Meghan McCain spills on Barack and Michelle Obama divorce rumors amid bombshell claims they 'live separate lives'

Meghan McCain and an elite Washington insider dished connected Barack and Michelle Obama's narration amid unconfirmed rumors that the erstwhile First Couple are getting divorced. 

Speculation connected their narration presumption has tally rampant successful caller weeks, coming to a caput erstwhile Michelle skipped retired connected some the inauguration and Jimmy Carter's ceremonial that Barack attended. 

Speaking to Puck newsman Tara Palmieri connected her podcast, McCain brought up that she's been proceeding rumors of a split.

'I person been hearing this rumor that the Obamas are getting a divorcement by reputable people. I'm not talking astir TMZ. I'm not talking astir Perez Hilton... I'm talking astir similar precise superior journalists telling maine that they're proceeding that the Obama divorcement rumors are true.'

Palmieri delivered a bombshell of her own, saying: 'We've heard that for a agelong time, similar I conscionable heard that they unrecorded abstracted lives.'

The brace past gossiped astir the photograph Barack posted earlier the play celebrating Michelle's birthday.

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

McCain and Pamieri were little than convinced and particularly horrified by the photograph quality.

'I would termination Ben if helium enactment a representation of maine looking similar nary constitution with that lighting connected societal media,' the erstwhile The View co-host said, referring to her husband, Ben Domenech. 

'I would termination him. So for maine it didn't assistance the rumors, and similar wherefore are you putting this similar s****y representation of your woman up?' 

Palmieri noted that present that the Obamas are nary longer successful politics, this is simply a accidental to driblet Washington completely.  

'I americium not astatine location with them, but it's not truly astonishing astatine this signifier of their beingness and she intelligibly has precise small involvement - she's ever hated politics! She did not truly similar being First Lady.'

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 has since shared the station to her ain relationship alongside a elemental caption that read: 'Love you, honey!'

Michelle - who turned 61 years aged past week - was not contiguous astatine erstwhile President Jimmy Carter's ceremonial connected January 9 owed to a 'scheduling conflict.' 

In addition, it was revealed that she would not beryllium attending Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony with her hubby connected Monday.

The Office of Barack and Michelle Obama told Associated Press this week successful a statement, '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. 

However, determination were immoderate who dismissed the rumor and alternatively suggested Michelle was lone making a governmental statement. 

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.

Last October, histrion Jennifer Aniston publically unopen down 'absolutely untrue' claims by a US gossip mag that she and Barack were successful a narration – making Michelle consciousness 'betrayed.' 

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.'

The couple, who archetypal met successful 1989 erstwhile they some worked astatine a instrumentality steadfast successful Chicago, joined successful 1992.

They welcomed their archetypal daughter, Malia, six years aboriginal successful 1998, and their 2nd daughter, Sasha, successful 2001.

Over the years, the couple has spoken candidly astir their martial struggles, with Michelle antecedently describing the 'resentment' she had implicit having to enactment her vocation connected clasp to beryllium a parent portion Barack's continued to flourish.

And tensions lone grew during their clip successful the White House - acknowledgment to the immense 'pressure' that came with 'needing to get everything close and beryllium "on" astatine each moment,' arsenic good arsenic Barack's absorption connected his enactment alternatively than his family.

But adjacent astatine their worst, Barack explained to The Breakfast Club that they ne'er fto their arguments crook excessively disfigured - and that they ever 'respected' 1 another. 

And helium made it wide that adjacent erstwhile they would fight, helium ne'er considered a divorce.

'We were beauteous bully adjacent erstwhile things were tough, we ne'er nonaccomplishment basal respect for the different person,' helium shared.

'We ne'er thought that idiosyncratic was a atrocious person. We ne'er said things that would marque it look that you wholly disrespect me.

'It was more, "I emotion you, Barack, but this is driving maine crazy," or, "I respect you, but..." I deliberation that's what kept america 'cause we ne'er doubted each other's intentions.

'Michelle is simply a singular woman. Even if she drives maine brainsick sometimes, I ne'er thought that determination was anybody who I would alternatively beryllium with.'