Former President Barack Obama addressed his post-presidential life and marriage in a public appearance at The O2 Arena in London on Sept. 24.
During the event, the Daily Caller outlined that Obama’s “humiliation ritual” got worse as the ex-president spoke candidly about navigating his relationship with former first lady Michelle Obama after leaving the White House in January 2017.
“I have been trying to dig myself out of that hole by doing occasionally fun things,” Obama told the audience.
He described efforts to rebuild his relationship with his wife following two terms in office.
He added, “Now I’m at about level ground,” signaling a perceived improvement in their relationship after a period of difficulty.
The former president had previously described similar struggles in April, noting he had incurred a “deep deficit” with Michelle Obama after leaving the presidency.
Obama suggested that small, positive efforts were part of how he worked to restore balance in their marriage after years of intense public and professional pressure.
Michelle Obama has also publicly reflected on the early years of their marriage and parenting.
The Caller highlighted that in December 2022, she said, “People think I’m being catty by saying this — it’s like, there were 10 years where I couldn’t stand my husband. And guess when it happened? When those kids were little.”
Barack Obama made headlines in recent weeks after publicly addressed the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Speaking at the Jefferson Educational Society in Erie, Pennsylvania, Obama called the incident both “a threat to all of us” and “a tragedy.”
He began by emphasizing the need for unity in condemning political violence.
“When it happens to somebody, even if you think they’re quote unquote ‘on the other side of the argument,’ that’s a threat to all of us, and we have to be clear and forthright and condemn it,” he said.
“Regardless of where you are on the political spectrum, what happened to Charlie Kirk was horrific and a tragedy,” Obama added.
He then shifted his remarks to criticize President Donald Trump and his administration.
“But I’ll say this — those extreme views were not in my White House. I wasn’t empowering them. I wasn’t putting the weight of the United States government behind them,” he said.
“When we have the weight of the United States government behind extremist views, we’ve got a problem,” Obama stated, as outlined by Resist the Mainstream.
The former president was also recently slammed by the White House who pushed back hard against Obama for suggesting Trump’s administration was behind Jimmy Kimmel being taken off the air.
At the time, Obama had claimed the move was political and accused Trump of escalating “cancel culture” to a “new and dangerous level.”
He linked to a Vox article that alleged Kimmel was suspended because Trump “didn’t like what he had to say.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed Obama’s comments.
“With all due respect to former President Obama, he has no idea what he is talking about,” she told Fox News.
“The decision to fire Jimmy Kimmel and to cancel his show came from executives at ABC. That has now been reported.”
