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Riley Cardoza
Published July 16, 2025, 8:08 a.m. ET
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Barack Obama and Michelle Obama tackled divorce rumors head-on in a new podcast episode.
After the former first lady teased a “very, very, very special guest” on “IMO” Wednesday, her husband appeared — and Michelle’s brother, Craig Robinson, sarcastically expressed disbelief.
“Wait, you guys like each other?” he asked.
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Barack Obama and Michelle Obama hit back at divorce speculation on her “IMO” podcast Wednesday.Michelle Obama Barack/Instagram
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“Wait, you guys like each other?” Michelle’s brother, Craig Robinson, jokingly asked the couple.Michelle Obama/Youtube
His sibling sighed over the “rumor mill,” while Barack, 63, took the opportunity to crack a joke.
“She took me back!” the former president quipped. “It was touch and go for a while.”
Michelle, 61, warned her partner not to “start” before agreeing with Robinson that it was “nice to [be] in the same room.”
She noted, “When we aren’t, folks think we’re divorced.”
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Barack sarcastically replied that their marriage had been “touch and go for awhile.”Michelle Obama/Youtube
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The former president quipped that his wife “took [him] back.”Michelle Obama/Youtube
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Michelle took the moment to clarify to listeners, “There hasn’t been one moment in our marriage where I have thought about quitting my man.
“We’ve had some really hard times and we’ve had a lot of fun times, a lot of adventures and I’ve become a better person because of the man I’m married to,” she continued.
Elsewhere in the conversation, Michelle praised Barack as an “engaged” father to their daughters: Malia, 27, and Sasha, 24.
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Michelle warned him not to “start … the rumor mill.”Michelle Obama Barack/Instagram
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Barack noted that he “just miss[es]” online chatter.Getty Images
He and Michelle have been married since October 1992.
Divorce rumors swirled earlier this year when Barack attended multiple public events — former POTUS Jimmy Carter’s funeral and President Trump’s inauguration — without his wife.
The duo, however, continued to put on a united front with sweet social media messages for birthdays, holidays and more.
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“Somebody will mention it to me, and I’m like, ‘What are you talking about?'” he told listeners.Michelle Obama/instagram
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Michelle, for her part, has hit back at gossip multiple times this year.Shutterstock
Last month, Michelle fiercely clapped back at the online chatter about “the end” of their love story as a guest on the “Wild Card” podcast.
“We’re 60, y’all,” she said in the June episode. “You just are not gonna know what we’re doing every minute of the day.”
Nevertheless, Robinson revealed on Wednesday’s episode that strangers have asked about his sister’s marriage in public now that the “podcast has made [him] quite popular.”
“That’s terrible,” Michelle said.
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The couple tied the knot in October 1992.Getty Images
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The duo share daughters Malia, 27, and Sasha, 24.Instagram/@michelleobama
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Robinson broke down one specific interaction, recalling, “This woman came up to me. She was so nice. [She asked], ‘Can I have a picture?’ You know how you get the side hug? She was like, ‘What did he do? … He did something, didn’t he?'”
When the sports broadcaster, 63, assured the individual that Barack and Michelle are still going strong, “she was so happy, you would have thought [Robinson] gave her a Christmas gift.”
Barack chimed in, “These are the kinds of things I just miss. I don’t even know this stuff is going on and then somebody will mention it to me, and I’m like, ‘What are you talking about?'”
Barack and Michelle Obama address divorce rumors in playful podcast moment: ‘Touch and go for a while’
ByRiley Cardoza
Published July 16, 2025, 8:08 a.m. ET
39 Comments
Barack Obama and Michelle Obama tackled divorce rumors head-on in a new podcast episode.
After the former first lady teased a “very, very, very special guest” on “IMO” Wednesday, her husband appeared — and Michelle’s brother, Craig Robinson, sarcastically expressed disbelief.
“Wait, you guys like each other?” he asked.
10Barack Obama and Michelle Obama hit back at divorce speculation on her “IMO” podcast Wednesday.Michelle Obama Barack/Instagram
10“Wait, you guys like each other?” Michelle’s brother, Craig Robinson, jokingly asked the couple.Michelle Obama/Youtube
His sibling sighed over the “rumor mill,” while Barack, 63, took the opportunity to crack a joke.
“She took me back!” the former president quipped. “It was touch and go for a while.”
Michelle, 61, warned her partner not to “start” before agreeing with Robinson that it was “nice to [be] in the same room.”
She noted, “When we aren’t, folks think we’re divorced.”
10Barack sarcastically replied that their marriage had been “touch and go for awhile.”Michelle Obama/Youtube
10The former president quipped that his wife “took [him] back.”Michelle Obama/Youtube
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Michelle took the moment to clarify to listeners, “There hasn’t been one moment in our marriage where I have thought about quitting my man.
“We’ve had some really hard times and we’ve had a lot of fun times, a lot of adventures and I’ve become a better person because of the man I’m married to,” she continued.
Elsewhere in the conversation, Michelle praised Barack as an “engaged” father to their daughters: Malia, 27, and Sasha, 24.
10Michelle warned him not to “start … the rumor mill.”Michelle Obama Barack/Instagram
10Barack noted that he “just miss[es]” online chatter.Getty Images
He and Michelle have been married since October 1992.
Divorce rumors swirled earlier this year when Barack attended multiple public events — former POTUS Jimmy Carter’s funeral and President Trump’s inauguration — without his wife.
The duo, however, continued to put on a united front with sweet social media messages for birthdays, holidays and more.
10“Somebody will mention it to me, and I’m like, ‘What are you talking about?'” he told listeners.Michelle Obama/instagram
10Michelle, for her part, has hit back at gossip multiple times this year.Shutterstock
Last month, Michelle fiercely clapped back at the online chatter about “the end” of their love story as a guest on the “Wild Card” podcast.
“We’re 60, y’all,” she said in the June episode. “You just are not gonna know what we’re doing every minute of the day.”
Nevertheless, Robinson revealed on Wednesday’s episode that strangers have asked about his sister’s marriage in public now that the “podcast has made [him] quite popular.”
“That’s terrible,” Michelle said.
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Buy Tickets10The couple tied the knot in October 1992.Getty Images
10The duo share daughters Malia, 27, and Sasha, 24.Instagram/@michelleobama
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Robinson broke down one specific interaction, recalling, “This woman came up to me. She was so nice. [She asked], ‘Can I have a picture?’ You know how you get the side hug? She was like, ‘What did he do? … He did something, didn’t he?'”
When the sports broadcaster, 63, assured the individual that Barack and Michelle are still going strong, “she was so happy, you would have thought [Robinson] gave her a Christmas gift.”
Barack chimed in, “These are the kinds of things I just miss. I don’t even know this stuff is going on and then somebody will mention it to me, and I’m like, ‘What are you talking about?'”
