Obama out? Not so fast. Michelle might have just dropped a subtle hint that all those divorce rumors are a load of BS.
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00:00Obama out?
00:01Not so fast.
00:02Michelle might have just dropped a subtle hint that all those divorce rumors are a load
00:06of BS.
00:07Michelle and Barack Obama spent years in and out of the White House as the perfect power
00:11couple.
00:12But lately, there have been whispers that their marriage isn't as perfect as it appears
00:16on the surface.
00:17Toss divorce rumors, no-shows, and Jennifer Aniston into the mix, and they've been embroiled
00:21in the perfect storm of speculation lately.
00:24I'm Barack Obama, Michelle's husband."
00:27Did Michelle just shut the gossip down for good, though?
00:30Well, that's one way of looking at it.
00:32On January 29th, 2025, she announced that the Obama Presidential Center will be constructing
00:37a garden in Chicago in memory of student Hydea Pendleton, who was shot and killed in 2013.
00:44Rather than working independently on the project, she confirmed she and Barack are acting as
00:48a unit, writing,
00:49"'Barack and I look forward to honoring her memory through a dedicated space at the Obama
00:53Presidential Center.'"
00:54Taken on its own, it's not particularly shocking that Michelle and Barack would both be involved
00:58in a project for the Obama Presidential Center.
01:01But the explicit, "'Barack and I' in her statement didn't go unnoticed, particularly in light
01:05of other recent posts."
01:07Just over a week before Michelle's Instagram message, Barack posted a photo for Michelle's
01:11birthday that showed the couple beaming for the camera while holding hands across the
01:15table.
01:16In the caption, he wrote, in part,
01:17"'I'm so lucky to be able to take on life's adventures with you.
01:20Love you.'"
01:21Barack also, funnily, showed solidarity with his wife in his own message to the families
01:25of the passengers who tragically passed away after the horrific mid-air collision near
01:29Washington D.C. on January 29th.
01:31He wrote,
01:32"'Michelle and I send our prayers and condolences to everyone who is mourning today, and we're
01:36grateful to the first responders who are doing everything they can to help under extremely
01:40difficult circumstances.'"
01:41No matter what angle you approach it from, the Obamas have presented a united front over
01:46the last few weeks, and taken as a whole, it certainly seems to quash those pesky divorce
01:50rumors.
01:52And that's particularly important because some of those rumors are, in a word, salacious.
01:56There's been something for tabloids to talk about ever since the Obamas left the White
01:59House, but Michelle's absence from Jimmy Carter's funeral in early January recently kicked the
02:04gossip mills into overdrive.
02:06It didn't help that there had just been another rumor that Barack had had a secret fling with
02:09Jennifer Aniston, a rumor Jen had to put to bed herself.
02:12"'You know Barack Obama.'
02:14"'I've met him once.
02:15I know Michelle more than him.'"
02:18And Michelle's no-show at Donald Trump's January 20th inauguration just threw more fuel on
02:23the fire that the days of Michelle and Obama appearing together were on their way out.
02:28The couple still seems to be going strong, however.
02:30In fact, you could make the argument that leaving the White House actually did wonders
02:34for their relationship.
02:35As Barack told CBS Mornings in 2023, it sure helps to be out of the White House and to
02:40have a little more time with her.
02:41If I were able to run for a third term, Michelle would divorce me.