Former President George W. Bush isn’t here for the attacks on the Obamas’ marriage.
Apparently, he wasn’t too keen when his daughter Jenna Bush Hager called him up to discuss the gossip that former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama might be heading for a split.
“I remember I called my dad, and I was like, ‘Have you heard this rumor?’” Hager recalled on Thursday’s episode of “Today With Jenna & Friends.”
To her recollection, her father sharply responded, “I don’t believe it. It’s not true.”
The daytime host noted that her dad was “kind of mad” that she would ask such a question.
And he wasn’t the only one who had strong feelings about the rumor mill. Actor Octavia Spencer joined Hager as a guest host and weighed in on the chatter.
“It’s kind of ridiculous,” Spencer said.
Hager agreed, adding: “The whole world created all of these rumors because they weren’t always in the same room.”
The two women shared a moment of frustration over the way public figures are picked apart. They agreed that “the scrutiny is ridiculous.”
But Spencer ended with a glimmer of hope.
“If people are talking about you, they’re thinking about you,” she said.
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As for the Obamas? They addressed the speculation
The former first lady also offered a heartfelt response to shut things down once and for all.
“There hasn’t been one moment in our marriage where I thought about quitting my man. And we’ve had some really hard times … I have become a better person because of the man that I’m married to,” she said.
