Michelle Obama issued a veiled threat to husband Barack amid rumors that their marriage is imploding – and just one day after Tucker Carlson claimed she ‘obviously’ dislikes her husband.
Michelle, speaking on a podcast to promote the one she co-hosts with her brother Craig Robinson, finally spoke out and made a threat suggesting that her silence was golden.
‘If I were having problems with my husband, everybody would know about it,’ she said, laughing.
The host, Steven Bartlett, discussed how many had begun speculating about the pair’s future after she skipped out on Donald Trump’s inauguration, with Carlson one of many commentators fueling the divorce rumors.
Bartlett said that some were left believing ‘there’s an issue with you and Barack, there’s a divorce coming.’
‘Let me tell you, he would know it,’ Obama said, directing a finger at her brother. ‘And everybody would know it.’
Obama, 61, said that she’s ‘not a martyr’ and joked about how she would address such marital strife if it was happening.
Michelle Obama has finally addressed rumors that she and husband and ex-President Barack Obama are on the outs after Tucker Carlson claimed she ‘really dislikes her husband’
Michelle Obama, speaking on a podcast to promote the one she co-hosts with her brother Craig Robinson, finally quashed the rumors, suggesting that her silence was golden
‘I would be problem-solving in public, like, ‘Let me tell you what he did,” she said.
Robinson took the joke one step further: ‘If they were having a problem, I’d be doing a podcast with him.’
Obama acknowledged that marriage is ‘hard’ for her and the former president but added that ‘I wouldn’t trade it,’ calling President Obama, ‘as the young people say… my person.’
‘The beauty of my husband and our partnership is that neither one of us was ever really, ever going to quit at it, because that’s not who we are. And I know that about him. He knows that about me.’
She said that young people give up on marriage too soon, in part because they see a false image of a perfect union between herself and her husband.
‘I talk about these things because I think that people give up too quickly on marriage,’ the ‘Becoming’ author said.
‘Because there is so much friction built into the equation. And if you’re not getting help, talking about it, going to therapy, just understanding how things are changing, and how do you continuously renegotiate your relationship with your partner, I just see people quitting,’ she said.
‘Because they look at me and Barack and go, ‘#couple goals.’ And I’m like, it’s hard,’ Obama added.
Carlson told Megyn Kelly that the former First Lady hates her husband and that people like her, who aren’t happily married, are to blame for society’s collapse
The former Fox News anchor made the blistering comments on The Megyn Kelly Show as he discussed the Obama’s much-talked about 30-year marriage.
Carlson said former First Lady Michelle ‘really dislikes her husband and it’s super obvious.’
‘I’m not just saying that to be catty… I think I’m trying to feel compassion for her but her hostility toward the guy is unbelievable.’
The conservative pundit went on to claim ‘there’s nothing more destabilizing than an unhappy marriage’ and that’s why he believes Michelle’s life exemplifies why it was important to focus on marriage.’
‘It’s not just her,’ he continued. ‘She’s like a freak show and it’s easy to make fun of her and I enjoy it, but I do think it’s a whole class of people who are afflicted with the same kind of restlessness and rage and emptiness and they’re the ones wrecking our society.’
Kelly agreed with Carlson, adding that ‘everything Michelle says about her husband is negative.’
‘I almost never say negative things about Doug,’ Kelly said. ‘He’s not perfect but when I think about him, I don’t immediately go to whatever is negative. I go to what’s positive and what I love about him.’
Michelle has been open about her marriage struggles throughout the years and particularly on her new podcast, IMO (In my Opinion), which she hosts with her brother Robinson.
Former President Barack Obama (left) tried to silence divorce gossip by posting this photo for former first lady Michelle Obama’s (right) birthday on January 17th
Amid the speculation, the Obamas have been seen going out to dinner twice over the last month in Washington
The Obamas have been married for 32 years but have faced ongoing rumors about their marriage status over the last few months.
Michelle has shared that the former president was broke when they met and that she had to convinced to support his bid for the White House.
‘Being married to the president of the United States [is a] thing that that none of us kind of banked on. We knew Barack was smart and ambitious, but, you know…’ she said.
She has also shared personal grievances with her husband, like his former impunctuality and lack of deep conversations with his golf friends.
Earlier this month, Michelle addressed the rumors directly on an episode of actress Sophia Bush’s podcast.
She said her decision to skip President Jimmy Carter’s funeral, and President Donald Trump’s inauguration, were simply decisions she made for herself.
Her absence at both high-profile political events stoked divorce rumors, as did President Obama’s admission last week that he was in a ‘deep deficit’ with his wife.
‘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,’ Obama said in the podcast episode, released Tuesday.
‘That this couldn’t be a grown woman just making a set of decisions for herself, right?’ she continued.
Michelle 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.’
Amid the speculation, the Obamas have been seen going out to dinner twice in DC over the last month.
Michelle also recently addressed those who have called her ‘angry’ in the past as she discussed the ‘angry black woman’ trope.
‘The first label they put on us as Black women is that we are angry,’ she said earlier this month. ‘And the irony is, like, yeah. I am probably less light than many of my white female friends.’
She added of the way the media has portrayed her: ‘The first thing that some female journalist said is that I emasculating him just by sort of trying to tell the truth about what my life was, right?’
