Michelle Obama went ‘undercover’ to sign copies of her new book, sharing footage from the hilarious ‘covert operation’.
The former First Lady – the wife of Barack Obama, who served as the 44th President of the United States between 2008 and 2016 – visited a Target store in St Louis, Missouri, to promote “The Light We Carry.”
In a video of the “secret mission” shared on Instagram, Obama enters the store in a baseball cap and sunglasses to sign copies of the new release.
“We are on a mission. It’s a secret mission. I had a crazy idea, I heard my paperback was out and it was in Target,” she said in the clip.
“So we’re going into hiding because I haven’t seen my book in a Target store. So we’re going to try to do this discreetly.
After signing six copies of the book – a sequel to her best-selling memoir, “Becoming” – the 60-year-old grabs a basket and takes a trip to the thrift store.
“I have something for me, something for my husband and something for (our dog) Sunny,” she jokes before adding: “Girls, they can have their own things.”
Spokespeople for Mrs. Obama have repeatedly denied that she will run in this year’s presidential election, amid speculation from both Democratic and Republican camps over the past 12 months.
In a 2022 BBC interview, Mrs. Obama said she “hates” questions about her running for office.
“As former First Lady Michelle Obama has expressed many times over the years, she will not run for president,” her office’s communications director, Crystal Carson, told NBC News in a statement. last month.
“Ms. Obama supports the re-election campaign of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.”
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