Michelle Obama says she 'couldn't stand' Barack for 10 years
Former first lady suggests strain in her marriage to the former president when their children were young
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Former first lady Michelle Obama said she "couldn't stand" her husband, former President Barack Obama, when their children were young.
"People think I'm being catty for saying this: it's like, there were 10 years where I couldn't stand my husband," the former first lady said in an interview earlier this month with Revolt. "And guess when it happened? When those kids were little."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Michelle Obama said she "couldn't stand" her husband when their children were growing up. (Associated Press)
The Obama daughters, Malia and Sasha, were ages 7 and 10 when they moved to the White House. Their mother said in the interview to promote her new book that the young children posed a challenge as she and the former president advanced their careers.
"For 10 years while we’re trying to build our careers and worrying about school and who’s doing what and what, I was like, ‘Argh, this isn’t even!’" Obama said. "And guess what? Marriage isn’t 50/50, ever. Ever. There are times I’m 70, he’s 30. There are times he’s 60, 40. But guess what? Ten years. We’ve been married 30. I would take 10 bad years over 30 — it’s just how you look at it. People give up — ‘Five years; I can’t take it.’"
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama stand on stage together as their official portraits are unveiled at a ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)
The Obamas met at a law firm in Chicago in 1989. Their net worth is now at least $70 million. Their joint deal in 2017 for their memoirs was estimated to be worth $65 million. The couple later cut a deal with Netflix that is estimated to be around $50 million.
MICHELLE OBAMA CLAIMS SHE WAS 'CRITICIZED BY FEMINISTS’ FOR PRIORITIZING MOTHERHOOD IN WHITE HOUSE
Michelle Obama spoke in a December interview about the challenges of young kids.
Obama said in the December interview that she always respected her husband through their challenges.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Do you like him? I mean, you could be mad at him, but do you still look at him and go, 'I'm not happy with you, but I respect you. I don't agree with you, but you're still a kind, smart person,'" she said of relationship troubles.
Obama's second book, "The Light We Carry," was published in November.