Posted by Adam
Monday May 14, 2012
MICHELLE Obama doesn’t trust her husband.
According to a new book, The Amateur by author Edward Klein, the first lady follows President Barack Obama around and often turns up unannounced to check up on him.
A source close to media mogul Oprah Winfrey spoke to the scribe to explain why Obama had a negative attitude towards her husband’s relationship with the billionaire.
“Michelle is very jealous, I would say unusually so,” said the Oprah insider.
“Most people after years of marriage have trust and don’t follow their husbands around and check on them. Michelle doesn’t seem to trust Barack at all. She insists on knowing his every movement and drops in on him at all kinds of odd times. It’s been the buzz of the White House.
“Oprah has gossiped about it and giggled about how obsessive Michelle is. This is what she hears from her friends who work in the East Wing, and, believe me, she has some good sources.
“Michelle makes it clear to her inner circle, and this certainly includes Valerie, that she wants women around Barack watched and wants info about who he has an eye for and gets touchy with.
“The thing is, she knows, like everybody, about JFK’s shenanigans, and she thinks, hey, JFK was young and good looking like my guy.
“Michelle talked to Gayle King about it, just talking as friends. She has become much closer to Gayle than to Oprah, to Oprah’s anger and surprise. She told Gayle that if she found out her husband was running around, she wouldn’t keep quiet. Gayle was kind of astonished that she would say that.
“Michelle is furious that her husband makes late-night calls to Oprah, seeking ideas on how to improve his sinking popularity.
“Michelle thinks he should turn to her, not Oprah, for that kind of advice. What’s more, Michelle suspects that at one point Oprah secretly encouraged Hillary Clinton to consider a run against Barack in the 2012 Democratic primaries.
“Barack just laughs at the idea and so does Oprah. But Michelle still believes Oprah has been getting too close to Hillary, whom Michelle calls ‘a snake.’ ”
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