Retweet if you think Michelle Obama is really a man.
— Omar Navarro (@RealOmarNavarro) January 25, 2023
Former West Virginia House of Delegates member Derrick Evans shared a similar tweet on Tuesday and wrote: "Who thinks Michelle Obama is really a man?
Who thinks Michelle Obama is really a man?
— Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans_WV) January 24, 2023
Comedian and conservative commentator Terrance K. Williams also highlighted how popular this conspiracy theory is by holding a poll on his Twitter account on Tuesday.
He wrote: "Why do people keep saying Michelle Obama is a man and that she doesn't have any photos from when she was pregnant.
"Do you believe this rumor that Michelle Obama is a man?
As of late Tuesday night Eastern time, more than 35,000 Twitter users had taken part in the poll, with 51.1 percent of voters saying yes, 23.4 percent saying no and 25.5 percent answering "Maybe who knows."
Why do people keep saying Michelle Obama is a man and that she doesn’t have any photos from when she was pregnant.
— Terrence K. Williams (@w_terrence) January 25, 2023
Do you believe this rumor that Michelle Obama is a man
The conspiracy theory has also begun to resurface in a video that the late comedian Joan Rivers made fun of Michelle Obama and Barack Obama.
The video, from 2014, sees Rivers speak with a journalist on the street in an impromptu interview.
The journalist inquired as to whether Rivers thought the United States would one day have a gay or female president.
Watch the video below;
This is why. pic.twitter.com/AyzSxLEFHs
— Yinzer G (@yinzer_g) January 25, 2023
The conspiracy theory has repeatedly been dismissed online as well, with some saying that it is proof of "trans panic."
Last February, conspiracy theory debunker Mike Rothschild tweeted: "Trans panic is a huge part of the mythology around QAnon.
"GhostEzra piled up 300k followers by openly wondering which women were 'actually' men and which men were 'actually women.' Plus the whole 'Michelle Obama' is actually a guy' trope is a huge in Q[Anon] circles. It's all just sick."
According to his Twitter page, in June 2021, Patrick Henningsen, an independent geopolitical analyst and journalist, tweeted: "Sort of getting sick of this stupid meme, citing Joan Rivers as some unimpeachable source, when she was only repeating the same meme she saw on the internet. Ridiculous.”
