Yeah I agree. She never said that. The OP title is false.
Yes, Michelle literally never said those exact words. However the context of her remarks is clear and
unmistakable: her children never allowed her to be the person she wanted to be or achieve the things she seems to think she was capable of achieving.
If you want to make your own children feel like they have been unwanted millstones around your neck
just declare they kept you pulled down and unable to be the person you should have been.
For anyone with a parent imagine how you would feel if your mother said that to you...you were an obstacle
holding me back. And ironically there is zero evidence that Michelle Obama had any great potential or
promise that was never fulfilled.
On the contrary, marrying Barack Obamaa was the single crowning achievement of her otherwise unremarkable life.