Michelle Obama appears set to spill details of her relationship with husband Barack on Kylie Kelce’s podcast this week.
In a preview for the episode, which drops Thursday, the former first lady revealed that bedtime can be a contentious time for the couple.
“My husband teases me about how early I can go to bed,” Obama said. “He just doesn’t understand—the idea of getting into some good sheets, and it’s cool.”
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“If we have got people in the house, I’m game, I’m there, I’m up, I’m init. I’m laughing, I’m talking,” she added. “But the minute we finish up, I’m just trying not to go to bed before the sun goes down.”
Kelce—who is the wife of retired NFL star Jason Kelce—asked Obama what her “ideal” bedtime is. The former first lady didn’t mince words: “Man, any time after dinner,” she said, breaking into laughter.
Getting more specific, Obama shared that her two daughters, Malia and Sasha, were early sleepers as children.
“Bath time 7:00, bedtime 7:30, and then I had like at least a couple hours where nobody was asking me for anything,” she said. “And maybe that’s where I got the early bedtime from.”
Divorce rumors have swirled around the Obamas over the past few months. The ex-president flew solo to both President Jimmy Carter’s funeral and President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
But Barack, 63, and Michelle, 61, seemed to shut down the speculation with a pair of simultaneous Valentine’s Day social media posts gushing over each other.
Earlier this month, however, Barack was again without Michelle in public. He sat court-side at a Clippers game with the team’s owner, Steven Ballmer, and his wife, which sparked another surge of gossip about potential marital troubles.
Michelle’s appearance on Kelce’s popular podcast—which beat out Joe Rogan on the charts in December—comes as the ex-first lady has kicked off her own foray into podcasting.
Kelce revealed in January that her personal politics “aggressively lean” left. At the same time, she said that Michelle was a dream guest for her show, Not Gonna Lie.
“I would talk to Michelle Obama in a heartbeat, and I know she is not personally running, but I would love it if she would,” Kelce told The New York Times at the time.
This week, the dream has come true.
