All first ladies are under a certain amount of pressure to look good, but as the first Black woman in the White House, Michelle Obama had an even higher mountain to climb to get into the public's good graces. And, depressingly, after her husband's two terms in office were over, the bestselling author continued to find herself at the mercy of critics. Case in point: the fabulous, gold, thigh-high, Balenciaga boots that the former first lady chose for the Brooklyn stop of her 2018 "Becoming" book tour. Michelle Obama has worn some inappropriate outfits over the years, but these boots caused a major stir. A lot of opinions were flung into the public sphere, but what did Obama herself really think of the attention-grabbing footwear?

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