Michelle Obama reflects on the key to lasting marriage with Barack Obama
On the latest episode of The Michelle Obama Podcast, the former first lady and talk show host Conan O'Brien sat down to discuss all things marriage -- and Obama shared a surprising incident.
The former first lady recalled how she strategically took off her engagement ring after an argument with her then fiance, Barack Obama -- but, she said, it was only for the "effect."
"When we were engaged, I got mad at him about something, and I took my engagement ring off, and I said 'Forget this, who needs this,' and I threw the ring," Obama admitted to O'Brien. "We were in my car. I wasn't really throwing it out. I threw it where I would know it would go. I didn't mean it. I wasn't like 'this is it' -- it was [the] effect."
Obama said that moment still serves as a reminder for Barack of "how fast and quickly" she can go from 0 to 100.
"I had to learn that he feels things much more deeply over a longer period of time," she continued. "So I had to learn how not to go there. You have to learn to communicate in a way that the other person is going to hear it."
Michelle and Barack Obama will celebrate their 28th wedding anniversary next month.
So what's the key to a lasting marriage, two children, and two presidential terms in the White House? Picking your best teammate.
"If we looked at marriage as a real team, you want your teammate to be a winner," Michelle added, "then you want LeBron [James]."
