Over the past year rumors have been swirling that Barack and Michelle Obama are heading for divorce. According to these rumors, Barack and Michelle have been living “separate lives” for quite some time.
Now, Michelle is being accused of using the weight-loss drug Ozempic as these divorce rumors continue to escalate.
Is Michelle Taking Ozempic?
Michelle, 61, looked noticeably thinner when she appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last month. Indeed, Michelle was clearly showing off her thinner frame in a figure-hugging light blue gown for this appearance.
Weeks before that, Michelle flashed her toned arms and taut stomach during a glamorous photoshoot with the legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz. This caused many to wonder if the former First Lady has been taking Ozempic.
“Do any of you have any idea how Michelle Obama suddenly lost all this weight at 61, which is also a difficult age for a woman to slim down?” one social media user commented.
“Ozempic – just like everyone on The View who suddenly decided to ‘get healthy,'” another user responded. “I’m not knocking it – but for Christ’s sake – be honest about it!”
“Yes she has the Ozempic look,” a third user agreed. A fourth added, “Is it me, or does Michelle Obama appear to be on semaglutide for weight loss?”
Back in 2022, Michelle opened up about a “creeping” weight gain that she suffered during menopause. According to her, it progressed to the point where she couldn’t fit into her own clothes.
“I never used to weigh myself. I’m not trying to stick to numbers, but when you’re in menopause, you have this slow creep that you just don’t realize,” Michelle lamented.
“We’re all in menopause with stretchy [waist] bands and our athleisure wear on, and you look up and you can’t fit the outfits you had last year,” she continued. “I have to be more mindful. Not obsessive, but more mindful.”
Obama Divorce Rumors
This comes at a difficult time for the Obama family. Over the past year, Michelle and Barack have been plagued by rampant divorce rumors.
These divorce rumors escalated in a big way back in January of last year, when Michelle skipped both the funeral of Jimmy Carter and the inauguration of Donald Trump. She was the only living former First Lady to miss each of these events. This forced Barack to attend both events alone.
“I have been hearing this rumor that the Obamas are getting a divorce by reputable people,” political commentator Meghan McCain said on reporter Tara Palmeri’s podcast earlier this year. “I’m not talking about TMZ, I’m not talking about Perez Hilton, although I love him, he’s my friend.”
“I’m talking about like very serious journalists telling me that they’re hearing that the Obama divorce rumors are true,” she continued.
“We’ve heard that for a long time,” replied Tara, who has long covered Washington politics. “Like I just heard that they live separate lives.”
Listen to Meghan and Tara talk more about this in the clip below.
Michelle Accused Of ‘Really Disliking’ Barack
Michelle launched her IMO podcast back in March. Since then, Michelle has used it to bash Barack and air his dirty laundry seemingly every chance she gets.
In fact, Michelle has complained about Barack so many times on her podcast that the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has claimed that the former First Lady “really dislikes her husband, and it’s super obvious.”
“I’m not just saying that to be catty,” Tucker explained. “I think I’m trying to feel compassion for her but her hostility toward the guy is unbelievable.”
Tucker’s fellow former Fox News host Megyn Kelly was quick to agree. She pointed out that “everything Michelle says about her husband is negative.”
“I almost never say negative things about Doug,” Megyn added, referring to her own husband Doug Brunt. “He’s not perfect but when I think about him, I don’t immediately go to whatever is negative. I go to what’s positive and what I love about him.”
Watch Tucker and Megyn talk more about this in the video below.
The Obamas Respond
Back in July, Barack appeared on Michelle’s IMO podcast. There, they desperately tried to shoot down the escalating divorce rumors.
“There hasn’t been one moment in our marriage where I thought about quitting my man,” Michelle claimed. “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.”
“These are the kinds of things that I just miss, right?” Barack chimed in to add. “So I don’t even know this stuff’s going on. And then somebody will mention it to me and I’m all like, ‘what are you talking about?'”
Unfortunately for the Obamas, however, many are still not buying their claims that their marriage is still going strong.
If Michelle is indeed taking Ozempic, perhaps part of her motivation is to prepare herself to potentially be single again. Only time will tell if the Obama marriage will actually survive 2026!