The former First Lady related how, when she had to get Malia and Sasha out of the White House, they were crying. Michelle said she let her daughters spend one last night at the presidential residence before the 2017 inauguration.
"And they're all crying; they have their teddy bears and move slowly; I'm like, 'You have to get up and leave this house.'"
"So you have tears and I am pushing people out of goods elevator and my kids are crying.“Where are they heading is unknown. Staff members were crying while all of that was going on.Emotionally, getting on that plane was a release. It was a lot.
The startling disclosure comes when she shares the terrible background of her children.
For eight years, Barack's term as US President, the four resided at the White House.
Speaking as part of the forthcoming British Vogue edition, Michelle, however, provided a window into Sasha and Malia's life during that era.
"We then had to meet the Trumps; they show up here.
"And people would assume I was crying for another reason, so I didn't want to go out and greet them with tears in my eyes.
"All I had to do for eight years, seeing my husband raked over the coals, felt like we had to do everything perfectly, no scandal.