Michelle Obama's cryptic admission about 'healing after hurt' as rumors marriage to Barack is on rocks persist
The 61-year-old, whose marriage to former President Barack Obama is rumored to be on the rocks, shared her thoughts on her latest episode of her podcast, IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson, with guests Bowan Yang and Matt Rodgers.
The foursome were talking about healing from painful relationships and fights with loved ones when the former First Lady shared a cryptic message on how to handle arguments.
Admitting she's had some 'bad fights' throughout her years, she recalled of the worst ones was with her brother Craig, after their father passed away in 1991.
While at first Craig protested he 'doesn't fight', he then recalled it being a 'hurt fight', as the siblings were both coming from a place of grief.
After sharing their guests shared most hurtful altercations, Michelle divulged some sage advice on how to move past conflicts.
'Don't be afraid of people and friendships or hurt because that's just a part of it and there's something really beautiful on the other side of that hurt,' she shared.
'You get over it, you move on, you learn from it,' Michelle continued.
The mom-of-two added that some self reflection is also needed when addressing problems.
'The thing you learn about yourself at 35, 36, 37 is that you have that sensitivity,' she admitted. 'It takes a minute of practice to say, "okay, that yelling wasn't about him, it was about me."'
Michelle, who was reflecting on relationships following a viewer's question about being hurt my friends, also cryptically shared that said that moving past painful experiences with others isn't 'instantaneous.'
'It requires a plan and it requires you executing against the plan and you're going to get hurt and it's okay - you will heal from it and you will grow from it and it'll be alright,' she said passionately.
Michelle's advice comes after rumors continue to swirl about rifts between herself and her husband of 33 years, former President Barack Obama.
The rumor mill started to swirl after her decision to skip both Jimmy Carter's funeral and President Donald Trump's inauguration - with Michelle insisting they were decisions she made for herself.
Her absence at the high-profile political events added fuel to divorce rumors, as did President Obama's admission in April that he was in a 'deep deficit' with his wife.
'This is like 50 term papers. I mean, it just goes on forever,' he said while addressing Hamilton College students in April. 'I'm hoping to get to the finish line on that.'
The mom-of-two added that some self reflection is also needed when addressing problems.
'Beyond that, look, I was in a deep deficit with my wife, so I have been trying to dig myself out of that hole by doing occasionally fun things,' the former Democratic president admitted.
The pair addressed rumors earlier in July, when Barack appeared on his wife's podcast.
'She took me back!' Obama light-heartedly chimed in, adding: 'It was touch and go for awhile.'
Michelle added that it is nice to be in the same room as her husband, sassily telling her brother: 'When we aren't, folks think we're divorced.'
In May, Michelle set the record straight during a podcast with entrepreneur and investor Steven Bartlett following speculation over the former first couple's recent public appearances
'If I were having problems with my husband, everybody would know about it,' she told the host, laughing.
She added that she's 'not a martyr' and joked about how she would address such marital strife publicly.
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