on Lemonade album. That's what we want to talk about. He [Barack] doesn't want to go there," she says.
To listen to her impersonation, skip ahead to 4:50.
What Are Some First Lady Faux Pas?
When asked about her eight years as First Lady, and looking back on them, does she have any faux pas or moments she can't believe happened, she says:
"Oh God, so many of them," Mrs. Obama said. "They usually involve pronouncing somebody's name wrong... Names are so hard, and I practice, and I try to get—and then I get up there, and I mess it up."
But, she says it's not only names around the world that are hard to say; names in America are also tough. "You know, even names here in the United States, you know, kids these days, their names. I can tell you, I think I've got it right; I'm looking at the name card, and it's like, 'No, it's not Terry, it's Ter-ree.'"
She says she has a trick to combat the name problem: "I'm usually just like, 'Hey, sweetie, how're you doing?' I just have given up on that."
Colbert then asks if she has any "oh my God" moments and a fun thing she can't believe she got to do. Mrs. Obama says, "There's so many of them."
She tells the audience about those moments and says, "Sleepover at Buckingham Palace—Yeah. What. It was when they hosted us for the state dinner; when you're the guest Country, you stay at Buckingham Palace."
But, she did order something most wouldn't expect while staying at Buckingham Palace, "I do remember ordering French fries at the palace."
"They were good. They were some good fries," she says. Colbert asks if she has French fries at the White House, and the former First Lady says, "Yes. Everything at the White House."
Pivoting gears, Colbert asks her about her nickname for Barack Obama—Swagalicious. He asks how it's achieved, and she has a very witty response, "It's a person who has a lot of swag, and if you don't know what swag is, Steve, you definitely don't have it."
One thing is certain throughout her conversation with Colbert, the former First Lady had a good eight years in the White House.
