Michelle Obama’s Teleprompter Went Out at Convention

Michelle Obama writes in her new book that she “overcame a teleprompter mishap during her first major live televised speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention,” Insider reports.

Write Obama: “I was standing there on live television, knowing I was supposed to speak for 16 minutes straight. There was no pausing the show or calling for help. For a second, I felt wildly alone — and also wildly exposed.”

“Luckily, Obama was prepared. She had spent weeks rehearsing the speech until she had it completely memorized.”