{"id":117671,"date":"2025-03-14T14:58:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T07:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/?p=117671"},"modified":"2025-03-14T14:58:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T07:58:51","slug":"michelle-obama-makes-first-public-appearance-since-skipping-president-trumps-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/michelle-obama-makes-first-public-appearance-since-skipping-president-trumps-inauguration\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama makes first public appearance since skipping President Trump\u2019s inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michelle Obama makes first public appearance since skipping President Trump\u2019s inauguration\n</p><p>Michelle Obama is back!\n</p><p>The former first lady made her first public appearance since Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration took place in January.\n</p><p>On Thursday, Obama appeared alongside her brother, Craig Robinson, at the live taping of their new podcast, \u201cIMO,\u201d at SXSW in Austin, Texas.\n</p><p>The \u201cLeave the World Behind\u201d executive producer hit the stage wearing burnt orange pants and a matching jacket over a black top. She paired her look with black boots and wore her hair styled in bohemian braids.\n</p><p>Since the new year kicked off, Obama, 61, has been laying low from the public.\n</p><p>In fact, her last public appearance was in December 2024 on \u201cThe Jennifer Hudson Show.\u201d\n</p><p><img fetchpriority='\"high\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-117675 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/thefinejournal.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/03%5C/michelle-obama-speaks-onstage-recording-100408017.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1024\"' height='\"683\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/michelle-obama-speaks-onstage-recording-100408017.webp' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>She skipped attending the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter on Jan. 9 and also declined to watch Trump, 78, be sworn into office on Jan. 20.\n</p><p>Michelle\u2019s husband, Barack Obama, attended both events solo.\n</p><p>However, Page Six exclusively reported that the \u201cBecoming\u201d author was on an \u201cextended holiday vacation\u201d in Hawaii.\n</p><p>As fans continued to wonder about Michelle\u2019s whereabouts, rumors surfaced that she and Barack, 63, were having marital issues.\n</p><p><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-117674 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/thefinejournal.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/03%5C/barackobama-thirty-two-years-together-98544906.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1024\"' height='\"906\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/barackobama-thirty-two-years-together-98544906.webp' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>However, the former president shut down the speculation by posting a sweet birthday shoutout to the \u201clove of [his] life\u201d and by sharing a loved-up Valentine\u2019s Day selfie of them.\n</p><p>\u201cThirty-two years together and you still take my breath away. Happy Valentine\u2019s Day, @MichelleObama!\u201d he wrote on Instagram Feb. 14.\n</p><p>Sources told Page Six that Michelle has been \u201cchecked out\u201d of Washington, DC, life since their family left the White House in 2017.\n</p><p><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-117676 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/thefinejournal.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/03%5C/barack-obama-michelle-obama-barack-96857793_7abed0.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1024\"' height='\"826\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/barack-obama-michelle-obama-barack-96857793_7abed0.webp' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>\u201cThey don\u2019t pretend that they have this Camelot relationship,\u201d a source who worked with the Obamas told us. \u201cThey\u2019re not trying to present that they\u2019re this magical couple.\u201d\n</p><p>Barack and Michelle met in 1989 and tied the knot three years later.\n</p><p>They share daughters Malia, 26, and Sasha, 23.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Michelle Obama makes first public appearance since skipping President Trump\u2019s inauguration Michelle Obama is back! The former first lady made her first public appearance since Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration took place in January. 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