The former First Lady was speaking at an event to promote her new book, Becoming, when she made the remark before going on to urge the people of the UK to stay engaged with politics and to resist becoming complacent or cynical. Mrs Obama said people “cannot afford to sit on the sidelines”, and said it is time to “roll up our sleeves”. Mrs Obama was speaking during her book tour at The O2 Arena in London on Sunday night.

Given the current state of affairs concerning Brexit, Mrs Obama was asked what advice she would give people in the UK about how to stay calm in this time of turmoil.

Mrs Obama joked: “Everybody’s like ‘help us out here’.”

She added: “This trepidation, the anxiety, I mean, it’s everywhere, it’s all over the world, for sure.

“We’re seeing it played out in our country and all over the place.”

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Mrs Obama said the thing she loves about London is that it is “truly representative of true international diversity”.

She said the world is at a point of “extreme change”, what with social media, adding: “We know what’s going on more now than we ever did before.”

Mrs Obama said: “And it’s a little unreasonable for us to expect that we as a world go through this transition and it’s not going to cause some fear and trepidation.

“And in all truth, that’s part of what we have to learn, how to be a little more empathetic.

“Because people are afraid, because the world is changing so fast.

“We may not agree with them but some people don’t know where their place will be in this new and changing society, this new and changing world.”

She added: “We’ve had some tough times on this planet and we’ve come out of it.”

Mrs Obama said: “It is time for us to roll up our sleeves, and if we are not happy with the state of things, then in democracies we have votes.”

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