Michelle Obama Finally Speaks On Barack Divorce Rumours
Michelle Obama has finally reacted to rumours that she and former US President, Barack Obama are headed for a divorce.
The former first lady recently sat down with actress, Sophia Bush for an episode of her podcast Work in Progress where she spoke about her marriage and decision to skip President Jimmy Carter‘s funeral, and President Donald Trump‘s inauguration.
She explained her decision to skip President Carter’s funeral, and Trump’s inauguration were simply decisions she made for herself.
As at then, her absence at both high-profile political events sparked divorce rumours, with Obama admitting last week that he was in a ‘deep deficit’ with his wife.
The mother of two said in the podcast episode:
“That’s the thing that we as women, I think we struggle with disappointing people. I mean, so much so that this year people were, you know, 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.
That this couldn’t be a grown woman just making a set of decisions for herself, right?”
Obama added:
“That’s what society does to us. We start actually, finally 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.”
The former first lady turned 61 on January 17 and spoke candidly to Bush about questions she’s asking about how she wants to spend the twilight of her life. She continued:
“So you know, now is the time for me to start asking myself these hard questions of who do I truly want to be every day.
And I still find time to you know, give speeches, to be out there in the world, to work on projects. I still care about girls’ education. We you know, the library is opening in a year from now.”
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The former first lady acknowledged that there are ‘certain things I am and am not doing’ with President Obama’s presidential library, which is being constructed on Chicago’s South Side.
“But the interesting thing is that when I say no, for the most part, people are like, I get it, and I’m OK, right?”
she continued.