Earlier, Michelle herself repeatedly said that she would not follow the footsteps of Hillary Clinton.
President Barack Obama has said that First Lady Michelle Obama will never run for the White House, despite a growing social media swirl.
In an Interview with Rolling Stone published on Tuesday, the outgoing president told reporter Jann S Wenner that Michelle Obama is too practical to get into politics.
“Michelle will never run for office,†Obama said. “She is as talented a person as I know. You can see the incredible resonance she has with the American people. But I joke that she’s too sensible to want to be in politics.â€
Soon after US President-elect Donald Trump clinched victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton, the call for Mrs. Obama to become a candidate in the 2020 race began but those close to her uniformly expressed her disinterest. She herself repeatedly said that she would not follow the footsteps of Hillary Clinton, who ran for the presidency her husband Bill Clinton held from 1993-2001.
Michelle Obama, a Harvard-educated lawyer and the first black first lady in American history, will turn 53 when she leaves the white House on January 20.