The Obamas are laughing off divorce rumors.
Barack Obama and Michelle Obama playfully addressed headlines about their marriage during a July 14 episode of Michelle Obamaโs โIMOโ podcast.
At the start of the show, Michelle Obama revealed that she had a “very special” guest joining her and her brother, Craig Robinson, who also is a co-host on the podcast.
When they revealed that the guest was none other than Barack Obama, the former U.S president entered the room. He gave Michelle Obama a hug and kiss on the cheek, which made Robinson crack a joke.
“Wait, you guys like each other?โ he said.
โThatโs the rumor mill,โ Michelle Obama replied.
As he was taking his seat, Barack Obama joked, โShe took me back. It was touch and go for a while.โ
Michelle Obama then warned her hubby not to โstart,โ but once everyone was settled in their seats, Robinson said, “Itโs so nice to have you both in the same room together,โ which made Michelle Obama address the divorce rumors.
โI know, because when we arenโt, folks think weโre divorced,โ she said.
Robinson said that people approach him on the street to ask about his sister’s marriage to the former president. He described an encounter in Wichita, Kansas where a woman asked, “What did he do?” about Barack Obama.
“I said, ‘What makes you think he messed up?’ Why couldn’t it have been her?” he said.
Michelle Obama interjected and said, “Why didn’t you just say, ‘No one messed up.'”
“I wanted to keep this conversation going so I could tell you about it,” Robinson said.
Eventually Robinson told the woman everything was fine between the Obamas. “She was so happy you would’ve thought I gave her a Christmas gift,” he said.
Barack Obama, meanwhile, said these are the headlines he’ll “just miss.”
“Then someone will mention it to me and I’m like, ‘What are you talking about?'” he said.
That’s when Michelle Obama stepped in to clear up any confusion about her marriage.
โThere hasnโt been one moment in our marriage where I have thought about quitting on my man,โ she said. โAnd weโve had some really hard times. Weโve had a lot of fun times, a lot of adventures. Iโve become a better person because of the man Iโm married to.โ
โOK, donโt make me cry now,โ Barack Obama interjected. โNot at the beginning of the show.โ
Barack and Michelle Obama have been married since 1992 and share two daughters, Malia, 27, and Sasha, 24.
During an April appearance on the โWork in Progress with Sophia Bushโ podcast, Michelle Obama said she believes the divorce rumors started once she started to make her own schedule.
Notably, she did not join Barack Obama at the funeral for former President Jimmy Carter in January, nor did she go to President Donald Trumpโs inauguration.
โThe interesting thing is that, when I say โno,โ for the most part people are like, โI get it, and Iโm OK,โโ she said. โThatโs the thing that we as women, I think we struggle with disappointing people. So much so that this year people were โ they couldnโt even fathom that I was making a choice for myself that they had to assume that my husband and I are divorcing.โ
