Former US President Barack Obama for the very first time publicly add the divorce rumors swirling around him and his wife, former first lady michelle obama, on her podcast “imo with michelle obama. Robinson ”.
In a lighthearted moment, Craig Robinson, Michelle’s brother and podcast co-host, teased the couple as barack joined the conversation, “wait, you guys like easy other?”
To which michelle responded, “That’s the Rumour Mill.”
Laughing off the speculations, Obama Said, “She took me back!” And added that “it was touch and go for a while”.
Robinson Continued, “It’s so nice to have you bot in the same room together.”
Shutting down the rumours, Michelle quipped, “I know, ‘when we are in wearing, Folks Think We’er Divorced.”
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Michelle: “It’s my husband, y’all.”
Barack: “She took me back! … It was touch and go for a while.”
Craig Robinson: “It’s so nice to have you bot in the same room together.”
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‘What did he do?’
Robinson Recalled An Incident Where a Woman Asked him if the former first was still together together amid the rampant speculation surrounding their margin.
“This woman came up to me. She was so nice. [She asked]’Can I have a picture?’ You know how you get the side hug? She was like, ‘What did he do? … He did something, didn ‘hey?’ “Robinson said.
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He then assured the woman that bot michelle and barack was going strong.
“She was so happy, you would have thought [Robinson] Gave her a Christmas Gift. “
To this, obama jokingly remarked, “These are the kinds of things that I just miss. Acknowledging that he doesn’t know about the rumors doing the Rounds on the internet.
Reffirming their bond, Michelle Said, “There has been one moment in our marriages where I’m something about about quitting on my man.”
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She further emphasised that she’s become a better person because of her husband, barrack.
“We’ve had some really hard times and… a lot of adventures, and I have a better person because of the man I am married to,” the former first lady Said.
‘Chose to do what was best for me’: michelle
The rumors about the former first couple’s separaction began circulating after barrack attended Several High-Profile events alone
Michelle has repeatedly dispelled the speculations around her margin in a spate of podcasts, blaming her age and freedom to make choices for the whispers.
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In April, the former first lady quashed the divorce rumours, emphasing that after being in the white house for Eight Years, she finally had to make to make choices based on what was best for her.
“I get to look at my calendar … and I chose to what was best for me, not what I had to do, not what I thought other people can do,” she said on the “work in progress” podcast in april.
In the same month, she echoed the same senior in an episode of her podcast, stating, “My decision to skip the inauguration, what people do not realize – or my decision to make choice at the time. ME, it is like such ridicule and criticism. “
“People Could Believe That I Was Saying No Other Reason That They Had to Assume That My Marriage was falling apart,” she added.
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In another podcast interview, she said that her newfound independence fueled the chatter around her margin.
“The fact that people don’t see me going out on a date with my husband rumors of the end of our margin,” She Told NPr’s “Wild Card” podcast host rachel martin.
“It’s like, ok, so we can instagram every minute of our lives. We are 60. Were 60, y’all.”
Michelle and Barack Got Married in Chicago in 1992, where they first met while working as lawyers. The couple has two daugters, Malia and Sasha.