The rumors about the Obamas’ marriage troubles won’t go away.
Sources close to the former First Couple are talking.
And Michelle Obama made a jaw-dropping prediction about her death that Barack will not be pleased about.
Marriage on the rocks?
Michelle Obama has been conspicuously absent from major public events in recent months, including former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral and President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January.
Those absences fueled rampant speculation that the Obama marriage might be disintegrating behind closed doors.
The former First Lady has desperately tried to quash those rumors, but her latest podcast appearance may have revealed more than she intended.
Shocking death prediction
In a startling moment on her brother Craig Robinson’s IMO podcast this Wednesday, Michelle Obama revealed a disturbing conversation with her husband about her own mortality.
Following the death of her mother Marian Robinson in May 2024, Barack apparently gave his wife a cold reality check that left listeners stunned.
“Barack was saying, you know, ‘Well, you’re next up,'” Michelle recounted on the podcast, according to a clip shared by ENews on May 8.
The blunt comment from the former president suggests he believes his wife will die before him – despite being younger.
Michelle pushed back
The former First Lady wasn’t about to take that devastating prediction lying down.
“And I was like, ‘I’m not really ready to be next up.’ I told him, ‘You’re next up and Craig is next up,'” she fired back.
Michelle went further, explicitly stating that her husband would likely pass away first since he’s older than she is.
“I delegate that power to you,” she told Barack, making it clear who she thinks will be leaving this world first.
Michelle Obama shared that husband Barack Obama joked she was “next up” after the death of her mother, Marian Robinson, in 2024. https://t.co/WMQzev4pZH pic.twitter.com/Zzg30MR1cx
— E! News (@enews) May 9, 2025
Family tragedies
The Obamas have faced their share of family losses in recent years.
Michelle and her brother Craig lost their father, Fraser C. Robinson III, back in 1991 when he was just 55 years old.
More recently, their mother Marian Robinson passed away in May 2024, a loss that Michelle says fundamentally changed her outlook on life.
She reflected that adulthood truly begins when parents are no longer around for “managing and maintaining” the family.
Public denials
Despite the ongoing speculation about marital troubles, Michelle has been adamant in public that her marriage remains solid.
“If I were having problems with my husband, everybody would know about it,” she told entrepreneur Steven Bartlett in an interview last week.
“I would be problem-solving in public, like, ‘Let me tell you what he did’,” she added.
But many observers note that her frequent solo appearances and the couple’s decreasing time together in public tell a different story.
Personal transformation
At 60 years old, Michelle has been speaking openly about entering a new phase of her life.
She recently revealed on the Jay Shetty Podcast that she’s returned to therapy with a “new person that’s getting to know” her while focusing more on her personal issues.
“I’m 60 years old. I’ve finished a really hard thing in my life with my family intact, I’m an empty nester. My girls are in — you know, they’ve been launched,” she said.
These comments suggest she’s deliberately creating distance from her role as Barack’s wife and seeking a new identity beyond the Obama name.
Political implications
For Democrats still reeling from their 2024 election losses, the rumors about the Obama marriage represent yet another blow to the party’s image.
The Obamas have long been held up as the perfect Democratic power couple – brilliant, successful, and unwaveringly committed to each other.
If that image crumbles, it could further damage the party’s standing with voters who’ve grown tired of political hypocrisy.
As the 2025 political landscape continues to transform under President Trump’s leadership, the Obama legacy seems increasingly like a distant memory of a bygone era.
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