Former first lady Michelle Obama said rock singer Bruce Springsteen and his wife have been a guiding light for her marriage.
The comments, which she made on the Wednesday episode of her IMO podcast, come as Springsteen celebrates 34 years with his wife, singer-songwriter Patti Scialfa.
“You and Patti have been couple mentors for me and Barack for quite some time,” Obama told the musical artist.
She added that she respects the two for remaining “powerhouses in (their) own right and merging those lives together.”
Earlier this year, the former first lady was forced to address divorce rumors due to her absence from world events. She said her decision to forego public appearances had nothing to do with her marriage but rather was a decision to choose herself.
“If I were having problems with my husband, everybody would know about it,” the former first lady said while appearing on “The Diary of a CEO” podcast.
She’s openly discussed frustrations muddled by a two-term stint at the White House that posed strict guidelines for conflict management in which she rendered herself second to the responsibilities of first lady.
However, Obama said quitting was never a choice.
“The beauty of my husband and our partnership is that neither one of us was ever really, ever going to quit at it, because that’s not who we are. And I know that about him. He knows that about me,” she said on the “The Diary of a CEO” podcast.
“I talk about these things because I think that people give up too quickly on marriage,” she added.