Michelle Obama finally reveals why she made ‘hard’ choice to skip President Trump’s inauguration

The 61-year-old explained that she “basically tricked” herself into not attending the ceremony by making sure she did not “have anything to wear.” Obama recalled, “I was like, if I’m not going to do this thing, I’ve got to tell my team. I don’t even want to have a dress ready, right?” The former lawyer noted that if she did have event-ready clothes to wear, it would have been easy to say, “Let me do the right thing [and attend].”