While the audience cheered in elation for the first lady, conservative bloggers took to the blogs and Twitter to lambaste her.
Jennifer Rubin, a political blogger for the Washington Post
criticized Obama’s speech, claiming she, “feels entitled,” and that “both the president and the first lady seem small and grasping.â€Â Conservative journalist Michelle Malkin and Fox News host Todd Starnes tweeted their own grievances.“Can POTUS and FLOTUS just relocate the White House to Hollywood and be done with it? #oscars2013,″ Malkin tweeted, while Starnes tweeted, “Tonight was supposed to be about Hollywood — but Mrs. Obama made it about herself. #oscars.â€
Despite criticism of the first lady’s appearance, both Laura Bush and President Ronald Reagan made cameos at previous Academy Awards.