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 12 months.
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 matter targeted on elevating younger males, the Obamas and Robinson kicked off their dialog with some laughs in regards to 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 shortly 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, of us suppose we’re divorced.”
Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama attend the 2024 Democratic Nationwide Conference in Chicago, Illinois, August 20, 2024.
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The rumors in regards to the former first couple’s marital standing began earlier this 12 months 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, together 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 fully 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 is just not in bother.
“There hasn’t been one second in our marriage the place I thought of quittin’ my man. And we have had some actually exhausting instances,” Michelle Obama stated. “We now have had numerous enjoyable instances, numerous adventures, and I’ve develop 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 12 months, Barack Obama shared a photograph along with his spouse on Instagram, captioning the submit, “Thirty-two years collectively and you continue to take my breath away.”
Michelle Obama shared the identical photograph in her own post, writing, “If there’s one particular person I can at all times rely on, it is you, @BarackObama. You are my rock. At all times have been. At all times will probably be.”
