{"id":1513,"date":"2025-04-14T14:05:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T14:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=1513"},"modified":"2025-04-14T14:05:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T14:05:27","slug":"michelle-obama-sets-the-record-straight-on-divorce-rumors-in-new-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=1513","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama sets the record straight on divorce rumors in new podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a shorter version that keeps the key points:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>**Michelle Obama Opens Up on New Podcast with Brother Craig Robinson**<\/p>\n<p>In their new podcast *IMO*, former First Lady Michelle Obama and her brother Craig Robinson dive into personal topics, including marriage, parenting, and rumors surrounding their lives. The show launched Wednesday, featuring honest conversations and listener Q&amp;A.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle addressed divorce rumors with Barack Obama, calling them misguided and tied to her decision to prioritize herself. \u201cIt\u2019s the first time in my life all of my choices are for me,\u201d she said, embracing her role as an \u201cempty nester.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She shared that Craig, who once encouraged her to support Barack&#8217;s presidential run despite her dislike of politics, will also talk about his own relationships. The podcast will host celebrity guests like Tyler Perry, Seth Rogen, and Keke Palmer.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle noted how society struggles when women choose themselves, saying, \u201cPeople couldn\u2019t fathom I was making a choice for me\u2014they assumed we were divorcing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Here\u2019s a shorter version that keeps the key points: &#8212; **Michelle Obama Opens Up on New Podcast with Brother Craig Robinson** In their new podcast <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=1513\" title=\"Michelle Obama sets the record straight on divorce rumors in new podcast\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1513"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1515,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513\/revisions\/1515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}