Marriage Blues

Their love story might be over:

The chatter started when Michelle Obama was conspicuously absent from former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral. As PJ Media reported, her team offered no detailed explanation, citing only a "scheduling conflict," though, according to CNN, she was in Hawaii on an "extended vacation." I know Michelle loves her vacations almost as much as Joe Biden does, but even she should have taken a break from being a lazy beach bum to pay respects to Carter. Then there was her absence at Trump’s inauguration this week. This was less suspicious, and sources close to her suggest the move was a political statement. This was, of course, extremely believable, but coupled with her absence from Carter’s funeral, her choices have prompted deeper questions about the image she’s projecting. Rumors of a romantic relationship between Barack Obama and actress Jennifer Aniston have stirred up controversy since last year. “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,’” reports The Daily Mail. “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.’” Contrary to the public perceptions of a fairy tale marriage, there have long been reports and claims that their marriage isn’t much better than the Clintons. Michelle revealed in a 2022 interview that she "couldn't stand" Barack for a decade during their early years as parents.

Neither could anyone else...