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Barack Obama was spotted celebrating inauguration weekend in Washington D.C., on Saturday night without wife Michelle Obama. Sources spotted a jovial Barack at a dinner party at Stephen Starr’s latest Beltway hot spot, Osteria Mozza, on Saturday night sans the former First Lady, who we reported is skipping the inauguration. We’re told the restaurant was gobsmacked when the cool former prez made his way through to a private dinner party upstairs. And while we hear, “he was very nice,” a source added, “he didn’t stop and take photos with people.” Barack joined a small group that included President Biden’s White...

The couple have also had to contend with lingering rumours of Barack’s wandering eye. Last October, Friends star Jennifer Aniston publicly dismissed as ‘absolutely untrue’ claims by a US gossip magazine that she and Barack were in a relationship –making Michelle feel ‘betrayed’.The rumour was compounded by the hosts of a popular pop culture podcast – Who? Weekly – who claimed that the Obamas were ‘living separate lives’ while he and Aniston were having a full-blown affair. Aniston told a US TV chat show host: ‘I’ve met him once. I know Michelle more than him.’

MARTHA'S VINEYARD — According to sources, Barack Obama has filed for divorce from his wife Michelle after discovering she is actually a woman. "I've been wrong...so wrong," the former president confessed to a few close friends soon after his realization. "I mean, it's a little embarrassing to realize that I've been thinking Michelle's name was 'Michael' this whole time, but what's worse is that she's not actually one of the ga — excuse me, one of the guys, like us. I can't believe I actually fell for a woman." Reports from the Obama household had previously indicated that the...

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MAGA sources could not care less that Michelle Obama is snubbing Donald Trump’s inauguration, a source tells Page Six. “They are having a good laugh,” a source says of those involved in planning the inaugural festivities. “They didn’t expect her to come anyway.” One Republican source speculated, “It’s obvious that this was her way of protesting Trump. She hates him.” Michelle attended Trump’s inaugural in 2017, and said of the experience on “The Light Podcast,” “To sit on that stage and watch the opposite of what we represented on display — there was no diversity, there was no color on...

Are the Obamas headed for a divorce? The tabloids are abuzz after Michelle Obama skipped Jimmy Carter’s funeral and announced she won’t be attending Trump’s inauguration. Barack Obama attended Jimmy Carter’s funeral alone after his wife had a so-called scheduling conflict. “Former President Barack Obama is confirmed to attend the 60th Inaugural Ceremonies. Former First Lady Michelle Obama will not attend the upcoming inauguration.” – Michelle Obama’s spox said. Rumors are swirling that Michelle and Barack are on the outs. Hearing serious talk that the reason Michelle isn’t at the funeral isn’t that she wasn’t invited, but that she and...

Michelle Obama is done with President-elect Trump, if her decision to skip next week’s inauguration means anything. The former first lady, who once called on Democrats to go high when Trump’s Republican Party goes low, will not be going to the Capitol to watch Trump take the presidential oath for a second time, leaving her husband, former President Obama, to go it alone. Longtime allies of the former first lady say she is sending a powerful statement by skipping the event. They say she wants nothing to do with a man undeserving of the presidency and is making no effort...

Former first lady Michelle Obama is set to snub President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next Monday after skipping former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral last week — where she would have sat next to the one and future commander-in-chief. “Former President Barack Obama is confirmed to attend the 60th Inaugural Ceremonies. Former first lady Michelle Obama will not attend the upcoming inauguration,” the Office of Barack and Michelle Obama said in a statement to the Associated Press. The former first lady’s team did not provide a reason for skipping the inauguration, but Michelle Obama, 60, has been an impassioned critic of Trump,...

Former first lady Michelle Obama did not attend the state funeral Thursday for former President Jimmy Carter. Except for Michelle Obama, all of the living former presidents and their spouses were at the funeral, including Barack Obama, sitting in the front pews of Washington National Cathedral behind only President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses. Michelle Obama’s office confirmed she did not attend the funeral but did not say where she was or why she was absent. “Former First Lady Michelle Obama is not in attendance at President Carter’s National Funeral Service,” according to the statement...

All living former first ladies attended former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral on Thursday, except Michelle Obama. Former first lady Michelle Obama did not attend because she reportedly had “scheduling conflicts,” journalist Jeff Zeleny told CNN. “She’s still in Hawaii,” Zeleny said, underscoring the lack of an open seat next to her husband. “Mrs. Obama sends her thoughts and prayers to the Carter family, and everyone who loved and learned from the remarkable former President,” her spokesperson told reporters. Because of Michelle Obama’s absence, former President Barack Obama sat in between President-elect Trump and former first lady Laura Bush. The former...

Michelle Obama provoked a wave of online criticism Friday after she shared a New Year's message with her followers on Instagram. The former first lady posted a video wishing her followers "Happy Holidays" and highlighting the work of the Obama Presidential Center as 2024 comes to a close. But critics noted with disapproval that her video begins on a sour note. "Happy holidays, everyone. I know it's been a difficult few months for so many of us, and that folks are feeling a little bit anxious and uncertain," Obama says in the video. "But even during these tough times, there...

Michelle Obama is revealing what it's like for Christmas with the former first family. The New York Times best-selling author will appear on "The Jennifer Hudson Show" for an exclusive interview on Tuesday, December 17. In a sneak peek clip, the former first lady opened up about the holidays in Hawaii, who the hardest person is to shop for in the family, and more. The Obama family loves to visit Hawaii for Christmas, which is where Barack Obama is from. Michelle, who recently opened up about her fears, quipped during the interview, "You know my husband grew up in Hawaii—one...

Michelle Obama has shared insight into how she and her husband Barack Obama overcome their marriage problems, while also laying bare continuous body image issues. While the former first lady, 60, and ex-president, 63, celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary in October, it took them 'a lot of practice' to learn how they can conquer their disagreements. Getting candid about how they deal with conflict in her new book, Overcoming: A Workbook, Michelle admitted that she runs a 'lot hotter' than her husband does and that it takes her significantly more time to be ready to unpack an argument. 'My brain...

Michelle Obama stood before a crowd at an event center in Kalamazoo on the first day of early voting in Michigan and confessed she was frustrated — and a “little angry” — at some of the things she’s heard about why people are holding back on support for Vice President Harris. Speaking directly to the gender divide that polls show is a feature of this presidential campaign, Obama railed against “the lie that we do not know who Kamala is or what she stands for,” saying too many voters are shrugging off former President Donald Trump’s character and his track...

Former first lady Michelle Obama implied that people who don’t support Vice President Kamala Harris for president are sexist and racist, and she questioned if voters were “ready for this moment.” During a Harris rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Saturday, Obama spoke about how the race between Harris and former President Donald Trump was “too close.” The former first lady added that Harris was “an extraordinary human being” and candidate, and would be an “extraordinary president.”

A “frustrated” Michelle Obama attacked Donald Trump during her first campaign trail appearance for Kamala Harris, worrying that the US “will blow this opportunity to finally turn the page on the ugliness” by re-electing the former president. The former first lady did not shy away from slamming the 45th president and his supporters alike during an impassioned speech at Harris’ rally in Kalamazoo, Mich. — her first time stumping for the vice president since the Democratic National Convention in August. Trump supporters and undecided voters hold Harris to a high and unfair double standard while letting the ex-commander in chief...

What do Democrat elites think will motivate their base in crucial swing states to turn out for Kamala Harris in November? Drag queens and rapper Cardi B, for starters. Michelle Obama is promising men in dresses and “Wet Ass Pussy” as part of an initiative called “Party at the Polls” — a series of live performances that are set to take place in swing states from now until election day. The goal? To motivate Democrats to cast their vote for Kamala Harris in places where she is losing ground to former President Donald Trump. In Arizona, where Trump maintains a...

Michelle Obama will headline an Atlanta rally on October 29 for the Kamala Harris campaign after she initially had no plans to help the coronated Democrat nominee. The announcement, first reported in the Associated Press, suggests the Harris campaign is becoming more desperate to prevent former President Donald Trump from completing the greatest comeback in modern American politics. The rally to boost turnout will occur on November 1, five days before election day, just before early voting ends in Georgia. The AP reported on Michelle Obama’s decision to enter the 2024 fray: The Oct. 29 event will be hosted by...

I can't even... Yesterday I wrote about how shamelessness is a superpower, and I have to say that it is a wonder to behold. As the Democrats gather in Chicago to experience the religious ecstasy of being surrounded by each other and sniffing their own farts, they are treated to speeches from elite hypocrites who pretend to be perfectly normal people. Last night was the ol' HOPENCHANGE shtick, with Michele and Barack Obama babbling on about things they don't believe while Obama sycophants babble on about how their "spiritual voids" were filled by the Lightbringer. An emotional high point was,...

Former First Lady Obama delivers vicious rebuke of Donald Trump Michelle Obama delivered a series of blistering insults of Donald Trump in front of a roaring Democratic National Convention crowd on Tuesday night. The former first lady called the Republican nominee misogynistic, racist, petty and small in the powerful takedown that upstaged her ex-president husband Barack. The 60-year-old said Kamala Harris is 'my girl' and called on the Democratic Party to unite behind her after the Obama inner circle was accused of helping force Joe Biden from the race. In a mic drop moment that sparked a frenzied reaction from...