Michelle Obama Reveals the 1 Thing She's Doing to Turn Back Time at 61: 'Fortunately, Black Don't Crack' (Exclusive) Janine RubensteinNovember 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM 0 Erik Carter Michelle Obama for PEOPLE Michelle Obama has a refreshing outlook on aging The former first lady opens up to PEOPLE about what she does to look and feel her best at 61 "I'm as vibrant as I've ever been," she says of this season of her life Michelle Obama is loving her sixties. So much so, she's become a bit of a spokesperson for the era she's in. "I tell people, 'The sixties? Oh, a wonderful time.
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Michelle Obama has a refreshing outlook on aging
The former first lady opens up to PEOPLE about what she does to look and feel her best at 61
"I'm as vibrant as I've ever been," she says of this season of her life
Michelle Obama is loving her sixties. So much so, she's become a bit of a spokesperson for the era she's in.
"I tell people, 'The sixties? Oh, a wonderful time. It's a wonderful time,'" she shares in an exclusive cover interview with PEOPLE ahead of the Nov. 4 release of her new style book The Look. "I feel like this is the first time in my life that when I say and do something, here in this interview, writing this book, rolling it out in this way, these are my choices."
And there's one clear choice she's made when it comes to dealing with the aging process. "I'm coloring that gray hair," she says matter-of-factly. "I'm not wincing [when I see one] but I'm not leaving it there long."
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It's a beauty practice that was passed down. "My mother was the same way," she says of her late mother Marian Robinson. "My mother dyed her hair until the day she died. She had a beautiful sandy color blonde that mixed in well with the gray. I was like, 'Yeah, I'm going to be doing that too.'"
That said, she's happy to let other things progress naturally. "That's just the thing, I really don't do much else. I think, fortunately, Black don't crack, so I'm doing all right. But yeah, I will be dying my hair until there is no dye in the land."
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When it comes to her health, the avid tennis player doesn't take any chances. "My health has always been paramount. What I eat, working out, I go to regular doctor's visits. I do not miss a mammogram. I do all the things that I'm supposed to do, because I value my health and that also allows me to enjoy this time, because I'm not achy, I'm not sore, I'm not sick. I'm as vibrant as I've ever been."
She's also freer than ever.
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"This is the first time in my life when every decision I make is for me," she explains. "As mothers, as women, as wives, a lot of times we spend our lives making decisions, [like] 'Well, I'm doing this because of my kids, and I changed my job to accommodate my this,' or 'I'm supporting my husband in that.' And, 'No, I'm not going to take this job,' or, 'I'm not going to try this thing.'"
She continues, "Now my kids [Sasha, 24 and Malia, 27] are grown, they are launched. They are healthy and happy. My husband [Barack Obama, 64] is doing just fine. We are the former president and first lady. It'll be 10 years, almost, that we have not been in that job. Okay? We are formers." All of that, she says, "is freeing."
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