--- title: Michelle Obama and Stephen Colbert Built a Blanket Fort description: Fighting over Beyoncé was just the beginning of the fun canonical: https://time.com/4502764/michelle-obama-stephen-colbert/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-21T15:50:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:49.680Z og:title: Michelle Obama and Stephen Colbert Built a Blanket Fort og:description: Fighting over Beyoncé was just the beginning of the fun og:url: https://time.com/4502764/michelle-obama-stephen-colbert/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Michelle Obama and Stephen Colbert Built a Blanket Fort twitter:description: Fighting over Beyoncé was just the beginning of the fun twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Michelle Obama and Stephen Colbert Built a Blanket Fort by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 21, 2016 3:50 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 21, 2016 3:50 PM UTC First Lady Michelle Obama appeared on _The Late Show With Stephen Colbert_ on Tuesday to discuss her [Let Girls Learn](http://motto.time.com/4385323/michelle-malia-sasha-obama-africa/?iid=sr-link2) initiative, which helps bring resources to 62 million [young women ](http://time.com/4260808/michelle-obama-global-girls-education/?iid=sr-link8)who do not have access to education. Stephen Colbert (as you may have noticed) is not a [young girl](http://time.com/4260599/michelle-obama-sxsw-this-is-for-my-girls-missy-elliott-kelly-clarkson-zendaya/?iid=sr-link1), but he does enjoy childish things—like blanket forts. Obama stopped his show for a mini-sleepover and the first question Colbert asked her was a slumber party classic: “If you got stuck on a desert island with one famous person, who’d you pick?” While Colbert picked President Obama, the First Lady had someone else in mind entirely: “Beyoncé!” she said, because she is a very smart woman. “Wait, can I change to Beyoncé?” Colbert joked. Too late, Colbert, she’s taken. Colbert and Obama also shared some healthy snacks, although Colbert had some concerns about eating too many vegetables. “Do you know that if you eat too many carrots, you turn orange? And if you turn really orange, you have to start saying crazy things and run for president,” said Colbert in an apparent dig at Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. They also discussed secret wishes, where babies come from, and what they wanted to be when they grow up and Obama confessed that she wanted to be [Joe Biden](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1895156,00.html?iid=sr-link1). Watch below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4502764/michelle-obama-stephen-colbert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4502764/michelle-obama-stephen-colbert/"},"headline":"Michelle Obama and Stephen Colbert Built a Blanket Fort","datePublished":"2016-09-21T15:50:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:49.680Z","description":"Michelle Obama wants to be Joe Biden when she grows up","url":"https://time.com/4502764/michelle-obama-stephen-colbert/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Michelle Obama","stephen colbert","the late show"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4502764/michelle-obama-stephen-colbert/","name":"Michelle Obama and Stephen Colbert Built a Blanket Fort"}}]}] ```