Barbara Walters 10 Most Fascinating People

Barbara Walters has named Michelle Obama the most fascinating person. (ABC Images)

Crowned the Most Fascinating Person of 2009 for  Barbara Walters'  10 Most Fascinating People special, Michelle Obama went on the record to talk about her  svelte arms, her guily  pleasure of watching bad TV with Bo, and her  new life living in the white house.

Obama said, "It has been a whirlwind. But it’s been amazing. I mean, if you think about this year, I had to get these two beautiful girls settled into a new city, into a new home, into a new school. We got a dog. I visited eight countries with my husband. I planted a garden. I’ve started a mentoring program. It has been everything. And now, here we are at our first Christmas in the White House.”

"First lady Michelle Obama is shaping up to be more than the sum of her parts," Walters said of Michelle's toned arms.

"I have to say that my personal routine hasn't changed much in the past 11 years. I really started right after I had Malia, our oldest, and some of that, in all honesty, it was a little revenge because I'm married to man who has worked out all his life," Mrs Obama told Barbara.

"Regardless of how busy he is, he finds the time to work out. Malia was four months old and she was still waking up for that 4 o'clock feeding and I'd get up because I'd be the first one to hear her," Michelle continued.

"I thought, Well, I'm up, I might as well go to the gym and if I get to the gym, then he'll have to wake up and do that feeding. I'll get a work out in and everyone will be happy. So if there's anything that I can attribute these arms to it's probably just determination."

Among the other fascinating people on Walters' list is  Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert, Kate Gosselin, Glen Beck and Sarah Palin.   Bodog has all your  celebrity odds.  If you need an account,  Join Bodog today.