Michelle Obama’s Podcast Gravely Underperforms
Former First Lady Michelle Obama has begun a new podcast alongside her brother, Craig Robinson.
Obama, a prominent figure int he political world and elsewhere, was believed to have a successful podcast. However, it appears that the former first lady has yet to succeed doing podcasts.
In their first episode, which aired on Wednesday, Michelle and her brother spoke about their life together growing up in the South Side of Chicago. The pair recounted how they would sleep together during their years as kids.
They also spoke about the guidance from late parents Marian Shields Robinson and father Fraser C. Robinson III.
The purpose of the podcast is to “counsel” individuals facing a family dilemma, per Trending Politics.
Despite Michelle’s prominence nowadays, not many people are tuning in to her new show, called “IMO.”
By 15 hours, three episodes were released and each of them garnered just 20,000 views, marking a major disaster for the former first lady.
Conservative commentator Benny Johnson reacted to this, calling it an “utter failure,” as the outlet reported.
“Michelle Obama’s first couple podcast episodes absolutely flopped not even getting a combined 20,000 views in the 15 hours after posting. The comments filled with people saying ‘nobody asked for this.’” Johnson wrote on X.
“What an utter failure. Who thought this was a good idea?” he added.
Michelle Obama’s first couple podcast episodes absolutely flopped not even getting a combined 20,000 views in the 15 hours after posting.
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 13, 2025
The comments filled with people saying “nobody asked for this.”
What an utter failure. Who thought this was a good idea? pic.twitter.com/0osJ96liHv
Former Major League Baseball (MLB) player John Rocker slammed Michelle Obama over her disastrous podcast launch.
“If Michelle Obama really wants podcast views she should admit she’s a man on the next episode,” Rocker said,
If Michelle Obama really wants podcast views she should admit she’s a man on the next episode.
— JohnRocker (@itsJohnRocker) March 13, 2025
Conservative commentator Alex Bruesewitz pointed out that despite the mainstream media “hyping up” the former first lady’s show, it still managed to perform poorly.
“Michelle Obama debuted her new podcast a couple of days ago, with the full weight of the mainstream media machine hyping it up across every major outlet and network—free promotion that most creators could only dream of,” he said.
“Yet, despite this massive push, she’s scraped together a measly 17k subscribers, and her three episodes have limped to a pathetic 74k views combined. As someone with deep expertise in this space, I can say with authority: these numbers aren’t just unimpressive—they’re an outright disaster. This is just more proof that the Obamas’ grip on the American public has completely evaporated. They wield no influence, no sway, nothing. Trump didn’t just beat them—he obliterated their relevance,” Bruesewitz added.
Notably, Michelle’s podcast comes amid rumors that she and former President Barack Obama are going through a divorce.
Interestingly, the former first lady previously admitted that she “couldn’t stand” her husband for a decade while their children were growing up, as Trending Politics reported.
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