Michelle Obama, who is in Tanzania on a visit, jokingly said that there are prison-like elements in being a First Lady.
Sitting next to former First Lady Laura Bush, who came to the country to open a summit of the wives of African leaders, Michelle said that wives of the Presidents have probably the best job in the world, while their husbands react and respond to crises on a minute-to-minute basis, they work on things that they are passionate about.
The 49-year-old said that she finds it a very freeing and liberating opportunity, asserting that there are prison-like elements, but it is a nice prison, Newsmax.com reported.
She explained that you can't complain and there are confining elements.
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