{"id":797,"date":"2025-07-03T14:51:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T14:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/?p=797"},"modified":"2025-07-03T14:51:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T14:51:41","slug":"michelle-obama-speaks-out-on-barack-split-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/?p=797","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama Speaks Out on Barack Split Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former First Lady Michelle Obama has addressed the divorce rumors surrounding her marriage to former President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During an episode of NPR\u2019s Wild Card with Rachel Martin, Michelle Obama dispelled divorce rumors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEven in this phase in our lives, when Barack and I say something right or wrong, it does get covered. You know, the fact that people don\u2019t see me going out on a date with my husband sparks rumors of the end of our marriage. I mean, it\u2019s sort of\u2026\u201d Michelle Obama said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the apocalypse. It\u2019s like, OK, so we don\u2019t Instagram every minute of our lives. We are 60. We\u2019re 60, y\u2019all. We just, you just are not gonna know what we\u2019re doing every minute of the day, you know?\u201d Michelle Obama added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WTF happened to Michelle Obama? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eH8Nk5R8ah\">pic.twitter.com\/eH8Nk5R8ah<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LangmanVince\/status\/1938393528788308203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Michelle Obama was once again spotted without her husband last week, continuing a pattern that has only fueled public speculation about their relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former First Lady vacationed in Mallorca with daughters Malia and Sasha. The trio was photographed dining at the Lobster Club in Puerto Portals, Calvi\u00e0, earlier this week, but Barack Obama was noticeably absent, as he has been at many of her recent outings, the New York Post&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/20\/celebrity-news\/michelle-obama-takes-daughters-malia-and-sasha-on-a-vacation-to-spain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michelle looked stylish in a colorful printed dress and hoop earrings, while Sasha, 24, wore an off-the-shoulder white t-shirt and a flowy brown skirt. Malia, 26, chose a navy blue polka dot top and denim mini skirt for the family lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joining them were James Costos, former U.S. ambassador to Spain, and his partner Michael Smith, the Obamas\u2019 longtime interior designer who famously redesigned the Oval Office in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The relaxed, glamorous lunch took place at an exclusive seaside venue complete with live music, an infinity pool, and sweeping Mediterranean views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barack was once again missing from the family getaway, just as he has been absent from several other major public events in recent months, including President Jimmy Carter\u2019s funeral and even President Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michelle tried to downplay growing rumors of marital trouble last month during an appearance on \u201cThe Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not who we are,\u201d she insisted. \u201cAnd I know that about him. He knows that about me.\u201d She also stressed that the couple, married for 32 years, would never \u201cquit\u201d on their marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Michelle Obama enjoys relaxing tropical getaway with daughters Malia and Sasha <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RMa8jWUPCi\">https:\/\/t.co\/RMa8jWUPCi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zOca8BRICq\">pic.twitter.com\/zOca8BRICq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Page Six (@PageSix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PageSix\/status\/1936186538582265913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, Michelle Obama made a casual remark about being single during a recent episode of her podcast, fueling ongoing speculation about possible strain in her marriage to former President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Advertisement-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michelle was joined by her brother, Craig Robinson, and Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky on the latest episode of her show, IMO [In My Opinion], when she appeared to express a hint of personal interest in the tech executive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou know, I have to say, Brian, if I\u2019m a single girl out there and I find out that Brian Chesky is single and I could like stay in his house -\u201d she began before Robinson cut in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHere she goes, right to the relationship!\u201d Robinson said, adding: \u201cBrian, you don\u2019t have to feel pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chesky, however, played right along, noting, \u201cHer and her husband have tried to set me up before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That led the former first lady to say she was \u201cvery invested in Brian\u2019s love life,\u201d to which he said he \u201cappreciated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The unusual exchange comes amid persistent speculation about the state of Michelle and Barack Obama\u2019s marriage\u2014fueled in part by the former First Lady\u2019s notable absences from both President Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration and the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adding to the chatter, Barack Obama recently acknowledged that he is in a \u201cdeep deficit with my wife\u201d and has been working to plan enjoyable activities for the two of them. Michelle, for her part, has publicly voiced frustrations with her husband, citing his past habit of being late and his tendency to avoid meaningful conversations with his golf buddies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former First Lady Michelle Obama has addressed the divorce rumors surrounding her marriage to former President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":799,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797\/revisions\/799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}