{"id":151058,"date":"2025-02-19T13:59:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T13:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/barack-obama-divorce-chatter-hits-fever-pitch-source-claims\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T13:59:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T13:59:04","slug":"barack-obama-divorce-chatter-hits-fever-pitch-source-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/barack-obama-divorce-chatter-hits-fever-pitch-source-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Barack Obama Divorce Chatter Hits &#8220;Fever Pitch,&#8221; Source Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Is Hollywood ready for the biggest divorce since Brangelina?<\/p>\n<p>Heck, is America?!?<\/p>\n<p>According to various reports over the last several weeks, Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are struggling.<\/p>\n<p>If you believe what Us Weekly even dared to publish this winter, the former President of the United States is \u201cobsessed\u201d with actress Jennifer Aniston\u2026 who told Jimmy Kimmel a short time ago that any speculation over her having a relationship with Obama is \u201cabsolutely untrue.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2166938545-1024x658.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-519610 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2166938545-1024x658.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2166938545-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2166938545-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2166938545-2048x1316.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2166938545-960x617.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2166938545-1080x694.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2166938545-1200x771.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2166938545-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Barack Obama and Michelle Obama stand on stage after she introduced him on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois on August 20, 2024. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But does that mean the Obamas\u2019 marriage is safe?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe level of rumor and speculation around the Obamas\u2019 marriage has hit a fever pitch,\u201d a source just <a href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/p\/obamas-blockbuster-divorce-a-list-friends-pick-sides-pair-split-goes-way-beyond-power-couple\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Radar Online<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s been made worse by the fact that neither Barack nor Michelle have addressed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is debatable, of course. On Valentine\u2019s Day, both spouses wrote some very nice things on social media about the other.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1645160042-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-519612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1645160042-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1645160042-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1645160042-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1645160042-960x639.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1645160042-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1645160042-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1645160042.jpg 1806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1645160042-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-519612 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1645160042-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1645160042-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1645160042-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1645160042-960x639.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1645160042-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1645160042-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1645160042.jpg 1806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1645160042.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Barack Obama and Michelle Obama look on during the Women\u2019s Singles First Round match between Coco Gauff of the United States and Laura Siegemund of Germany on Day One of the 2023 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 28, 2023 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Sarah Stier\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThirty-two years together and you still take my breath away. Happy Valentine\u2019s Day, @MichelleObama!\u201d wrote the the two-time Commander-in-Chief on February 14.<\/p>\n<p>Added Michelle on that same date:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there\u2019s one person I can always count on, it\u2019s you, @BarackObama. You\u2019re my rock. Always have been. Always will be. Happy Valentine\u2019s Day, honey!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She even included a heat emoji with this very kind message.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1421679099-1024x659.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-519613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1421679099-1024x659.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1421679099-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1421679099-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1421679099-2048x1319.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1421679099-960x618.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1421679099-1080x695.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1421679099-1200x773.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1421679099-1024x659.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-519613 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1421679099-1024x659.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1421679099-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1421679099-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1421679099-2048x1319.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1421679099-960x618.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1421679099-1080x695.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1421679099-1200x773.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1421679099-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michelle Obama delivers remarks alongside former U.S. President Barack Obama at a ceremony to unveil the official Obama White House portraits at the White House on September 7, 2022 in Washington, DC.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And yet:<\/p>\n<p>Michelle didn\u2019t accompany her husband Jimmy Carter\u2019s state funeral \u2026 or President Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration; events that a former President\u2019s wife is expected to attend.<\/p>\n<p>History is at stake here, as a President has never split from his spouse.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also a fortune of over $70 million at stake in terms of the couple\u2019s finances, along with the issue of on whose side certain celebrities will fall if the Obamas really do get divorced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause they have such deep and long-lasting ties to a whole array of Hollywood figures, people who know them and who are fond of them are bracing for bad news and scenario-planning for what comes next if they really do end their marriage,\u201d writes Radar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are going to have to pick sides. Michelle will see to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1343629581-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-519614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1343629581-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1343629581-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1343629581-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1343629581-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1343629581-960x641.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1343629581-1080x721.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1343629581-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1343629581-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-519614 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1343629581-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1343629581-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1343629581-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1343629581-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1343629581-960x641.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1343629581-1080x721.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1343629581-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1343629581-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Barack Obama and Michelle Obama participate in a ceremonial groundbreaking at the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park on September 28, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Which people? Well\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEllen DeGeneres has a famously close relationship with Michelle, who was on Ellen\u2019s now-defunct talk show multiple times, while Barack is well known to have authentic friendships with the likes of Bruce Springsteen and George Clooney,\u201d this insider continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe part that gets tricky is if the hypothetical split becomes acrimonious. Nobody wants to get on either of the Obamas\u2019 enemies list \u2013 but you can\u2019t rule out the possibility of that happening. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of their Hollywood pals are very much in wait-and-see mode as the rumors continue to circulate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/barack-obama-divorce-chatter-hits-fever-pitch-source-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Is Hollywood ready for the biggest divorce since Brangelina? Heck, is America?!? According to various reports over the last several weeks, Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are struggling. If you believe what Us Weekly even dared to publish this winter, the former President of the United States is \u201cobsessed\u201d with actress [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-151058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}