Former first lady Michelle Obama faced criticism Friday after telling Jon Stewart on Wednesday's "IMO" podcast that she did not miss having her adult daughters at home, with California Republican Party Delegate and mother, Elizabeth Barcohana, telling Fox News Digital that the remarks conveyed resentment amid a national debate over motherhood.Obama offered a terse response after Stewart explained that the daily job of parenting had given meaning and structure to his life and asked whether she missed it."I’m good," Obama said.Michelle Obama told Jon Stewart she does not miss having her adult daughters at home and enjoys controlling her own schedule.(Michelle Obama YouTube channel)MICHELLE OBAMA’S ‘ME’ ANSWER ABOUT NEXT CHAPTER DRAWS SOCIAL MEDIA BACKLASHBarcohana said Obama appeared relieved that the active years of raising daughters Malia and Sasha had ended."There is a difference between a mother expressing exhaustion from the demands of motherhood — which is real and relatable — and expressing resentment," Barcohana said.
"Resentment is what appears to come through in Michelle Obama’s remarks, and it is especially painful to hear amid the national conversation surrounding the Lindsay Clancy trial.""She seems happy that her daughters’ childhoods are over.That is not a relatable feeling for most mothers at all," she added.Obama said she did not miss having her daughters at home but immediately stressed that she loved them and planned to see them for dinner that night.Obama contrasted her reaction with Barack Obama’s, revealing that he cried when Malia and Sasha left for college.
(Win McNamee/Getty Images)OBAMA ADMITS 'GENUINE TENSION' IN MARRIAGE OVER PRESSURE TO STAY IN POLITICS"I don’t miss them.I don't.
I love them.I’m going to see them tonight for dinner.
I love them," she said."But Barack cried when they went to college.
I was like, ‘Bye, little— goodbye.’ Now I— now Friday nights aren’t wrecked with terror and fear about, �...