Washington (CNN) She was one of Donald Trump's fiercest critics on the campaign trail, but first lady Michelle Obama wasn't up for watching the Republican declare victory on election night.

She told People magazine she called it a night early instead.

"I went to bed. I don't like to watch the political discourse; I never have," the first lady said in a joint interview with her husband, President Barack Obama.

She said she "barely" even watched political back-and-forth when her husband was running.

During the campaign, Michelle Obama emerged as one of Hillary Clinton's top surrogates, lambasting Trump for his language about women in deeply personal addresses across the country.

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