After working to shut down recent divorce rumors, Michelle Obama still appears prepared to spill some tea about her relationship with her husband Barack Obama in a podcast conversation this week with Kylie Kelce.
In a preview for Kelce’s “Not Gonna Lie” episode, which is scheduled to drop Thursday, the former first lady revealed how she and the former president are very much still together, according to the Daily Beast. However, she also disclosed that they don’t necessarily agree on the right time for going to bed, with the two sometimes clashing on her desire to turn in early.
Michelle Obama insisted that she likes to go to bed early, suggesting that the former president likes to stay up — doing what, she didn’t say.
“My husband teases me about how early I can go to bed,” Michelle Obama told Kelce, the wife of retired NFL star Jason Kelce. “He just doesn’t understand — the idea of getting into some good sheets, and it’s cool.”
If they have guests, Michelle Obama said she loves to stay up late, laughing and talking. “I’m game, I’m there, I’m up, I’m in it,” she said. But the minute the party is over, “I’m just trying not to go to bed before the sun goes down.”
When Kelce asked Michelle Obama about her “ideal” bedtime, she laughed: “Man, any time after dinner.”
Michelle Obama, 61, explained that her early-to-bed habits began when she was raising the couple’s two daughters, Malia, now 26, and Sasha, now 23. As children, they went to bed early.
“Bath time 7:00, bedtime 7:30,” Michelle Obama said. Perhaps relatable to other parents of small children, she said she savored those quiet hours after her children went to sleep. “I had a least a couple hours where nobody was asking me for anything,” she said. And maybe that’s where I got the early bedtime from.”
As the Daily Beast and other outlets have reported, divorce rumors have swirled around the Obamas over the past few months. The 44th president, 63, was alone when he attended both President Jimmy Carter’s funeral and Donald Trump’s inauguration in January — though many speculated that his wife simply wanted to avoid being in the company of the newly re-elected president.
A short time later, the Obamas rushed to shut down the speculation about marital trouble with a pair of simultaneous Valentine’s Day social media posts, gushing over each other.
Barack Obama wrote: “Thirty-two years together and you still take my breath away. Happy Valentine’s Day, @MichelleObama!” She replied: “If there’s one person I can always count on, it’s you, @BarackObama. You’re my rock. Always have been. Always will be. Happy Valentine’s Day, honey!”
Meanwhile, Michelle Obama’s appearance on Kelce’s popular podcast comes as she recently launched her own podcast, “IMO,” which she co-hosts with her older brother, Craig Robinson. Presented in a conversational format, the siblings do celebrity interviews, share personal reflections and engage with their listeners about their personal and professional dilemmas.
In the first two episodes, the siblings hosted actor Issa Rae and reflected on growing up in a small apartment in Chicago, the New York Times reported. Michelle Obama also discussed her initial reluctance to support her husband’s presidential run and revealed that she had recently started driving again after years of Secret Service protection and restrictions.