Barack Obama Reveals the White House Put a Strain on Marriage to Michelle Obama

Barack Obama's biggest successes as president has nothing to do with governing. On Monday's episode of , the 44th president revealed how his mid-life success impacted how he and his wife, Michelle Obama, kept their daughters, Malia, 22, and Sasha, 19, grounded.«My political success happened late… At 40, I had just lost a congressional race, maxed out on my credit cards.

Barack and Michelle Obama never wanted their daughters Malia and Sasha to feel like their life was completely different to their friends during their time in the White House, and they did an incredible job at doing this.MORE: Michelle Obama's daughter Sasha's unique living situation revealedIn a recent episode of her Spotify original podcast, The Michelle Obama Podcast, the former First Lady of the United States chatted to her mum Marian and brother Craig Robinson, about the challenges of

Running for president isn't just hard on the person vying for the job—just the process of a campaign is draining and difficult for the candidate's family, too. That's why, when Barack Obama first approached his wife, Michelle Obama, with his desire to run for the top political office in the U.S., she was clear that she didn't want him to do it.

Barack Obama says he ran for president against wife Michelle Obama's wishes -- and is still in the «dog house» for it. The former commander in chief sat down with Stephen Colbert to promote his latest book,, where he joked that his wife hasn't forgiven him.«Her initial response was 'No,'» he recalled about telling her he was thinking about running for president.

Barack and Michelle Obama are the epitome of a power couple but the former President of the United States has revealed the pair hit some very dark moments when he feared for the future of their relationship.Barack navigated his time in the White House with Michelle and their daughters, Sasha and Malia, firmly by his side.But behind closed doors, the former POTUS admits there was tension and stress within his family and he couldn't sleep for worrying about it.

 Barack  and  Michelle Obama  had a lot of goals they set out for themselves--but one thing the former First Lady wanted to make sure of may seem pretty unusual. In his digital cover story for Vanity Fair, Obama is giving even more insight into his life as president than he already did throughout his new memoir, A Promised Land .

President Barack Obama has a lot of reasons to be proud of his daughters Sasha and Malia. But one of their best qualities that the A Promised Land author, 59, couldn’t help but ardently praise was their initiative to get involved with the Black Lives Matter demonstrations that occurred over the summer.

During his tenure as the 44th President of the United States, a lot of things kept Barack Obama up at night. If it wasn't Afghanistan or the economic crisis on his mind, it was his strained marriage to First Lady Michelle Obama.

In his newly released memoir, A Promised Land, former president Barack Obama revealed how being in the White House strained his marriage with his wife, Michelle Obama.

The Obamas may be one of America’s favorite first couples, but there was a time when Barack Obama and Michelle Obama almost broke up during his presidential run.

A commitment to herself. Barack Obama revealed why Michelle Obama was never seen in a swimsuit when she was the First Lady of the United States—and why she still may never be photographed in a bikini.

Barack Obama may have been the President of the United States of America but it turns out there’s not much that frightens him more than his own wife and daughter.The former POTUS, 59, shares two children, Malia, 22, and Sasha, 19, with his wife, Michelle Obama, 56, and he admits his better half and his youngest daughter make his knees knock. Speaking to Jimmy Kimmel in a virtual interview on Thursday, Barack was quizzed about being scared of his female family members and his response was

 Barack Obama  admires the women in his life. In the cover story for InStyle’s January issue, the former President offered some insight into his favorite qualities about his wife,  Michelle Obama , and his two daughters, Sasha and Malia.“They all have multiple badass qualities,” the 59 told InStyle.

If there’s one thing that Barack Obama‘s learned over the past two decades, it’s to steer clear of Sasha Obama. The former president joked during his November 19 Jimmy Kimmel Live! appearance that he’s, frankly, kind of “scared” of his youngest daughter, who takes after wife Michelle Obama. “Sasha is a mini Michelle,” Obama joked about his 19-year-old. “I’m afraid of Michelle and Sasha, having seen that, basically has the same look and same attitude.”

There was once a time when President Barack Obama used homophobic slurs as a teenager, a choice that he is now “profoundly ashamed” of.

Barack Obama is the only male in the household, but it sounds like he wouldn’t have it any other way.

He’s met and befriended world leaders, kings and queens, and massive celebrities, but nobody inspires Barack Obama more than his two daughters. The former president raved about Sasha, 19, and Malia, 22, in an interview with InStyle, describing what he admires most about the accomplished and “badass” college students currently living at home during the pandemic.

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