Michelle Obama’s brother said that he had questions about her relationship with her husband, former 44th US President Barack Obama.

Michelle and Barack first met in 1988 in Chicago while working at a legal company, when Michelle was designated as Barack’s adviser.

They married four years later and had their first child, Malia, in 1998. Natasha was born three years later.

Then, in 2009, Barack became the first Black president of the United States, serving two terms until 2017, and he has subsequently said that his time in office put a strain on his marriage.

Craig Robinson, Michelle’s brother, recently discussed his emotions about Barack on his and Michelle’s IMO podcast, which aired on Wednesday (April 16th).

He explained, “So Mich begins dating Barack, and we don’t know who he is; we’re just like, ‘Barack? Who has a name like Barack?

“And I’m thinking it’s going to last a month, like most of your relationships.”

The 61-year-old then feigned to be offended by what her 62-year-old brother stated, joking, “That’s not true. I’ve had several long-term boyfriends.”

“I wouldn’t call those guys boyfriends,” Craig said.

On the matter of Michelle initially presenting Barack to her family, Craig said, “I remember Mom’s first reaction was, ‘Oh, at least he’s tall!'”

“That was the first thing she said, because Mich was usually posting up her other boyfriends.”

Craig then said, “And I said to myself, ‘Too bad it’s not going to last.'”

However, their love has grown and shows no signs of fading, despite divorce rumors that Michelle addressed last week.

While appearing as a guest on Sophia Bush’s Work in Progress podcast, she discussed how, since leaving the White House and the role of First Lady, she has been empowered to make decisions for herself ‘for the first time.’

“The interesting thing is that when I say ‘no,’ for the most part, people are like, ‘I get it, and I’m okay,” Michelle told me.

“And that’s what we as women battle with: disappointing others.

“So much so that people, they couldn’t even fathom that I was choosing myself, that they had to assume that my husband and I are divorcing.”

Because of this, she claimed, the stories spread since it couldn’t be ‘an adult lady just making a set of decisions herself,’ which is what society does to us.’

She continued, “If it doesn’t fit the stereotype of what we should do, it’s labeled as bad.”