Michelle Obama Breaks Silence on Marriage Rumors & Gossip About Barack Obama
Michelle Obama is addressing the rumors about Barack Obama.
The 61-year-old former First Lady of the United States spoke about her 60-year-old husband and former President of the United States in a live taping of her IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson podcast.
During the episode, she addressed “negative energy,” “gossip,” and speculation regarding their marriage.
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“People always ask me and Barack, how did we stay hopeful in, not just the eight years that we were in the White House, but beyond?” she said.
“Because, let me tell you, there was a lot of negative energy flipping our way — a lot of rumors, a lot of gossip, a lot of, you know, my husband wasn’t born in this country … we weren’t patriotic, he didn’t get into Harvard.”
“But through it all, what kept us sane — and we tried to instill this in our daughters — is, you cannot live through social media,” she said, adding that she’s fairly sure she’s never “once looked at a comment section.”
“Don’t let that negative energy enter into your space. These are people who don’t know you. A lot of this stuff is made up, and it does not feed you,” she continued.
“That doesn’t mean you don’t stay informed, but staying informed has nothing to do with the comment section. It has everything to do with the content of the stories that you take in,” Michelle said.
She added that she feels it’s not helpful for people to get “so trapped by social media that we feel so caught up into the one way we get information.”
“We’ve got to broaden our spectrum, and we have to get off the phone,” Michelle concluded.