Piers Morgan Rips Michelle Obama For ‘Going Low’

Michelle Obama was on with Jimmy Fallon last night, and she was insufferable as all get out. I really don’t see her appeal. She’s a shining example of a snooty elitist.

One of the most annoying things about her appearance on the show? She decided to act all freaked out and weird over Melania’s Inauguration Day gift exchange. Again. It’s basically her shtick at this point.

BYE FELICIA. That’s what this has come to.

It’s all so ridiculous, because she did the exact same thing years earlier.

Piers Morgan ripped her a new one.

Just when I thought there was one person in public life that soared effortlessly and admirably above the incessantly ugly partisan trash-talk that pervades every second of American airspace these days, Mrs Obama has let me down.

And frankly, she has let herself down too.

Appearing on last night’s Jimmy Fallon show, Michelle inexplicably decided to plunge the bitchy knife firmly into the back of her successor as First Lady, Melania Trump.

Yup. That’s exactly what she did.

What I find far harder to admire is Michelle Obama’s decision to now publicly mock, denigrate and ridicule her successor.

And I find it even more unpalatable to admire that she did it whilst flogging her new best-selling autobiography. (It’s a great book, by the way).

There’s always been an unwritten rule that First Ladies don’t whack each other. Not least because they all know how tough the gig is, so why pour yet more fuel on the already ferocious fire?

It’s no secret that Michelle and Melania don’t get on, but there is no reason they have to.

Their apparent mutual dislike doesn’t mean they should openly criticise each other, particularly as a tool to sell books and make money.

I felt like his entire piece could’ve been harsher, but he was clearly struggling with the fact that he once admired Michelle O.

In November, when asked if she could empathise with Melania’s claim to be one of ‘the world’s most bullied women’, Michelle snapped: ‘I can’t.’ Then she pointedly said she learned ‘not to take myself so seriously in this role’ by meeting with military families.

The message was clear: ‘Stop being so self-obsessed Melania.’

Michelle also revealed in another interview that Melania hadn’t reached out to her for any advice – another unnecessary revelation that she knew would attract huge headlines and provide further great publicity for her book.

Melania did finally respond to that last dig, getting her spokesman to say: ‘Mrs Trump is a strong and independent woman who has been navigating her role as First Lady in her own way. When she needs advice on any issue, she seeks it from her professional team within the White House.’

I didn’t blame her for saying this. Why should she bother calling up a woman who seems to delight in mocking her in public?

A while ago, Michelle Obama told the world her mantra was: ‘When they go low, we go high.’

How sad to now see the same Michelle Obama, a woman I greatly admire, now herself go so low simply to belittle her successor, flog a few more books and further line her already bulging pockets.

Still, that’s pretty harsh, coming from guy who admired her.

I still can’t figure out what’s admirable about her. I fail to see what’s so likable or relatable about her. If you figure it out, please let me know.