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WATCH: Michelle Obama Says Having Kids A ‘Concession’ That Cost Her ‘Aspirations And Dreams’

Amanda Prestigiacomo
WATCH: Michelle Obama Says Having Kids A ‘Concession’ That Cost Her ‘Aspirations And Dreams’
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Former First Lady Michelle Obama described having her two children as a “concession” that cost her “aspirations and dreams” in a new Netflix documentary, “Becoming.”

In a portion of the doc, first highlighted by Disrn, Mrs. Obama explains her relationship with husband and former President Barack Obama early on. According to the former First Lady, she felt she had to “set myself off to a place where I was confident that I was going to be his equal.”

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