The former president Barack Obama and his first lady appeared on Michelle’s ‘IMO’ podcast this week
After many months of speculation regarding the status of their marriage, the Obamas have spoken out.
Fears of trouble in paradise seemed to first kick off back in 2022, when Michelle admitted she ‘couldn’t stand’ Barack for several of their daughters’ childhood years.
She said to CBS at the time: “People think I’m being catty by saying this – it’s like, there were 10 years where I couldn’t stand my husband.
“And guess when it happened? When those kids were little.”
Michelle, 61, added: “And for 10 years while we’re trying to build our careers and, you know, worrying about school and who’s doing what and what, I was like, ‘Ugh, this isn’t even’.”
The following year, her husband Barack, 63, hinted at having somewhat neglected his wife and daughters – Malia, 27, and Sasha, 24 – during his stint in the Oval Office.
Michelle Obama previously alluded to a rough patch between the pair (Marcus Ingram/Getty Images)
Discussing the end of his presidency with the news channel at the time, Barack claimed: “Let me just say this: It sure helps to be out of the White House and to have a little more time with her [Michelle].”
The Democrat continued: “I did not fully appreciate, I think – as engaged of a father as I was – the degree of stress and tension for her knowing that not just me and Michelle were under scrutiny and in this strange environment, but that we were raising our daughters in a kind of situation that just wasn’t normal.”
In the years that followed, the pair have been subjected to ceaseless questions regarding their relationship – something the two have now attempted to put an end to, for once and for all.
During an appearance on the IMO podcast, Michelle hosts with her brother, Craig Robinson, this week, the couple wasted no time in getting into it.
