The First Lady did, however, express some consternation at other peoples’ reaction to her attire, a reaction that caused her to abandon one particular sartorial item.
During Mrs. Obama’s appearance on 106 & Park, cohosts Bow Wow and Keshia Chante asked her about a variety of topics, many related to the First Lady’s Let’s Move fitness initiative, but also some more fun, personal topics. It was on just such a topic that Mrs. Obama revealed a lingering disappointment.
Reaching into the “Bowl of Randomness” for an audience question, Mrs. Obama read, “What’s your biggest fashion regret?”
“Oh, that’s a tough one. Wow, biggest fashion regret,” she said, stumped. “I don’t have an answer to
She then added, “Sometimes as First Lady, sometimes I forget I’m the First Lady and I’m running around in shorts. I know the first time we went on a family vacation, I had shorts on getting off of Air Force One, and that created a huge stink because people were like, she’s wearing shorts getting off of Air Force One. And I thought, what, we’re on vacation.”
“And you have to be comfortable when you fly,” interjected Bow Wow.
“So I have avoided shorts getting off of Air Force One,” the First Lady revealed.
What’s interesting is that the “stink” that the First Lady described didn’t come from the usual suspects in the conservative media, but from the likes of The Washington Post, whose fashion critic called the shorts , and NBC News’ The Today Show, who ran a segment asking “Is it appropriate for the president’s wife to wear shorts?”
Later in the interview, Mrs. Obama also quickly decided that she’s a better dancer than the President, and described their first date in some detail. Asked to describe a presidential pick-up line, the First Lady replied, “Oh my goodness. It wasn’t a line, it was a whole day. Our first date, he laid it out. I mean, he covered every base.
You can watch the full episode here. Here’s the clip, from BET’s 106 & Park: