She’s never been fake… She’s always been very deliberate about where and how she shows up,” a source told Page Six.

While all of the living former presidents will attend Monday’s inauguration, they have declined Donald Trump’s invite to the celebratory luncheon afterward. Former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, nor George W. Bush will be there — and that might be making the biggest statement of all.

Reflecting on going to Trump’s first inauguration after being in the White House for eight years, she said on her show The Light Podcast in 2023: “To sit on that stage and watch the opposite of what we represented on display, there was no diversity, there was no color on that stage.

Michelle Obama will not join her husband, Barack Obama, at Donald Trump's second presidential inauguration, a spokesperson for the former first couple confirmed to PEOPLE on Tuesday, Jan. 14

Michelle Obama has previously campaigned against Trump on behalf of Democratic candidates, in addition to calling him out for his “birther” campaign against her husband, which questioned Barack’s citizenship. She did, however, attend Trump’s 2017 inauguration ahead of his first term in office.

Former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will come together again next week for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, but one spouse, Michelle Obama, is sitting this one out.

Former first lady Michelle Obama is set to snub President-elect Donald Trump’s Inauguration next Monday, after missing former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral last week where she

After Michelle Obama was missing during Jimmy Carter’s funeral Jan. 7, the former First Lady and Barack Obama’s wife will also not attend Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration.

It turns out there’s a pretty simple reason Michelle Obama doesn’t plan to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration. She doesn’t have to and she doesn’t want to.

Former first lady Michelle Obama will not be at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, her spokesperson said. Here, full details.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama will not attend Donald Trump’s inauguration next week, although former President Barack Obama will be there along with his living predecessors. “Former President Barack Obama is confirmed to attend the 60th Inaugural Ceremonies.