Barack and Michelle Obama reveal ‘hard times’ as they directly address divorce rumors

Barack and Michelle Obama have both addressed rumors about their marriage falling apart.

The former president and first lady have been married for 31 years and share daughters Malia, 27, and Sasha, 24, together.

Barack was in office for eight years between 2009 to 2017 having served two terms at the White House.

Undeniably having such a high profile and important job would put a strain on even the strongest of couples, but the Obamas always remained steadfast.

While it's been almost a decade since Barack was president, it's only been more recently that he and his wife of many years have been rocked with divorce rumors.

Michelle has addressed the theories on the state of their marriage on a few occasions, but now the celebrity couple have addressed the matter together.

Barack and Michelle Obama have been married for 31 years (Jean Catuffe/GC Images)

Barack recently featured on a new episode Michelle's IMO podcast that she hosts with her brother Michael. On it, Michelle said that 'folks think we're divorced'.

Addressing their relationship further, she said: "There hasn't been one moment in our marriage where I thought about quitting my man. And we've had some really hard times. So we had a lot of fun times, a lot of adventures, and I have become a better person because of the man I'm married to."

Barack became emotional at her comments, replying: "Okay, don't don't make me cry right at the beginning of the show that's so don't let me start tearing up now."

Michelle went on to talk about the earlier days of her and Barack's marriage, recalling what he was like as a father after giving birth to their first child, Malia.

She said: "He was an engaged father from the minute they were born. He wasn't the kind a man that was like, 'I don't do this, I don't change diapers, hand them to me when they talk."

"When Malia was a baby, we shared 50-50," she continued, adding: "So because we shared that responsibility and Barack owned a huge part of the girls as infants, it established a relationship between him and them that carries through even today."

Michelle featured on the Diary of a CEO podcast earlier this year where she also touched upon her marriage to Barack.

"If I was having problems with my husband everyone would know about it," she insisted.

Michelle went on to acknowledge that marriage can be hard but said that she wouldn’t trade it for anything, insisting that Barack was 'her person'.

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