![EXCLUSIVE: Former First Lady Michelle Obama steps out with friends Bruce Springsteen and wife Patti Scialfa at celebrity restaurant Polo Bar in New York City. The two families have been friends since The Boss campaigned for Barack Obama during his successful run for the White House in 2008. Michelle famously told her President husband he needed to spend more time with Springsteen. Both men have talked about their friendship — fortified in part by the bond between their wives, Michelle and Patti. In the first episode of a podcast, called Renegades, Obama, 59, said he and Springsteen, 71, "grew to trust each other" based on conversations in which they reflected on feeling "invisible" throughout their childhoods. Springsteen sang with a gospel choir at the newly elected president's inauguration in 2009 and later recalled how he thought Obama had the wrong number the first time the Chicago Democrat called him. "And I said, 'OK, let me figure this out. I am a guitar-playing high school graduate from Freehold, New Jersey. And — OK — you want me to do what?" Springsteen said. Over the years, both have realized they had more in common than they initially realized. Namely, that they both felt like outsiders. "I always kept one foot in sort of the blue collar world and one foot in the counter culture world," Springsteen said of growing up in New Jersey. "And I never truly belonged completely in either of them, you know?". 28 Sep 2022 Pictured: Michelle Obama. Photo credit: ZapatA/MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342 (Mega Agency TagID: MEGA902427_026.jpg) [Photo via Mega Agency]](https://hollywoodlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/michelle-obama-nyc-mega.jpg?fit=293%2C440)
Michelle Obama always looks good! On Inauguration day, and her last day in the White House, she rocked her new bob hairstyle in a center part, pulled back tightly into a bun.
Her skin was glowing and her cheekbones really popped, with a strong contour. Her eyes were defined with a black eyeliner and her lips were shiny, covered in a nude gloss.
She looked amazing in a red, short sleeved dress meeting Melania and Donald Trump for tea before the official swearing in ceremony.
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Her hair was almost certainly styled by her longtime friend and stylist Johnny Wright. He just told W magazine about working with Michelle since 2007. “It’s always a constant collaboration. It’s about how she feels in the moment and how she feels about the occasion. It’s always a constant conversation about that. But she’s not picky, she trusts me, and we have fun.”
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Her makeup artist Carl Ray also recently did an interview with Glamour, where he said about her wanting to look like a role model: “She’s always conscious of setting an example. For Mrs. Obama it’s about being polished in an authentic way. She always looks like herself. To exude the confidence she shows the world, she has to feel great in her own skin. [She does that with] a beautiful nude lip gloss. Peach, pink, nude-nude — she’s tried them all.”
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