Michelle Obama Dumps 35 as Midlife Crisis Deadline, Hollywood Cheers

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•Michelle Obama stated in a 2025 podcast called 'The Look' that people should stop stressing about being figured out by age 35.
•She appeared with guests Jane Fonda and Bethann Hardison to discuss aging, urging listeners that there are 'no shoulds' in life.
•Obama emphasized that much of the future depends on luck and circumstances beyond control, not just milestones like marriage or kids.
•Anne Hathaway and Lauren Sánchez Bezos also debunked age-related career and life limits during recent interviews in 2023 and 2024.

Michelle Obama, in a 2025 episode of her podcast 'The Look,' threw a wrench in the collective anxiety machine by declaring 35 is NOT the expiration date for life success. Joined by icons Jane Fonda and Bethann Hardison, she dispensed wisdom stronger than a double espresso: 'No shoulds,' she said, reminding everyone that luck and chaos shape your future more than your LinkedIn updates do. Meanwhile, Anne Hathaway recalled being told her career would plunge off a cliff at 35 (Spoiler: it didn’t), and Lauren Sánchez Bezos confessed she once believed life ended at 50 but apparently didn’t get the memo. Aging just became the unofficial new black.

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Apparently, 35 is no longer the 'deal or doom' age—Michelle Obama just canceled your midlife panic subscription. Spoiler: luck’s still your weird boss.

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