Former President Barack Obama and former first woman Michelle Obama are laughing off the divorce rumors which have plagued them for a lot of the previous yr.
Barack Obama joined his spouse and his brother-in-law Craig Robinson on Wednesday for an episode of the siblings’ podcast, “IMO.”
Whereas the episode subject targeted on elevating younger males, the Obamas and Robinson kicked off their dialog with some laughs concerning the rumors that the Obamas’ decadeslong marriage is in bother.
“Wait, you guys like one another?” Robinson joked when Barack Obama entered the dialog, prompting Michelle Obama to answer, “Oh yeah, the rumor mill.”
Barack Obama rapidly continued the joke, replying to Robinson, “She took me again. It was contact and go for some time.”
“It is so good to have you ever each in the identical room collectively,” Robinson continued, to which his sister responded, “I do know, ‘trigger after we aren’t, people suppose we’re divorced.”
Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama attend the 2024 Democratic Nationwide Conference in Chicago, Illinois, August 20, 2024.
Jacek Boczarski/Anadol By way of Getty Pictures
The rumors concerning the former first couple’s marital standing began earlier this yr when Barack Obama attended a number of high-profile occasions solo, together with the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter, in addition to President Donald Trump’s second inauguration.
Michelle Obama has since spoken publicly about her determination to not attend sure occasions she could also be anticipated at as a former first woman, explaining that for the primary time in her life, along with her two daughters grown and her husband out of public workplace, she feels free to make selections for herself.
“This stage in life for me is the primary time that I’ve been utterly free,” she stated in a earlier “IMO” episode that aired July 9.
On Wednesday’s episode of “IMO,” the previous first woman additional confirmed that her marriage just isn’t in bother.
“There hasn’t been one second in our marriage the place I considered quittin’ my man. And we have had some actually onerous instances,” Michelle Obama stated. “We have now had a variety of enjoyable instances, a variety of adventures, and I’ve turn into a greater particular person due to the person I am married to.”
Barack and Michelle Obama wed in Chicago in 1992.
On Valentine’s Day this yr, Barack Obama shared a photograph along with his spouse on Instagramcaptioning the submit, “Thirty-two years collectively and you continue to take my breath away.”
Michelle Obama shared the identical picture in her personal submitwriting, “If there’s one particular person I can all the time rely on, it is you, @BarackObama. You are my rock. All the time have been. All the time can be.”
