Barack And Michelle Obama Joke About Divorce Rumors: “It Was Touch And Go For A While”
Former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have spoken up about the divorce rumors and are still laughing about them.
During the latest episode of her podcast, IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson, she and her brother were joined by Barack.
Robinson teased, “Wait, you guys like each other? It’s so nice to have you both in the same room together.” Michelle chimed in, “I know because when we aren’t, folks think we’re divorced.”
Barack then quipped, “She took me back! It was touch and go for a while.” Speculation that they had split after 32 years has been brewing over the past few months.
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Craig recalled a moment at the airport when he was approached by a woman who asked him what Barack had done to Michelle. He egged on the drama by replying, “Well, what makes you think he messed up?” Later noting, “I wanted to keep this conversation so that I could tell you about it.”
When speaking on the rumors, Barack admitted, “These are the kinds of things that I just miss. So I don’t even know this stuff’s going on and then somebody will mention it to me and I’m like what are you talking about?”
Regarding their marriage, Michelle confessed that divorce has never crossed her mind. “There hasn’t been one moment in our marriage where I’ve thought about quitting on my man,” she explained. “And we’ve had some really hard times and we’ve had a lot of fun times, a lot of adventures and I have become a better person because of the man I’m married to.”
Rumors about a divorce heightened when she chose not to attend Trump’s inauguration.
“My decision to skip the inauguration, what people don’t realize — or my decision to make choices at the beginning of this year that suited me were met with such ridicule and criticism,” she explained on an episode of her podcast earlier this year. “People couldn’t believe that I was saying no for any other reason that they had to assume that my marriage was falling apart.”
The Obamas married in Chicago in October 1992. This past Valentine’s Day, they gushed over one another like young lovers.
Barack wrote on Instagram, “Thirty-two years together and you still take my breath away” while shared, “If there’s one person I can always count on, it’s you, @BarackObama. You’re my rock. Always have been. Always will be.”
