Barack Obama has made a shock admission about his marriage to Michelle amid divorce rumors.
The former U.S. president has previously suggested that his back-to-back terms in office from 2009 to 2017 took a toll on his relationship with the former first lady.
Now, he’s made a candid revelation about his 32-year marriage that has surprised many.
Obama, who shares two grown-up daughters with Michelle, previously spoke of his marriage in a 2023 interview.
The now 62-year-old said: “Let me just say this: It sure helps to be out of the White House and to have a little more time with her,” while also praising his wife for being ‘forgiving’ of his shortcomings.
Before this, Michelle had made some savage remarks about their marriage.
The 61-year-old revealed in December 2022 that she ‘couldn’t stand’ her husband for a whole decade when their daughters ‘were little.’ She added that she ‘wasn’t being catty by saying this.’
Michelle said that ‘marriage isn’t 50/50 – ever, ever,’ explaining: “There are times I’m 70, he’s 30. There are times he’s 60, [I’m] 40. But guess what? Ten years – we’ve been married 30 – I would take 10 bad years over 30. It’s just how you look at it.”
Months later, in April 2023, the former first lady revealed she’s so open about their relationship ‘because marriage is hard, and a lot of young people quit on marriage over things that are just a part of the commitment.’
The Obamas have faced divorce rumors in recent months, which seemingly began in January after the former president attended numerous political events without his wife, including President Donald Trump‘s inauguration.
However, an insider at the time said that Michelle is just ‘checked out’ of DC life.
A Page Six source also said: “They don’t pretend that they have this Camelot relationship. They’re not trying to present that they’re this magical couple.”
The latest update regarding the Obamas’ marriage comes from the former president himself, who opened up about his relationship with Michelle during a one-on-one chat with Hamilton College President Steven Tepper on April 3.
According to a transcript of the conversation on Obama’s Medium profile, he said that life after the Oval Office involves working for the Obama Foundation and completing the second half of his presidential memoirs.
The president also made a brutally honest confession about his marriage.
He acknowledged: “Beyond that, look, I was in a deep deficit with my wife, so I have been trying to dig myself out of that hole by doing occasionally fun things.”
Later in the conversation, Obama was asked whether he felt he didn’t live up to the reputation of being a ‘good communicator,’ to which he referenced his personal life once more.
“All the time. First of all, I constantly lose arguments to my wife, my daughters,” he admitted.
“They mock me and ridicule me at the dinner table, so yes.”
