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Michelle Obama loves HGTV and watches the network to unwind, she revealed on Good Hang with Amy Poehler
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The former first lady enjoys House Hunters, House Hunters International and Rock the Block, whose concept she called “amazing”
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In response to why she likes home makeover shows so much, Michelle said she likes “the before and after”
When Barack Obama wants to relax, he watches golf. When Michelle Obama wants to relax, she flips the channel to HGTV!
In the May 13 episode of Good Hang with Amy Poehler, the former first lady, 61, revealed that when she wants to, as the host phrased it, “disconnect, check out and just have fun,” she watches HGTV.
“My version of golf to Barack, because he’s got golf on all the time — he says, ‘It’s my background noise’ — so my version of that is HGTV,” Michelle revealed to a visibly excited Amy Poehler, who responded, “I love HGTV. Let’s talk about it.”
The first show Michelle named? A channel fixture since 1999.
“House Hunters,” she said. “There’s something so soothing about the arc of that. You know? You look for a house. We just like looking at people’s houses.”
The Light We Carry author then asked Poehler, 53, a question that divides fans of the long-running series: “Do you prefer when the budget is a low-budget house or a high-budget house?”
“Because sometimes I feel a way,” she added, “especially House Hunters International.”
In response, Poehler said, “Okay, I’m obsessed with House Hunters International. First of all, every place looks so … I’m like, ‘Wow, you can get that for that money?’ Like, I’m always blown away by what you can get. I’m always like, ‘Should I move to Morocco?’ But usually, they’re never gonna get anything with that budget. And then…”
“They get something with the budget,” Michelle stepped in. “And don’t you like the way people have such high expectations with a low budget? Like, ‘These aren’t marble.’ It’s like, but you wanna pay a hundred dollars a month, you know? Why would you get marble?”
“And then the real estate agent is, and especially in the foreign countries, incredulous,” she continued. “It’s like, ‘Oh, you want a yard for a large dog?’ I love it though.”
Both the comedian and former first lady then agreed that they “love” watching people on House Hunters, in Poehler’s words, “slowly come to the realization that they’ve overreached” with their budget.
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And Michelle also loves the HGTV shows focused on what comes after the purchase, she revealed. “Oh, love all the makeover stuff. I love Rock the Block,” the Becoming author said, before explaining — and praising — the premise of the series to an unfamiliar Poehler.
“This is when they get all the designers from all the other [HGTV] shows, and they come on to one block of newly built houses from scratch, and they compete for rooms to see each week,” Michelle explained. “So the designers go in. They have a week or whatever to redo that area, and then they’re judged by other designers. And then they win, and they collect points until they finish the whole house.”
“It’s an amazing concept,” she added of the series, as Poehler added that “that seems like the highest budget in the world.”
As for why they enjoy renovation and makeover series like Rock the Block, Poehler offered, “Just a completion. There’s an end where something is done.”
“And I like the before and after,” Michelle added. “I like the, ‘Oh wow, those floors look much better.’ ”
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