Ellen DeGeneresandMichelle Obamaare taking their friendship to Costco!
On Wednesday night, the daytime talk show host shared asneak peek of an upcoming segmentin which DeGeneres, 60, and Obama, 54, head to the giant retail store where the former first lady met fans to sign copies of her new book,Becoming,which was released on Tuesday.
“Oh look, it’s the first time I’ve seen my book in a store!” Obama excitedly says after the pair walks through the aisles.
But little does she know: DeGeneres is up to her hilarious antics and brought along a megaphone and a keyboard for some serious vocal support… and jokes, of course!
“We haveMichelle Obama!” DeGeneres shouts into the megaphone, as fans cheer in response. “Michelle Obama! She’ll be signing books!”
DeGeneres then whips out a keyboard and begins serenading the former first lady with a song. “Michelle Obama,Michelle Obamawrote a book,” she sings. “She mentions Oprah [Winfrey] several times and me only once!”
DeGeneres adds, “Michelle wrote a book mentioning Oprah too many times, but me only once. One time she mentions me but only once!”
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Since the Obamas took office in 2009, DeGeneres and the mother of two have kept audiences laughing with their friendship, often taking on fitness contests, challenging each other to dance battles, and even visiting a local CVS store.
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“My arms are so much longer than yours, they don’t go down but so far,” she said after DeGeneres jokingly accused her of cheating during the push-up contest. Both women said they didn’t want a rematch, however, admitting that they’ve slowed down on their push-ups in recent years.
Obama quipped, “I’d beat you anyway.”
Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey on Tuesday night.JIM YOUNG/AFP/Getty
Like DeGeneres mentioned, Obama is also good friends withOprah Winfrey. The philantropist and producer, 64, joined her on Tuesday night’s event kicking off her speaking book tour in Chicago.
As the pair chatted about hernew memoir,Becoming,the former first lady revealed that shebroke down cryingon the Air Force jet right after she and her husband departed the inauguration of PresidentDonald Trump— an anecdote she didn’t share in her book.
“When I got on the plane I think I sobbed for 30 minutes,” she said,according toUSA Today. “And I think it was just the release of eight years of trying to do everything perfectly. I said to Barack, ‘That was so hard. What we just did that was so hard and I’ve wanted to say that for eight years.'”
According to the mother of two, her new memoir is “candid and honest and open” and covers topics includingmarital strugglesto her husband,Barack Obama, pregnancy difficulties and President Trump.
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To coincide with the book’s launch on Tuesday and the start of her10-city speaking tour, the former first lady announced that she’s also creating a 25-piece line of inspirational merchandise, which will feature several feel-good quotes related to her book including her infamous line, “They go low, we go high.”
TheAmerican-made linewill feature clothes, mugs, pins, notebooks, candles and tote bags all covered in Mrs. Obama’s own motivational messages and will be sold at all tour stops and atbecomingmichelleobamashop.com.
Additionally, all of the net proceeds will be donated toGlobal Girls Allianceprojects to support female education initiatives throughout the world.
Her speaking tour is scheduled to stop in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Boston, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Detroit, Denver, San Jose, and Dallas, where she will have candid conversation with some of her “dearest friends,” including Tracee Ellis Ross, Reese Witherspoon, and Sarah Jessica Parker to name a few.
source: people.com
