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shuts down talk she could be due to divorce , as the First Lady of the United States insists her skipping political and personal events is nothing to look into. The Obamas have been married since 1992 and have two children together, supporting each other through their legal careers through to running to Oval Office from 2009-2017 and their ventures since. But after over 30 years of support, the 61-year-old decides she wants to take things at a slower pace for herself as she bids to reclaim her own peace of mind and to take a break from the world.
"The interesting thing is that when I say 'no,' for the most part, people are like, 'I get it,' and I'm OK," said on the Work in Progress Podcast. "And that's the thing that we as women struggle with - disappointing people. "So much so that people, they couldn't even fathom that I was making a choice for myself, that they had to assume that my husband and I are divorcing.
"But that's what society does to us. We actually finally start going, 'What am I doing? Who am I doing this for?' "And if it doesn't fit into the sort of stereotype of what people think we should do, then it gets labeled as something negative and horrible." Are Michelle and Barack divorcing? The new drive has seen her skip occasions such as 's funeral and 's inauguration and now most recently, a family trip into Los Angeles as Barack took Malia and Sasha out for sushi.
The 44th POTUS elected to wear a black jacket, black shirt and grey pants for his trip to Hamasaku in West LA, accompanied by United States Secret Service protection agents too. The 63-year-old was wearing his wedding ring, which is also something still does too as she was spotted wearing both her engagement and wedding bands as recently as April 17 when she was out in the city too. The divorce rumors also took another blow when the couple were spotted in Washington DC on a date night, frequenting the Osteria Mozza venue walking down a flight of stairs at an Italian food restaurant.
In what was their first public outing since December 2024, the married pair were greeted to applause as they walked through the lobby to get to the door and waved back at patrons. Barack stopped to shake the hands of staff members and chatted with some guests before leaving with his security detail close behind him. met in 1989 whilst working at the Sidley Austin law firm shortly after graduating from Princeton University and Harvard, before she became the associate dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago and the vice president for Community and External Affairs of the University of Chicago Medical Center.
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