The Obamas have made their most forceful comments yet on rumors of divorce that have been following them for months.
It marks the first time the couple has joined together to shut down the speculation, which began months ago after Michelle Obama missed a pair of state events.
The former First Lady skipped Jimmy Carter’s funeral and President Trump’s second inauguration, leaving her husband to attend the events alone.
Obamas address rumors
The Obamas have ignored the rumors for months, although they tried to put on a united front with social media posts on Valentine’s Day and Michelle’s birthday.
The couple, who married in 1992 and share two children, have rarely been seen together publicly in recent months, something they joked about during an episode of Michelle Obama’s podcast.
“She took me back!” Barack Obama said on IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson. “It was touch and go for a while.”
“It’s so nice to have you both in the same room together,” Michelle’s brother, Craig Robinson, said.
“I know because when we aren’t, folks think we’re divorced,” Michelle responded.
“Hard time”
On a more serious note, Michelle acknowledged “hard times” in their marriage. The couple has admitted to going through counseling in the past.
“There hasn’t been one moment in our marriage where I thought about quittin’ my man,” Michelle said. “And we’ve had some really hard times,” Michelle Obama said. “We have 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.”
Michelle Obama previously addressed the topic of divorce on her own, blasting her critics as sexists for making negative assumptions about her independent lifestyle.
“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 said. “People couldn’t believe that I was saying no for any other reason that they had to assume that my marriage was falling apart.”
While Michelle was clearly angered by the divorce rumors, her husband claims he was completely ignorant of them.
“These are the kinds of things that I just miss,” Barack Obama said. “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?”
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