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Michelle Obamarecently revealed that she casually saved a friend who was choking on food while they were out at dinner.
The former first lady made the revelation during a conversation with her brother, Craig Robinson,. comedian Kevin Hart on her and Craig's podcast, "IMO," in an episode released on Wednesday.
The trio were talking about health scares when Obama brought up the incident.
"I gave one of my girlfriendsthe Heimlich maneuverat dinner," she said, to the amazement of Robinson.
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Former first lady Michelle Obama and her brother Craig Robinson host a podcast in March.(Getty Images)
Obama explained that she was eating dinner with her friend, her daughter Malia Obama, and two of Malia's friends.
"We're the same age and you know, you start having… swallowing problems," Obama said. "Things just stop. But she had chewed her food — she had told me before that she had this esophageal issue where things will get stuck. so I knew that about her."
At one point during the dinner, the woman stood up and coughed, Obama said.
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"I think she coughed up something, and it got stuck in her throat," she recalled. "She was straining, and I said, 'Are you OK?'" to which the woman shook her head.
Michelle Obama speaks onstage during a live recording of the "IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson" podcast at the Austin Convention Center On an episode that aired Wednesday. the former first lady said she once saved the life of a friend by performing the Heimlich maneuver.(Julia Beverly/WireImage)
Obama then positioned herself behind her friend and began performing the Heimlich maneuver.
"I had never done the Heimlich before, and it dislodged it. It just popped up right away," she said.
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Once everything was fine, Obama turned her attention to her daughter. the two friends, who had "pushed away from the table" when the incident began.
"I looked at the kids and I was like, ‘What were you all doing?’" she asked them.
"They were like, ‘You're right,’" Obama said. "'We were useless.' They realized thatthat was a mother moment."
Hart quipped that the tale wasn't just a "casual story."
Screenshot/IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson)
"That's one you've got to pull out at some dinners. That's actually a story," he said.
"Yeah, I saved a life," Obama responded.
Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent tolouis.casiano@fox.com.
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