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Michelle Obama Reveals the Beauty Upgrade Barack Didn’t Notice for Days
Daily Beast ^ | 2/13/2026 | Roosa Rahkonen

Posted on 02/14/2026 12:51:15 PM PST by simpson96

Michelle Obama showed off a stack of new piercings—and revealed that it took former President Barack Obama several days to notice her sparkly new additions.

“In one sitting, I got 10 piercings,” the former first lady, 62, said during a Q&A segment of her podcast, IMO, which she hosts with her older brother, Craig Robinson, 63.

The news came after a listener asked, “What is one thing you’ve learned about the other from doing the podcast and working together?”

“What I’ve learned,” Robinson began his answer, looking at Michelle, “is that you tried to get your ears pierced and thought I didn’t notice. And I see you got all these new piercings in your ear.”

Michelle questioned her brother’s statement, saying, “I don’t think you noticed.”

The two playfully argued back and forth about the subject before Michelle explained to the listeners. “I have always thought about getting some extra piercings in my ear; I just never got around to it,” Michelle explained.

She continued, “I had a second hole that I had got, like, before I had kids. But then I just got lazy and stopped putting an earring in it.”

Michelle and Barack, 64, welcomed their daughters, Malia and Sasha, in 1998 and 2001, respectively.

“But nowadays, the young people in my life are doing more piercings,” Michelle explained.

“There’s just more beautiful adornment, you see, there’s more of a cluster, the constellation sort of look of twinkles that goes,” she said.

“I was going in for a few [piercings], and then I did my normal self and was like, ‘Oh, put one there and put one there. Oh, yeah, let’s try one there,’” she explained, pointing to her ear.

In total, Michelle got 10 new piercings in her ears—an earful, literally—but she said the elaborate series of beaded additions to her look wasn’t painful.

Robinson complimented the results, adding, “If I didn’t like it, you’d know.”

While her brother may have noticed the new look, Michelle’s husband was less observant.

“Barack finally noticed. Took him a couple of days,” Michelle said, laughing.

Barack, whom she married in 1992, apparently offered her an explanation for his lack of awareness.

“He was like, ‘You haven’t had your hair up. You’ve had your hair down.’ And I was like, ‘I don’t know, I like, sleep with you every night, dude,’ you know?” Michelle joked, adding, “But he noticed yesterday. And I got them done like four days ago.”

Robinson said, “Don’t tell [Barack] that I noticed before him.”


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bigmike; democratpriorities; moochelle; obama; tldr
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To: simpson96

I thought the new addition would be a burka.


21 posted on 02/14/2026 1:12:37 PM PST by Mouton (There is a new sheriff and deputy in town now!)
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To: Morgana
She had her face lifted and when they saw what was underneath they let it drop again.

Could not help myself I really laughed out loud at that one.

22 posted on 02/14/2026 1:15:08 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: Chickensoup

Mooch is a classic example of how unattractive women who crave attention will do piercings, wild hair, wild clothes, wild eyeglasses, you name it - thinking that it compensates for their homeliness.

How she must HATE Melania, who needs nothing “extra”.


23 posted on 02/14/2026 1:21:31 PM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96
Piercings are the opposite of Beauty Upgrade.
Regardless of what I otherwise think of these two, I don't blame Barack at all for not looking at his spouse any longer than necessary.

24 posted on 02/14/2026 1:23:23 PM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty)
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To: simpson96

In other words... Who gives a rat’s ass?


25 posted on 02/14/2026 1:23:54 PM PST by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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To: simpson96

Punching holes in body parts is considered a beauty upgrade?


26 posted on 02/14/2026 1:27:36 PM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
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To: simpson96

The bone through the nose should have been a dead give away.


27 posted on 02/14/2026 1:43:25 PM PST by farmguy ( )
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To: simpson96

Installing spikes on his foreskin.


28 posted on 02/14/2026 1:45:15 PM PST by Craftmore
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To: simpson96

The beard couldn’t turn his head over her looks?!?


29 posted on 02/14/2026 1:46:57 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: simpson96

It seems that Michelle is always complaining about something. What an annoying woman to be married to.


30 posted on 02/14/2026 1:48:52 PM PST by exPBRrat
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To: Orosius

Indeed.


31 posted on 02/14/2026 1:50:08 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: simpson96

If she were in my house I’d try not to look at her either.


32 posted on 02/14/2026 1:50:46 PM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: exPBRrat

In fact, Big Mike is just annoying, period.


33 posted on 02/14/2026 1:54:43 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: simpson96

WHY ARE THERE NO PICTURES???


34 posted on 02/14/2026 1:57:24 PM PST by Scarlett156 (Remember to pray. )
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To: simpson96

“....befitting of a First Lady, no?...”

Probably not, the First Lady. But the for the First Trannie, it’s just fine.... /s


35 posted on 02/14/2026 2:00:14 PM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: simpson96
How could Barry not notice the makeover?


36 posted on 02/14/2026 2:06:23 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: simpson96

Piercings are a beauty upgrade?


37 posted on 02/14/2026 2:07:53 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: simpson96

A cutadicoffame?

Hit tip to Rush Limbaugh!


38 posted on 02/14/2026 2:08:26 PM PST by CodeToad
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To: simpson96

10 piercings , all in her tongue ,LOL


39 posted on 02/14/2026 2:08:41 PM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: simpson96

“Beauty upgrade?”

Not possible for her to accomplish.


40 posted on 02/14/2026 2:33:38 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Charlie Kirk's assassination / murder was our Fort Sumter moment. But only one side is fighting.)
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