Michelle Obama wants Oprah Winfrey to fail miserably?

The American First Lady has apparently been telling her nearest and dearest that she hopes nemesis Oprah Winfrey bombs when she launches her OWN network next year.

“Michelle hates Oprah,” alleged one insider. “She’s hoping she’ll come crashing down to earth with her latest venture.”

Rumors of a feud between Michelle and Oprah are nothing new.

Reports earlier this year claimed Michelle was trying to get husband Barack Obama to snub the billionaire media mogul and was left furious when the President let her film at the White House for her 2009 holiday special.

“Their marriage has been like a war zone lately,” a source said at the time.. “In public, they put on a united, smiling front but behind closed doors, the gloves come off. If they’re not screaming at each other, they’re glaring or stomping off in different directions.

“Michelle is intensely jealous of the time Barack spends with Oprah.

“Since the election, Michelle has privately given Oprah the cold shoulder. She once said, ‘There’s only room for one first lady in the White House — and that’s me!’”

“Believe me,” added the source. “She means it.”