{"id":18541,"date":"2025-04-10T12:23:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T12:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/michelle-obama-addresses-divorce-rumors-and-public-absences\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T12:23:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T12:23:32","slug":"michelle-obama-addresses-divorce-rumors-and-public-absences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/michelle-obama-addresses-divorce-rumors-and-public-absences\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama Addresses Divorce Rumors and Public Absences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It\u2019s not quite an age-old adage, but at this point it has long been true: Don\u2019t believe everything you read on the internet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Michelle Obama, the former first lady, reminded people of this in a recent podcast interview. In rare public comments about her personal life, she discussed swirling rumors that she and her husband, former President Barack Obama, were headed for divorce, and tacitly explained why she didn\u2019t attend President Trump\u2019s inauguration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The gossip about a possible split was fueled by Mrs. Obama\u2019s absence from two major public events in January that her husband attended: former President Jimmy Carter\u2019s funeral and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/14\/us\/politics\/michelle-obama-trump-inauguration.html\" title=\"\">President Trump\u2019s inauguration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While her absence at Mr. Carter\u2019s funeral was attributed to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/09\/us\/michelle-obama-jimmy-carter-funeral.html\" title=\"\">a scheduling conflict<\/a>, a statement about her absence at the inauguration did not include an explanation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mrs. Obama now has offered at least a partial answer: She is making decisions for herself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI chose to do what\u2019s best for me, not what I had to do,\u201d she said <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/work-in-progress-michelle-obama-the-conversation\/id1479711891?i=1000702790600\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">this week on an episode<\/a> of \u201cWork in Progress,\u201d a podcast hosted by the actress Sophia Bush, referencing a \u201creal big example\u201d of something on her calendar that she skipped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">People \u201ccouldn\u2019t even fathom that I was making a choice for myself, that they had to assume that my husband and I are divorcing,\u201d she said. \u201cThis couldn\u2019t be a grown woman just making a set of decisions for herself, right? But that is what society does to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That was as close as Mrs. Obama got to directly addressing the rumors of marital discord. And she did not mention Mr. Trump by name on the podcast. In the past, she has expressed dislike for the president, who promoted the lie that her husband was not a U.S. citizen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cNow is the time for me to start asking myself these hard questions of, \u2018Who do I truly want to be every day?\u2019\u201d Mrs. Obama said. \u201cAnd that changes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On the roughly hourlong episode, Mrs. Obama did not waste many words on the rumors, nor did she go into detail. Instead, she emphasized the importance of making her own decisions, especially now that she no longer occupies the White House and her two daughters are adults.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI learned that I can really only control me,\u201d Mrs. Obama said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || 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