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We�re doing this again! People are once again speculating about whether or
not Barack Obama is having some kind of romantic relationship with
Jennifer Aniston. Yes, that does sound completely bonkers. No, there is no
real proof that Barack and Michelle Obama are splitting up or living
separate lives. There are, however, a lot of people gossiping in public.
Let�s break down why this rumor is firing back up five months after it
first went public.

How did the rumors about Jennifer Aniston and Barack Obama start?
Last August, InTouch published an attention-grabbing cover with the
headline �The Truth About Jen & Barack!� The cover claimed that Michelle
Obama was �betrayed� and that Barack Obama and Aniston were �obsessed with
each other.� Inside the print magazine � the story was not published
online � it was revealed that the rumor came from the popular celebrity
gossip podcast Who? Weekly.

�The goss is � Michelle and Barack are living separate lives, and Barack
is fucking Jennifer Aniston,� InTouch reported host Lindsey Weber saying
on a Patreon episode of the show. Weber clarified that while the rumor
came from �reliable sources,� the whole thing �obviously could be made
up,� but that didn�t stop InTouch from running with it.

Shortly after the InTouch cover, a 2014 satirical piece from the Economist resurfaced, in which the writer uses Obama having an affair with Aniston
as a hypothetical example of what could happen if Americans viewed sex the
way the French do. This has nothing to do with anything, but it was a
weird coincidence. (In the piece, George W. Bush is married to Beyonc� � unfortunately that rumor hasn�t really kicked off yet.)

Have Barack Obama or Jennifer Aniston talked about the rumor?
She certainly has. In October, Aniston went on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and
dispelled the rumor. When Kimmel held up a copy of the InTouch cover, the Friends star laughed it off. �Of all the calls you get from your publicist where you�re just like, Oh no, what�s it gonna be,� she said, �and then
it�s that � I was not mad.�

Aniston said that the rumor was �absolutely untrue� and that she�s only
met Obama one time. �I know Michelle more than him,� she told Kimmel.

As for Obama, he has said nothing about the whole situation.

Why is this coming up again now?
The rumor mill has started back up, and this time people are reading into Michelle�s absence at both Jimmy Carter�s funeral and Donald Trump�s inauguration. Despite him sharing a sweet message for her birthday, there
are still people rumbling about the state of their marriage.

�Obama Arrives to D.C. Restaurant Alone on Inauguration Eve Amid Wild
Rumors About Jennifer Aniston After Michelle No-Show,� reads a Daily Mail headline. In the past few days, conservative women have really taken to
the rumor. Meghan McCain brought up talk of the Obamas splitting on her podcast, while Jessica Reed Kraus added fuel to the Aniston rumor on her
wildly popular Substack. Just yesterday, Megyn Kelly read Kraus�s post
verbatim on her YouTube show, which got over a million views in less than
24 hours.

If right-wing influencers peddling the rumor wasn�t reason enough to be skeptical, it�s worth reiterating that there is no evidence that any of
this is true. Stay safe out there, gossip lovers.

Obama is a queer so we KNOW it's questionable.

https://www.thecut.com/article/barack-obama-jennifer-aniston-dating- rumors-explained.html

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