{"id":177339,"date":"2025-06-27T16:54:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/27\/michelle-obama-explains-separation-from-barack-obama\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T16:54:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:54:49","slug":"michelle-obama-explains-separation-from-barack-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/27\/michelle-obama-explains-separation-from-barack-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama Explains Separation from Barack Obama"},"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>For someone who claims she isn\u2019t getting divorced, Michelle Obama sure talks a lot about the speculation that she might be getting divorced.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last several weeks, rumors have persisted that the former First Lady and her rather famous husband, former President of the United States Barack Obama, are not on the same romantic page.<\/p>\n<p>As reported in February, this sort of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/barack-obama-divorce-chatter-hits-fever-pitch-source-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">divorce chatter hit a fevered pitch<\/a> in early 2025 after Michelle failed to attend a couple of public events with her spouse.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2181208382-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-528824 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2181208382-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2181208382-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2181208382-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2181208382-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2181208382-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2181208382-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2181208382-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2181208382-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michelle Obama speaks at a When We All Vote rally on October 29, 2024 in College Park, Georgia. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then, during a conversation with Hamilton College President Steven Tepper on April 3, Barack was honest about being in \u201cin a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/04\/barack-obama-admits-to-deep-deficit-in-marriage-to-michelle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deep deficit with my wife<\/a>\u201d shortly after his two terms as Commander-in-Chief ended in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been trying to dig myself out of that hole by doing occasionally fun things,\u201d the popular politician said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The couple got married in 1992 and are parents of two daughters: Malia, 26, and Sasha, 23.<\/p>\n<p>Like any husband and wife, they\u2019ve had their share of ups and downs \u2014 but these ups and downs have played out in the most glaring spotlight possible, considering one of them was leader of the free world for eight years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Michelle Obama on October 2, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-525178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-728x546.jpg 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-1080x810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Michelle Obama on October 2, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-525178 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-728x546.jpg 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-1080x810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0508_michelleobama_03-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michelle Obama speaks on stage as Audible And Higher Ground Host \u00e2\u0080\u009cThe Wonder Of Stevie\u201d Event At CultureCon on October 02, 2024.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Jason Mendez\/Getty Images for Audible)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This week, meanwhile, Michelle Obama was a guest on NPR\u2019s Wild Card podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, the topic of her marriage\u2019s stability was raised, highlighted by the question of why she and Barack have seldomly been seen out and about of late.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like, \u2018Okay, so we don\u2019t Instagram every minute of our lives. We are 60. We\u2019re 60, y\u2019all\u2019. You just are not gonna know what we\u2019re doing every minute of the day,\u201d she said rather simply.<\/p>\n<p>Last August, the Obamas gave speeches on stage at the Democratic National Convention in order to endorse Kamala Harris for President.<\/p>\n<p>Barack Obama later appeared at the funeral of the late president Jimmy Carter in January (solo) \u2026 and two weeks later made <em>another<\/em> solo trip to Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration while his wife hung out in Hawaii.<\/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\/04\/0422_obamas_03-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama on October 17, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-523972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_obamas_03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_obamas_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_obamas_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_obamas_03-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_obamas_03-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_obamas_03-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_obamas_03-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_obamas_03-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama on October 17, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-523972 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_obamas_03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_obamas_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_obamas_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_obamas_03-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_obamas_03-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_obamas_03-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_obamas_03-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_obamas_03-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former first lady Michelle Obama and former U.S. President Barack Obama arrive to cast their vote at an early voting venue on October 17, 2022.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (s Nov. 8 election.  (Photo by Jim Vondruska\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOne of the major decisions I made this year was to stay put and not attend funerals and inaugurations and all the things that I\u2019m supposed to attend,\u201d Mrs. Obama added during the podcast on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was a part of me using my ambition to say, \u2018Let me define what I want to do, apart from what I\u2019m supposed to do, what the world expects of me.\u2019 And I have to own that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In general, as she has emphasized before, Michelle is just making her own decisions as an independent and strong woman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I were having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/05\/michelle-obama-keeps-talking-about-rumored-divorce-from-barack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">problems with my husband<\/a>, everybody would know about it,\u201d Michelle said, laughing, while a guest on the May 1 episode of The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe beauty of my husband and our partnership is that neither one of us was really ever gonna quit at it, \u2019cause that\u2019s not who we are,\u201d she said on this same program in reference to past problems the pair worked through. \u201cAnd I know that about him. He knows that about me.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2166938545-1024x658.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-519610\" 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\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" 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\" 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>All this said, Michelle Obama isn\u2019t bitter about what folks have been saying. She appears to understand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose are my choices,\u201d she added this week of decisions she made to stay away from certain events and gatherings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever the backlash was, I had to sit in it and own it. But I didn\u2019t regret it, you know? It\u2019s my life now, and I can say that, now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/06\/michelle-obama-explains-separation-from-barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes For someone who claims she isn\u2019t getting divorced, Michelle Obama sure talks a lot about the speculation that she might be getting divorced. Over the last several weeks, rumors have persisted that the former First Lady and her rather famous husband, former President of the United States Barack Obama, are not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":177340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-177339","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\/177339","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=177339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}