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Michelle Obama says she feels an “emptiness” following the death of the family’s chef, opening up after Tafari Campbell’s body was found outside her and former President Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard home. “I will miss my friend, Tafari,” the former first lady said in a Thursday Facebook post. “The emptiness is hard,” Obama said. “But I promise to stay strong, keep living, and honor your legacy in every way possible,” she added.

A female staff member of Barack Obama had been with chef Tafari Campbell when he tragically drowned while paddle-boarding in a pond beside the former president's estate in Martha's Vineyard, DailyMail.com has learned. The woman, who was on a separate paddle board, had tried in vain to reach Campbell after he had fallen off but was ultimately forced to return to shore to summon help. It was a Secret Service agent who then phoned emergency services from the Obama compound in Edgartown to report the incident, sources told DailyMail.com. On shore, the witness spoke with investigators and was lucid and...

MARTHA'S VINEYARD — After posting a job listing to fill their vacant personal chef position, former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, were disappointed to learn it had received zero applications. "Why wouldn't anyone want this job?" an exasperated Michelle was heard asking her servant's personal assistant's driver at the Obamas' lavish estate. "Working for us is one of the greatest privileges anyone could experience. As long as you don't stick your nose where it doesn't belong, you'll be well-compensated and you'll get to stay alive! Where's the downside?" In the absence of someone to prepare meals, Barack has...

In a surprising development to come after Tafari Campbell, 45, drowned while paddle boarding on Great Edgartown Pond on Sunday night, an investigation into the incident found that Martha’s Vineyard police left the reason for the 911 call reporting Campbell’s drowning blank. According to Daily Mail, the officers also refused to reveal who Campbell was with at the time of his tragic passing despite the fact that the 45-year-old chef was not alone. Daily Mail found that while the 7:46 PM 911 call was noted in Edgartown Police Department's logbook, the reason behind the call was not. The origin of...

VIDEOFor some reason, "Inside Edition" thinks getting on a paddleboard can be difficult but, as you can see, it is easy peasy. A lot EASIER that putting on a pair of swim fins in the water which is why I put them on at the beach and walk backwards into the water. Still a lot more difficult than the incredibly SIMPLE task of getting on a paddleboard. And for all you conspiracy theorists out there, the Obamas were not even on Martha's Vineyard island at the time of the drowning. ....OOOOPS! There has been a "clarification" on that information.

I reported that Initial reports claimed that President Obama was the second paddleboarder, so I’m far from surprised when that was the only information the police hid. There is a great chance that President Barrack Obama was the second paddleboarder. pic.twitter.com/qc6uen4UXf— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) July 28, 2023

Malia and Sasha Obama were spotted flying off of Martha's Vineyard on Tuesday after the tragic death of the family's private chef, Tafari Campbell. Campbell, 45, died on Sunday in an accident on Great Edgartown Pond, a large but calm body of water that the Obamas' luxury pad sits on. It remains unclear how exactly Tafari came to drown. He was a competent swimmer and the water where he was paddle boarding is mostly calm, though neighbors say it can be deceptive. There was another paddle boarder on the water at the time, but they have not yet been identified....

The body of a 43-year-old black man was found in an oceanside "pond" that borders the palatial oceanside estate belonging to former President Barack Obama in Martha's Vineyard on Monday. The man had reportedly been paddleboarding on the Edgartown Great Pond in the ultra-wealthy Massachusetts town and disappeared under the water shortly before 8 p.m. He was reportedly without a lifejacket and wearing all black.

Divers have found the body of a paddleboarder who went missing in the water off Martha's Vineyard - that backs on to Barack Obama's sprawling $12million estate. The 43-year-old vanished on Sunday evening while he was out with another paddleboarder on Edgartown Great Pond, Massachusetts, and emergency crews were dispatched to Obama's residence. Witnesses told cops the man went underwater and then briefly reappeared as he struggled to stay afloat, before submerging again around 7.46pm. A massive joint-agency search resumed Monday morning for the African American male who was last seen wearing all black without a lifejacket, MV Times reported....

Ferry commuters were stunned to see a man in a suit paddleboarding across the Hudson River Thursday morning The man, Scott Holt, tells News 4 he was running late for a meeting so he decided to hop on his paddleboard from Jersey City He made it across in 30 minutes, but was met by a confused cop and an angry ferry captain, he says Sure, it's common in New York City to see men in suits commuting on the subway or in taxis -- but on a paddleboard across the Hudson River? That may be a first. Eunice Rivers was...