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 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 opened up on Sophia Bush’s “Work in Progress” podcast Wednesday after she and husband Barack were dogged by marital woe gossip earlier this year.