Last October, the Globe alleged Michelle and Barack Obama were getting a $150 million divorce. The suspicious story claimed the former President “ripped off” his wedding ring and was consulting with divorce lawyers because he was fed up with Michelle’s “snooty Hollywood lifestyle.”
An “insider” added to the highly-dramatized tale that Barack “hurled his wedding ring at Michelle” and Michelle was planning on getting revenge on her husband by running for President. Honestly, the story sounded like a bad plot from a Hallmark movie. Plus, there weren’t any other reports correlating the Globe’s phony story.
After Michelle Obama released her autobiography, Becoming, the tabloids used excerpts from the book and created various inaccurate narratives about the former President and First Lady’s personal lives.
For example, a few months ago, the Globe alleged Michelle regretted becoming a mother. The paper insisted Michelle was “furious” at her husband for desiring children. Another supposed insider told the publication that the former First Lady resented having to put her career on hold while raising her two daughters, Sasha and Malia.
Michelle did admit she resented her husband for not having to struggle with IVF treatments, but she also described him as “doting and invested.” Recently, the same tabloid again took a comment Michelle made during her podcast, The Michelle Obama Podcast, and created a fictional account about the Obamas. The paper claimed Michelle Obama admitted to wanting to push Barack out of the window.
During the exchange, the two spoke about their respective marriages and O’Brien was the one who made the window comment, to which Michelle admitted her husband is the “butt of every joke.” Nonetheless, the magazine purported this meant the couple was “bracing for divorce” amid Michelle’s shocking revelation, which we disproved, of course.