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Barack Obama replied in the comments and wrote, \"Love you, Miche! And thanks everybody for all the birthday wishes.\"

The sweet note comes months after Michelle Obama set the record straight about her marriage to Barack Obama.

During a conversation with Sophia Bush on the \"Work in Progress\" podcast in April, she addressed divorce rumors that have circulated about her and the former president after he had attended several events solo earlier this year.

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In July, she and Barack Obama also laughed off divorce rumors during an episode of her and her brother's podcast, \"IMO.\"

\"There hasn't been one moment in our marriage where I thought about quittin' my man. And we've had some really hard times,\" Michelle Obama said. \"We have had a lot of fun times, a lot of adventures, and I have become a better person because of the man I'm married to.\"

Barack and Michelle Obama wed in Chicago in 1992.

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