Viola Davis on The First Lady Backlash: ‘Critics Absolutely Serve No Purpose’

This month, Showtime premiered the anthology series The First Lady, documenting the lives of three famous First Ladies from different times in American history. Along with Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford and Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt, the series stars Viola Davis as Michelle Obama. The series was met with mixed reviews upon its release, landing with a critical score of 43% along with a 44% audience score at Rotten Tomatoes.