Michelle Obama to skip Trump inauguration, 11 days after missing Carter funeral

Former President Barack Obama is scheduled to attend the Jan. 20 inauguration event along with former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush and their spouses. 

It is unclear why former first lady Michelle Obama is skipping Trump's inauguration.

Former presidents Trump, Bush and Clinton and their spouses all attended Carter's funeral on Jan. 9 at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., as did former President Barack Obama. Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband also attended, along with former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife. 

Former President Bill Clinton will attend next week's swearing-in ceremony, a person familiar with the former president's schedule confirmed to the AP. Former first lady Hillary Clinton will also attend, a spokesperson said. The Office of George W. Bush said he and former first lady Laura Bush are attending.

At Carter's funeral, Trump and Obama appeared to put their political differences aside and were seen chatting and laughing together despite the former Democrat president's history of political animosity with the returning Republican.

President-elect Trump and former first lady Melania Trump did not attend President Biden's inauguration in 2021.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Obama Foundation for comment. 

The news of Michelle Obama sidestepping the inauguration comes a day after former first lady Melania Trump revealed that she and her husband did not get enough information from the Obama administration about moving into the White House back in January 2017, for the beginning of the first Trump administration. 

"The difference is, I know where I will be going. I know the rooms where we will be living. I know the processes," the former first lady told "Fox & Friends" co-host Ainsley Earhardt on Monday. 

"The first time was challenging. We didn't have much of the information, the information was upheld from us from the previous administration. But this time I have everything. I have the plans. I could move in. I already packed. I already selected the furniture that needs to go in. So it's very different a transition this time, second time around."

A Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee spokesperson told Fox News Digital Underwood will perform during the swearing-in ceremony for President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance.

The group is slated to perform at one of Trump's inaugural balls and a rally he's holding in Washington the day before his inauguration.

Fox News' Janelle Ash, Brooke Singman and The Associated Press contributed to this report.