Michelle Obama's sick of divorce rumors about her and Barack ... and, she's got a simple message for their fans -- stop assuming there is a right way to prove you love someone!
00:00To former first lady Michelle Obama explaining, in her words, why we don't see her and Barack out and about anymore.
00:10Because for a long time, people thought that this was just about the fact that there was trouble in their marriage and that they were possibly splitting up.
00:17She says it's really just comes down to numbers.
00:20This is on NPR podcast.
00:22Even in this phase in our lives, when Barack and I say something right or wrong, it does get covered.
00:29You know, the fact that people don't see me going out on a date with my husband sparks rumors of the end of our marriage.
00:38I mean, it's sort of so we still, you know, so that apocalypse is the apocalypse.
00:42It's like, OK, so we don't Instagram every minute of our lives.
00:46We are 60.
00:47You just are not going to know what we're doing every minute of the day, you know.
00:51And yes, I guess we're famous, but we're 60.
00:54I think they're amused, but also it makes me think that, like, their marriage is actually, like, really strong and healthy because they've been married for so many long.
01:01Do you really want to be with your partner?
01:02I feel like that's more of a date night, getting a day away from your partner after this many years of marriage.
01:08Honestly, though, like, I feel like you guys don't buy that.
01:11Like, you'd rather go out with your friends or, like, my dad just likes to stay at home and send, like, my mom off.
01:16It's like a true marriage.
01:17No, but they spend a lot of time apart, which I think is cool.
01:20That's what I think.
01:21It's a true marriage.
01:22Yeah, no, I think it's cool.
01:23Like, we've been together.
01:23Like, we've done all this.
01:24So, like, yeah, let the rumors happen.
01:25I think that they love it.
01:26It keeps, like, their name in it.
01:28So let people keep talking.
01:29I don't think they have to worry about their name.
