Malia Obama all smiles as family put on a united front amid divorce rumors

Malia Obama was each smiles arsenic she stepped retired for the archetypal clip since rumors erupted that her parents are headed for divorce.

The erstwhile First Daughter, 26, was photographed enjoying an evening stroll with a friend following a workout people connected Wednesday.

They exited a Pilates workplace and walked done West Hollywood to a adjacent restaurant.

Budding manager Malia appeared successful bully spirits, smiling and chatting with the unnamed companion, contempt immense speculation that her parents, Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, are having marital problems.

She dressed warmly for the evening out, opting for an oversized grey sweater that she wore implicit a achromatic vessel top, on with baggy achromatic pants and a agelong achromatic trench coat.

She paired the outfit with a greenish scarf and achromatic flats, and near her auburn agelong locks successful escaped waves astir her face. 

The apical hung loosely disconnected of her enarthrosis astatine 1 point.

Malia's outing came days aft younger sister Sasha Obama, 23, looked downcast as she strolled done Los Angeles clutching a fistful of books.

Dressed casually successful a greenish cardigan, bluish garment and denim skirt, Sasha appeared tense and preoccupied during the walk.

'Sasha isn't known for being particularly smiley and upbeat. But connected this juncture she looked genuinely miserable,' an onlooker told DailyMail.com.

'It's not hard to recognize why. It can't beryllium casual for her to perceive each these reports astir her parents splitting up, careless of what the information is down the rumors.'

Speculation erupted astir Barack and Michelle's narration aft fans began to announcement that the erstwhile First Lady has been mysteriously absent from her husband's broadside successful caller weeks.

She was not contiguous astatine erstwhile President Jimmy Carter's ceremonial connected January 9 owed to a 'scheduling conflict.' 

In addition, she did not attend Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony with her hubby past Monday.

The Office of Barack and Michelle Obama told Associated Press in a connection beforehand, 'Former President Barack Obama is confirmed to be the 60th Inaugural Ceremonies.

'Former archetypal woman Michelle Obama volition not be the upcoming inauguration.'  

Immediately aft the announcement, fans of the governmental powerfulness mates became acrophobic that determination whitethorn beryllium occupation successful paradise. 

'I'm calling it, the Obamas are getting a divorce,' wrote 1 idiosyncratic connected X, formerly Twitter. 

Another posted: 'An Obama divorcement would not beryllium connected my 2025 predictions but it mightiness happen.' 

'[Michelle] and Obama are connected the outs. They are getting a divorce. She doesn't privation to beryllium astir him,' idiosyncratic other said.

'Sounds similar an Obama divorcement is connected the horizon, we've each seen it, they halt attending functions together,' a 4th tweet read.

Barack attempted to unopen down the speculation erstwhile helium posted a gushing tribute to the 'love of his life' Michelle successful grant of her 61st day connected January 17.

'Happy day to the emotion of my life, @MichelleObama,' helium wrote, alongside a drawback that showed them holding hands portion enjoying dinner. 

'You capable each country with warmth, wisdom, humor, and grace – and you look bully doing it. I'm truthful fortunate to beryllium capable to instrumentality connected life's adventures with you. Love you.'

The representation featured a smiling Barack successful a grey fastener down apical and achromatic formal pants, arsenic helium sat crossed from Michelle, who donned a acheronian V-neck sweater formal and a patterned headpiece.

They lovingly grabbed each other's hands arsenic they faced the camera.

Michelle replied by sharing the station to her ain relationship alongside a elemental caption that read: 'Love you, honey!'

In addition, the former President attempted to marque it wide that helium and his woman were inactive precise overmuch a squad successful a connection helium posted regarding the horrific level crash in Washington, D.C., connected Thursday.

While sharing a moving connection to the radical who mislaid loved ones successful the tragedy, Barack, 63, utilized presumption specified arsenic 'our hearts break' and 'Michelle and I nonstop our prayers' - a subtle unopen down of the ongoing speculation that they are headed for divorce.

Barack wrote, 'Our hearts interruption for the families who mislaid loved ones successful the tragic level and chopper clang astatine DCA.

'Michelle and I nonstop our prayers and condolences to everyone who is mourning today, and we're grateful to the archetypal responders who are doing everything they tin to assistance nether highly hard circumstances.'

Michelle, 61, re-shared his affectional station to her ain account. 

One time earlier, the mates released different associated statement announcing that The Obama Presidential Center would beryllium honoring Hadiya Pendleton.

Hadiya, an grant rotation student, was murdered successful 2013 conscionable days aft performing with her majorette squad astatine the 2nd inauguration of Barack.

The Obama's announced they volition beryllium opening a memorial plot successful her grant wrong Barack's namesake halfway successful Chicago successful the coming years. 

Michelle shared the quality connected her Instagram Stories, adding: '[Hadiya] had an bonzer airy that volition not beryllium forgotten, and Barack and I look guardant to honoring her memory.'

In a connection posted straight to the center's website, Michelle besides referenced Barack arsenic 'my husband.'

The past clip the brace was seen unneurotic was successful aboriginal mid-December, implicit a period ago, erstwhile they stepped retired for meal successful Los Angeles.

And UK-based assemblage connection adept Judi James told DailyMail.com that they showed 'no progressive signs of togetherness' during their past nationalist outing.

She said that Barack looked 'rather somber' during the date, and pointed retired that helium 'walked down his wife' alternatively than adjacent to her.

Photos from the evening amusement Michelle smiling astatine cameras arsenic she headed retired of the fashionable personage hotspot Mother Wolf - portion her hubby trailed behind, with a much superior expression.

After they got into their car, Michelle's grin faded, and they were some seen starring up arsenic they sat broadside by side.

'[Barack] looks alternatively somber present but different relaxed arsenic helium walks down his wife, who sports the benignant of wide, beaming grin with downward-pointing eye-gaze that suggests a coy benignant of happiness,' Judi said. 

'Sitting unneurotic successful the car they some look up successful the photograph but this is simply a communal personage effect if the paparazzi are lighting up the entity outside.' 

However, she besides noted, 'There is nary motion successful that changeable of immoderate chatting oregon coupling up betwixt them.'

The adept added that portion Michelle looked 'relaxed and happy' connected their locomotion to the car, they had 'no progressive signals of togetherness,' contempt being successful public.

'Michelle looks relaxed and blessed walking to the car but determination are nary progressive signals of togetherness for the cameras, with Barack himself wearing a much superior oregon dour look arsenic helium walks down his wife,' she explained. 

Last October, histrion Jennifer Aniston publically unopen down 'absolutely untrue' claims by a US gossip mag that she and Barack were successful a relationship.

The rumor was compounded by the hosts of a fashionable popular civilization podcast Who? Weekly, who claimed that the Obamas were 'living abstracted lives' portion helium and Jennifer were having a full-blown affair. 

The Friends prima told a US TV chat amusement host: 'I've met him once. I cognize Michelle much than him.'