Can people please stop spreading baseless rumors about Michelle and Barack Obama getting a divorce? It’s exhausting, and deeply telling. We’re talking about one of the most admired couples in American public life, a family that has consistently exemplified grace, love, and unity. But some folks just can’t stand that. They couldn’t handle a Black man being elected president twice. And now they can’t handle that the Obamas are living joyful, self-directed lives outside the constraints of the spotlight.
The rumors about their marriage began circulating earlier this year after Barack Obama attended a few major events alone, including the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter and Donald Trump’s second inauguration. That was all it took for people to jump to wild conclusions. The truth? Michelle Obama has simply been making choices on her own terms—finally. As she explained, now that her daughters are grown and her husband is no longer in office, she feels free to put her own needs first. “This stage in life for me is the first time that I have been completely free,” she said in an earlier episode of IMO that aired July 9.
On the most recent episode of IMO, she shut the rumors down for good: “There hasn’t been one moment in our marriage where I thought about quittin’ my man. And we’ve had some really hard times,” Michelle said. “We have had a lot of fun times, a lot of adventures, and I have become a better person because of the man I’m married to.”
So let’s stop projecting dysfunction onto a couple simply because they defy outdated expectations, because what we’re witnessing is not distance or discord. It’s freedom. It’s strength. And it’s love.
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