'The Amateur' by Edward Klein: Michelle Obama thought Oprah had gone too far

PUBLISHED: 08:39 EST, 13 May 2012 | UPDATED: 10:03 EST, 13 May 2012

Michelle Obama orders women close to her husband to be watched in case he cheats on her like John F Kennedy did to his wife, a new book claims.

The First Lady is supposedly unusually jealous and has so little trust in Barack Obama that she turns up unannounced during the day to see what he is doing.

She also objected to her husbands close relationship to U.S. chat show queen Oprah Winfrey - and shunned her because she hates fat people.

Keeping up appearances: Because Oprah's say means a significant amount of votes, the Obamas put aside their growing frustrations and appeared on one of the host's final shows

The explosive claims are likely to feed the image of Mrs Obama as an angry black woman, a label she herself dismissed earlier this year.

They could also reopen questions about the Obama's marriage of 20 years as in the past they reportedly rowed a lot and came close to splitting up.

In The Amateur, American author Edward Kleins book about Mr Obamas first term, he claims that Mrs Obamas obsessive behaviour is the talk of the White House.

He quotes a source close to Miss Winfrey as saying: Michelle is very jealous, I would say unusually so.

Most people after years of marriage have trust and dont follow their husbands around and check on them.

Michelle doesnt seem to trust Barack at all. She insists on knowing his every movement and drops in on him at all! kinds o f odd times.

Warring women: Though publicly close, inside sources report that Michelle feels threatened by Oprah, and has tried to distance herself and her husband from the former Queen of Daytime

Sidelined: Oprah campaigned with Mr Obama during the 2008 election and he is hoping she will do the same this year

Michelle makes it clear to her inner circle...that she wants women around Barack watched and wants info about who he has an eye for and gets touchy with.

The thing is, she knows, like everybody, about JFKs shenanigans, and she thinks, hey, JFK was young and good looking like my guy.

By the time he was assassinated in 1963 Mr Kennedy had become as famous for his extra marital liaisons as he was for being President.

In her memoir former White House intern Mimi Alford recalled how Mr Kennedy eyed her up in the White House pool then had sex with her in the bedroom he shared with his wife.

Mr Kennedy also supposedly had sex with Marlene Dietrich in the Oval office and famously romanced Marilyn Monroe - amongst many others.

Friendly foes: Inside sources told the author that Michelle (right) is jealous of her husband's closeness with Oprah (left)

Friendly foes: Sources told the author that Michelle (right) is jealous of Barack's closeness with Oprah (left)

In The Amateur Mr Klein claims that relations between Miss Winfrey and Mrs Obama took a nosedive over the chat show hosts close relationship with Mr Obama.

Portrait: The new book was written by Edward Klein, the former editor-in-chief of the New York Times Magazine

The book claims that in the weeks after the 2008 U.S. election victory Mr Obama gave Miss Winfreys advice priority over Michelles

Mr Klein writes: When she (Winfrey) phoned, he dropped everything and took her call. They huddled over strategy. Of all of Obamas unofficial White House advisers, Oprah had unparalleled access, input, influence, and power.

Mr Klein quotes a White House insider who says that Mrs Obama was furious about her husbands late night phone calls to Miss Winfrey and that he should be turning to her for advice instead.

Another sticking point was that Mrs Obama thought that Miss Winfrey had urged Hillary Clinton to run in the election against her husband.

When she grew sick of being rejected Miss Winfrey is supposed to have screamed out to a friend: Michelle hates fat people and doesnt want me waddling around the White House!

In extracts already made public Mr Kleins book also claims that former U.S. President Bill Clinton once branded Mr Obama an amateur and too incompetent to hold office.

Mr Clinton has strongly denied the claims.

Nobody from the! White H ouse was available for comment.