Michelle Obama on Tuesday appeared to open up publicly for the first time about her decision to skip President Trump's inauguration, saying she's at the point in her life where she's choosing "to do what was best" for herself.

The former first lady alluded to a recent event she was “supposed to” attend and said she decided “to do what was best for me.”

Michelle Obama breaks silence on divorce rumours after missing Carter's funeral and Trump's inauguration - Michelle Obama addressed the divorce rumours on a podcast on Tuesday

The former first lady said on a podcast that people “couldn’t even fathom that I was making a choice for myself, that they had to assume that my husband and I are divorcing.”

Former first lady Michelle Obama broke her silence on the speculation that she and husband Barack Obama are headed for divorce after 32 years of marriage.

Michelle Obama addressed divorce rumors in part two of her conversation with Sophia Bush on the podcast, "Work in Progress."