‘100% False’: White House Strongly Denies Michelle Obama Lingerie Shopping Spree Story
- Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:35pm by
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There was a lot to question about the initial account of Michelle Obama buying $50,000 of the “most erotic lingerie in the world” at the Agent Provocateur store on Madison Avenue in New York City.
You can look at our original report and the questions we raised here.
The pictures are largely safe for work. But the links to Agent Provocateur videos are probably not.
Also – our original post also shows how the headline on the initial Telegraph report has been slightly changed.
I’d been wondering how long it would take for the White House to deny the story.
Not long!
It’s unclear where the story started but The Daily Mail, The Sun and The Telegraph all are reporting that Michelle Obama spent thousands of dollars at a high-end lingerie store in New York last year.
None of the news outlets backed up this assertion or included comment from the White House. But after inquiries from POLITICO, the White House said the stories were completely untrue.
“This story is 100% false,” said Kristina Schake, director of communications for the first lady.
The story did originate with the Sunday Telegraph article.
The Daily Mail, however, did attempt to get a comment from the company:
Agent Provocateur has refused to issue comment on whether any of the claims were true or false.
A spokesman for the label said only: ‘Agent Provocateur declines to comment regarding celebrity and VIP customers.’
The Daily Mail also ads a picture (somewhat blurred) of the actual store front on Madison Avenue:
The next part of the story will likely involve the parsing of the denial.
When the White House says, “100% false,” does that mean the First Lady never went shopping at the controversial store?
Or just that she didn’t spend $50,000?
Update –
White House spokesman Jay Carney was asked about the lingerie story today.
CNN:
Q: Jay, many people have heard the rumors about the First Lady’s purchases in New York. I know it’s British tabloids, but can you help us squash this rumor? In light of other -
MR. CARNEY: Neal, I‘m shocked that you’re the one to ask this question. But let me just answer and say that, at least when I was a reporter, usually the standard for British tabloid reporting was the assumption that it was false. In this case, it’s utterly false, and it’s irresponsible of an American news organization to repeat the story, even allowing that it could be true. So it’s wrong.
Q: Can you provide some evidence that it’s wrong? Because I’d hate to print some incorrect information.
MR. CARNEY: I’m sorry, can you provide – I’m not going to go there, Neal. It’s false.
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Comments (170)
paleoman
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:23pmShe went shopping for that Love guy some new stuff, you know 0s friend that quit about a month ago.
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:26pmThe one that worked in the “closet”? You know Obama’s “favorite” who gets teary eyed when he talks about Obama? Yeah I know the guy your talking about……there are sick secrets I’d rather be blissfully unaware of! lol
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:41pmTo have taken the items without paying for them is stealing. Therefore if she took the items without a sales receipt, may be considered theft, others may be responsible for restitution.
Report Post »getalong
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:08pmLet them eat cake, the queen says.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:21pmThis overly contrived and thinly veiled hatchet story is just an excuse for presenting lots of soft porn to titillate the readers and ridicule the first lady of the United States of America. Thought you guys researched better than this.
Report Post »Living In NYC
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:25pmWOW….Better check the mail for “Brown Wrappers” at 1600 Pen Ave!
I thought the way she was dressed at the State of the Union Address..she consulted with Larry Flint on attire for the evening…cause she looked like she should have been with him instead of that Adminstrative Assistant that worked for Berkshire Hathaway!
Report Post »kconservative
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:32pmHas anyone else noticed theblaze censoring more and more comments? I posted a couple anti Obama comments that posted then dissappeared on this thread. Blaze didnt use to do that but they are doing it more and more…. Only reason I come to this site vs Drudge is so I can chat with others. If Blaze keeps censoring comments I wont be coming back. Then GBTV wont be the only fail under Glenns Belt., soon TheBlaze will start to lose its veiwership as well… I know this to be true because you couldnt be a bigger Beck fan than me, but his business practices as of late are disturbing. Propaganda and censorship are the very things he preaches against. I understand if the comments were racist or inflamatory, but we are talking about tame critism of Barrack Obama.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:38pmCan u imagine that thing coming at you in the middle of the night, in lingerie….. Oh no no no…ughh
Report Post »HKS
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 4:18pmLet’s see, now how do they say it in the media business, Oh yes, “where there’s smoke, there’s fire.”
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 4:37pmMONACNE…pity that your platitudes aren’t getting any better either.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 4:48pmIn short..this is called “Damage Control” by the “most transparent administration in history”.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 5:23pmThank goodness, they deny it. I was beginning to think, with all of that golf and the vacations and the drone attacks he has to be about tied up, where is he getting all the time for that AND sex?
But, considering the bedroom camouflage she did buy, she might be able to sneak up on him while he’s dazzled by the sound if running water in the bathroom. Other wise, she’ll need some kind of knock out drops…
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 5:28pmMONICNE
No we love the story because the first lady says live simple, frugally & without while she lives like high nobility.
We love showing the whole world her hypocrisy.
My spouse lived in a mud hut. Between a mud hut & living in 21st century America, they would much prefer a prosperous version of America than the Democrat version.
Report Post »MS-GlenNBC
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 5:56pm@KCONSERVATIVE
I had a Post that took 3:25 minutes to show up.
I even posted the characters bevis and B__thead and it came out as *******
Yes, I have noticed it.
Report Post »Tear Em Up
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 6:03pmOf course they’re deny it. Admitting it would alienate their “Occupy” constituents…
http://traffic.libsyn.com/mikeleeandterrymartin/Number_100_January_28th_2012_final.mp3
Report Post »jzs
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:26pmQuestion: Is there no gossip, no claim so egregiously false that this website won’t post it, provided it slams the First Lady?
Answer: No.
Report Post »pcj
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:49pmI think this is another “non-story” trumped up to take over the news about things like Solyndra and the other companies in the green scam, Fast and Furious and the new gun scandal, the budget problem, etc. As long as people are busy reading stuff like this, they are too busy to ask questions about the other stuff…
Report Post »LOTO
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:19pmOnly her Secret Service Agent know for sure.
Report Post »lynda1276
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:16pmNot a fan of Moochele but i am pretty sure they have lots of money and she can spend it any way she wants! Why do we care?
Report Post »nelbert
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:40pmFundamentally, you’re right. Who cares what they do with their own money. The problem, however, is that they have been very active about criticizing what others do with their money. (Remember those private jets and those Vegas trips?) The problem is the hypocrisy, and hypocrisy pours in buckets from this White House.
Report Post »willhen501
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:51pmYou think she is spending her money, keep in mind that transportation and secret service is paid by the taxpayers, and at a cost of $186,000 per hour to fly, and transportation and SS averages $5,000, so for her little “foray” into New York she disrupted traffic, prevented transfer of revenue because access to stores were blocked, and cost the taxpayers about $191,000. Is she really thinking about the people???
Report Post »She really thinks she is the queen.
Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:56pmEvery first family incurs security costs when they go places. Every one of them. Do you think they should just be locked up all the time in the white house? You probably do. Where was this big movement to nickle and dime every move the first family makes before Obama took office? It didn’t exist. Most of you didn’t even follow politics before then. None of you have the SACK to admit it.
Report Post »doomytram
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:57pmThis goes to show that the White House Reads the Blaze. Couldn’t care less what she spends her money on… Here are some things OUR President Oblamer in Chief said / say‘s to his Peon’s.
Eat Your Pea’s! “People Like Me” “Cop’s acted Stupidly”
Report Post »booger71
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:06pmEvery first family incurs security costs when they go places. Every one of them. Do you think they should just be locked up all the time in the white house?
Report Post »================
No, wives and kids are not heads of state, know any secrets, etc, so their security details ought to be severely curtailed. She can shop on the internet like the rest of us.
crazyrightwingmom
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 6:31pmBible Quotin:
Report Post »NO, the first family did not travel around, go to public theatres, restaurants, and shut down whole portions of cities before. They went to their old family homes and were honored to spend holidays in the White House. Our beloved first home is not good enough for Moochelle, unless it’s jazzed up with fancy Hollywood parties! They are very inconsiderate and spoiled…a result of never having earned a dime in their lives!
Lucy Larue
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:03pmLYNDA1276,
WOW! THANKS!
What a brilliant post!
I imagine you’re just another smug moral relativist who will cast your vote for President Dunham in November of 2012!
So…,let me ask you. Do you think Kim really did love Chris or was it all a set up?
Do you think that Jim Carrey’s daughter got picked for IDOL because of her famous Dad?
God almighty…,are you voting in 2012?! UGH! We are in such deep doo doo!
“We have met the enemy and HE is US”. POGO
Report Post »CleanUpAisle2013
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:13pmWait! There’s more: http://www.facepaint@soursears.com/Moochellespendsanother$30KonMakeup
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:05pmYes, this is the place where all good Christian women go to shop for lingerie.
Obama, I have a surprise for you? Wonder if it was taxpayer monies that was used or maybe it was from some of the missing MF Global client funds?
I mean if Obama only makes 200,000 or less as President, how can she spend 50,000 in one sitting? That must mean he is rich with other money. Hell how much money is enough? When is Obama going to pay his fair share?
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:14pmMaybe she is trying to dress herself up and find a boyfriend, given that Obama is always banging his buddy Eric Holder…..which can be the only reason he hasn’t gotten rid of that idiot yet.
Report Post »kegbuna
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:24pmPeople act like this isn’t their own money
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:26pmThought that was Rahm
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:57pmThe president is paid 400,000 per year. It doesn’t take much of your own research to find that out. Nice job, loser.
Report Post »riverdog1
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 12:49pmhe pays very close to the top in taxes. plus to the wingnut mom, michelle and her husband have worked their entire lives. both were from very meager backgrounds. this is all a matter of record.
Report Post »Tom70
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:03pmIf it was her money cool she can do with her money as she see’s fit even if Obama wants controll of all our money. If the money was tax payer money doomonu.
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:07pmTOM70,
OMG! Please tell me that you are NOT registered to vote. Please tell me that you will be nowhere near a voting booth in November of 2012!
“We have met the enemy and HE is US”. POGO
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 10:43am@ Tom… I’ll bet you buy your meat at a meat counter where no animals are killed, don’t you?
Report Post »No wonder there’s a Turd in the Oval Office now…
TomFerrari
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:03pmLOTUS ? ? ? ? ? (Lingere Of The United States)
Panty-Gate? ? ?
(I can hear the groans from here)
Report Post »LOL
scuba13
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:22pmJust the thought of that angry black woman in lingerie is all the birth control I need.
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:15pmProbably well enough, SCUBA.
You don’t strike me as someone who could handle a real woman anyway. You like ‘em stationary, quiet and unintimidating.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 4:20pmI think both POTUS and myself have breathed a sigh of relief to learn that this story is false.
Report Post »Nick Jammer
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:57pmWant to know why? go to youtube and search Larry Sinclair.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:01pmThink the lingere is for Larry? No need to search…heres the link…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgTbLeSuee4&feature=autoplay&list=PL48AFA9A2FD0B59AB&lf=results_main&playnext=2
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:19pmInteresting.
Report Post »Sam Brown
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:57pmI didn’t know Omar the tent maker was still in business.
Report Post »jagr1850
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:06pmit is not like i sent my pet monkey shopping …….that is funny…..
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:53pm.
Ya’ll Please!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m just now getting over the Barney getting married story and the accompanying Honeymoon vision of Barney in a Thong, wearing a Pirate Hat. What the Hell is Wrong with you People……..
Now, I have nothing left to throw-up but toenails………
The very thought of FLOTUS in a pair of leather panties and high heels wielding a riding crop, and spanking POTUS in the Lincoln Bedroom. Is more than I can stand………SOMEBODY PLEASE DIAL 911 I’m A Monkey in Crisis…………….
Report Post »justangry
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:56pmI don’t always agree with you, but you do make me laugh. Now, I need to go take a shower because of the Barney Frank imagery.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:57pmNow you know where Mr Fwank went shopping for his honeymoon outfits. :)
Sorry about that. I‘m sure the mental image is making your mind’s eye burn right about now, isn’t it? Tee hee!!!!
Report Post »Nick Jammer
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:01pmI wonder if Barney Frank shops there?
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:04pmDam monkey, why did you want to put that image in my nead?
Report Post »GodHatesFigs
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:07pmYou have a pretty interesting imagination, Mr. monkey. I have read that Frank story too. However, I don’t seem to have the same problem of trying unsuccessfully not to picture men in their underwear in a sexual nature.
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:12pmDon’t Worry, SpankDaMonkey, You can find civilian-strength BRAIN BLEACH® at your local movie store…as well as something to keep your mind off the disgusting crap taking place in DC. Trust me, I keep some by my desk at home, at work, in the car, in my SHTF bag, etc…
Of course, if you need to purchase your own Industrial Strength BRAIN BLEACH®, it can be found here:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrainBleach
(NOTE: Link above is for anyone who doesn’t get the joke.)
Report Post »DD313
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:52pm!00% False, eh?
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:55pmThat‘s just how liberals verify it’s the truth.
Report Post »seeker9
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:04pmShe spent $49,999.78.
Report Post »robh
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:06pmWe know how these jackasses talk and justify lies > It was actually $49,998 or $50,006. Jerks.
Report Post »robh
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:08pm@Seeker9 – you beat me to it.
Missed by THAT much!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:16pmIt’s plausible. I can imagine moochelle not being classy and buying “most erotic lingerie in the world,” unless she was buying it for someone else. We all know Obama likes older white men.
Report Post »Moochelle seems more of the Walmart/Target shopper type, but I CAN see her buying food and snacks.
seeker9
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:39pm@ROBH
Report Post »You are my kind of thinker.
robh
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:54pmShe has “The Bluest Eye” complex, having the envy of what she is not.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:52pmI’m sure that little Ms. Kristina Schake would not lie for her boss
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:52pmOf course it‘s false it wasn’t 50k it was probably 70k.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:28pmNO No no… It was $49,990 for the misses the rest was for the girls $20,010. Remember these are progressive liberals; they need to educate their children.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:52pmJnuary 30th, 2012; the day The Blaze decided to go completely gossip rag. I figured it would happen since they seemed to partner with The Daily Mail (which is a gossip rag); but it still makes me want to bonk the authors on their heads and go “Really? There‘s so little going on in the world that you feel the need to comment on the First Lady’s underwear?
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:30pmBut yet here you are with the rest of us.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:43pmWhat the flotus has spent hopefully will become a campaign issue; it could be very damaging.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:01pmWhy stop at the underwear LOCKED? How about that bill for her and her daughter’s trip to Spain? Mere gossip? LOL. MO’s problem LOCKED is that she likes to live high on the tax payer hog and has already set a precedent for being willing to spend big on luxurious trips, dinners..etc. Imported Hawaiian chef for Luaus at the White House. Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter for Halloween parties. Even if there’s no merit to this lingerie story, MO’s got enough to account for already.
Report Post »kalayaan
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:09pmIt is not gossip if it is true….
Report Post »Locked
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:12pm@Avengerk
Would be great… you know, assuming that’s what the article was about. Heck, if this article was about the first lady spending taxpayer money on her negligee, that’d be news.
Instead it’s about her own underwear, with no accusations of it being purchased through money besides her own. It’s exactly what I called it: gossip rag quality reporting (reported by tabloid papers). I guess I’m alone in wishing The Blaze would stick to news and rise above this drivel; if I wanted to know what celebrities were purchasing for their bedrooms, I’d go to a liberal gossip site.
Report Post »Phoneguy
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:50pm100% lies come from the Obamas, so that confirms it to be 100% true, simple.
Report Post »bigfatslob
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:50pmRALPH ! just the though of that big a $$ in anything revealing should be considered obscenity. Hey , just more econimic stimulus courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer.
Report Post »TheObamanation
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:49pmObama … Clinton … and Al Bundy say the same thing … I DID NOT have sexual relations with that woman …
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:48pmAbsolutely False
Report Post »She Spent $50,671.32 And Scooter Libby lied, about what he had for lunch Wednesday October 5th 2003.
Nemo13
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:45pmAre they sure it was lingerie? My guess is a cow harness. Maybe jewel-studded cow harness.
Report Post »riverdog1
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 12:51pmyou are one sick dude.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:43pmyuk!–How long will it take to get that vision out of my mind.
Report Post »LLATPOH
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:42pmWell of COURSE it’s 100% false. I mean, I’m in denial of it, mainly because there’s *no* way I’d want to see that.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:41pmdoes that mean the money spent is part of the Solyndra missing money- so it can’t be counted as its already reported as missing.
Report Post »JohnTwoFeathers
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:40pmPuke! This is rediculous and not news. Who wants to hear about Oschmuckos wifes bloomers..
Report Post »Donna678
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 8:58amGood for Mrs. Obama for getting lingerie to entice her stud. Finally a big penis in the White House. It must be satisfied. Anyone who insinuates POTUS is gay is just jealous because any woman in that place would drop to her knees for him in a minute and you know it. Unlike the republicans who are all on the down low and cheating on their wives with every young man available. Sad bunch.
Report Post »NOBO2012
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:39pmMOTUS has this story covered (also mostly safe for work) : http://www.michellesmirror.com/2012/01/our-agent-provocateur-sex-lies-and.html
Report Post »chewfatlip
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:39pmShe looked, but didn’t find anything wide enough.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:43pmHeck two burlaps split and sewed wouldn’t cover that wide A**
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:47pmThey didn’t have thongs in XXXXXLEXTRAWIDE.
Report Post »drago
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:02pm@I.Gaspar A xxxxxlextra wide thong for moochelle, would be the equivalent of a one mile stretch of IH 35, between Austin and Dallas……..i gotta throw up now…….
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