Michelle Obama says she’s glad she didn’t have a son: ‘He’d have been a Barack Obama’

Former First Lady Michelle Obama said she is glad that she did not have a son who would inevitably become like Barack Obama. “You should’ve threw a boy in the mix,” radio host Angie Martinez told Obama in an episode of the former first lady’s “IMO” podcast released Wednesday. The Obamas have two daughters, Sasha and Malia. “I’m so glad I didn’t have a boy,” Michelle said.“Why didn’t you throw in a third?” Martinez continued. “Because he would’ve been a Barack Obama,” Michelle said. “Baby Barack — it would’ve been amazing,” Martinez replied. “Ooh, no, I would’ve felt for him,” Michelle said. While the comment was made with love, some social media users felt that saying something like this is hurtful for the father. “Makes one almost feel sorry for Barack. Imagine this sentiment coming from your wife. Wow,” now wrote. “If you’re glad you don’t have a son like your husband, chances are you don’t love your husband. Wild thing to say publicly,” another wrote. “Wow, she really does hate him,” a third user wrote. Michelle Obama has spoken a lot, of late, about her family, her equation with Barack and their struggle as a family. The Obamas got married in 1992 and have two daughters, Malia Obama, 26, and Sasha Obama, 24. “It was important for both of us—for me and Barack—to carve out that time in those eight years when our girls were in their formative years,” Michelle Obama said in an earlier episode of the podcast. “They lived longer, Malia and Sasha, in the White House than they’ve lived in any house. They were formed in that house and around that table in that residence, and it took a mighty effort to leave the grandeur at the door and to just be there and talk about fifth grade.““I’ve loved every phase of parenting: I loved them when they were little babies, I loved them when they were walking and starting to talk, the teenage years were interesting in the White House,” Michelle said in the recent episode. “But I’ve loved every time with them — and watching them become their own people and make their own choices, and figure stuff out, and call me after they figure stuff out,” she said.