According to Business Insider former First Lady Michelle Obama said for 10 years of her 30 years of marriage to former President Barack Obama she did not like him.
“We’ve been married for 30 years,” Obama said in an interview Thursday with Gayle King on CBS. “If I fell out with him for 10, and we had a great 20 years, I’d take those odds anytime,” Obama said.
Obama made the remarks in response to a question from King about her recent claim that for several years of her marriage she “couldn’t stand” her husband.
The former first lady and author went on to discuss the challenges of marriage.
“In this day and age, marriage is more about the dress, and the dresses, and the proposal, and the honeymoon and all the stuff around it. And young people aren’t ready for the real of marriage,” she told King.
“A lot of young people quit on marriage over things that are just a part of the commitment,” she said.
“I share these things because marriage is hard,” Obama said. “It’s incumbent upon us — people who have had successful marriages — to be really honest about the fact that making a commitment to be with someone means you compromise, and compromise ain’t always fun,” she said.
“And don’t add kids into the mix because they really mess up your life,” joked Obama, who has two daughters with her husband.
Michelle Obama speaking on marriage.pic.twitter.com/CNX9jizOhR
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Former President Barack Obama has since responded to his wife’s revelations.
According to CBS Obama said that when it comes to his relationship with his wife, Michelle Obama, “it sure helps to be out of the White House, and to have a little more time with her.”
He said that when their kids, Malia and Sasha, were growing up, including while the Obamas were in the White House, the girls were Michelle Obama’s top priority.
“And so I did not fully appreciate, I think — as engaged of a father as I was — the degree of stress and tension for her knowing that not just me and Michelle were under scrutiny and in this strange environment, but that we were raising our daughters in a kind of situation that just wasn’t normal,” he said.
He said that now that the girls are “doing good,” Michelle is “a little more forgiving” of all his flaws.
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and this was hilarous!
“Barack O-Brown” is now the name for tans suits! @nateburleson and President @BarackObama sit down for an interview.
Watch their conversation on Tuesday on @CBSMornings pic.twitter.com/XIundTmtmH— Deanna Fry (@DeannaFryTV) May 15, 2023
Barack just wanna keep the peace!
