Barack and Michelle Obama finally address divorce speculation

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have finally addressed the state of their marriage – after months of speculation that the couple’s relationship is on the rocks.

The former President of the United States, 63, was a guest on his wife’s podcast IMO, which she co-hosts with her brother Craig Robinson, with the pair wasting no time in addressing the rumors of their separation.

‘What, you guys like each other?’ Robinson joked, before Michelle replied: ‘Oh yeah, the rumor mill.’

‘She took me back!’ Obama light-heartedly chimed in, adding: ‘It was touch and go for awhile.’

The former first lady added that it is nice to be in the same room as her husband, sassily telling her brother: ‘When we aren’t, folks think we’re divorced.’

Michelle then made a heartfelt admission about her relationship with her husband of almost 33 years.

‘There hasn’t been one moment in our marriage where I thought about quitting my man,’ she said passionately. 

She continued: ‘And we’ve had some really hard times. So we 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.’

The Obamas have been married for almost 33 years and share daughters, Malia, 26, and Sasha, 24. Over the past few months they have faced ongoing rumors about their marriage status.

The rumor mill swirled after her decision to skip both Jimmy Carter’s funeral and President Donald Trump’s inauguration – with Michelle insisting they were decisions she made for herself.

Her absence at the high-profile political events stoked divorce rumors, as did President Obama’s admission in April that he was in a ‘deep deficit’ with his wife.