Moments that sparked those Obama affair rumours: The star-studded fundraiser where Barack met Jennifer Aniston and the beaming selfie with glamorous Danish PM (next to furious-looking Michelle) - as former First Lady skips Trump inauguration

The Obamas person faced matter rumours since they archetypal entered the spotlight successful the aboriginal 2000s - with scrutiny of their matrimony pursuing them passim the erstwhile president's 2 presumption successful bureau and beyond.

In 2013, the National Enquirer speculated that their then-more than 20-year matrimony had been dissolved aft a drawstring of fights that were prompted by accusations of infidelity and a beaming selfie President Obama took with the Danish Prime Minister.

Pictures of Barack taking the selfie with Helle Thorning-Schmidt - arsenic Michelle looks on, little than impressed - took the net by storm, with claims that the Obamas adjacent switched seats to abstracted the 2 satellite leaders. 

There volition beryllium nary photograph accidental for the Obamas connected Monday however, with Michelle breaking protocol by skipping Donald Trump's inauguration - conscionable days aft her hubby enactment connected a affable show with the Republican.

A root reportedly said that the erstwhile First Lady refuses to 'be fake' astir her loyalties - successful stark opposition to her husband's caller efforts to 'unify'.

There has been nary authoritative mentation for her absence, sparking speculation online that determination mightiness beryllium immoderate different mentation arsenic to wherefore she's not appearing alongside her husband.

It is conscionable the latest successful a bid of sensational rumours astir the Obamas' marriage.

With existent rumours, connected Friday, the erstwhile President shared a representation of him and his woman sat astatine a meal array holding hands with the caption: 'Happy day to the emotion of my beingness @MichelleObama. 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!' 

These whitethorn person been to enactment retired immoderate hearsay that the narration is successful a rocky state. 

Late past year, Friends histrion Jennifer Aniston, 55, was romantically linked to Mr Obama, 63, successful a baseless communicative published successful a gossip mag - the beforehand leafage of which declared it contained 'the information astir Jen & Barack'. 

This was compounded by the hosts of a fashionable popular civilization podcast – Who? Weekly – who claimed, without evidence, that the mates were 'living abstracted lives' portion helium and Aniston were having a full-blown affair. 

The Hollywood A-lister powerfully denied the claims during an quality on Jimmy Kimmel Live! successful October.

'Of each the calls you get from your publicist wherever you're conscionable similar 'Oh, no, what's it gonna be?' oregon you get an email saying immoderate cheesy tabloid is gonna marque up a communicative - and past it's that…'

'I was not huffy astatine it,' she past added with a giggle, earlier clarifying that the communicative is 'absolutely untrue'.

'So, the information astir Jen and Barack is that there's nary truth?' Jimmy confirmed.

Jennifer continued: 'I've met him [Obama] once. I cognize Michelle much than him.'

In a jokey tone, Jimmy past asked: 'Is determination a information astir you and Michelle?' 

'That is not true,' she said with a smile.

In 2007, a star-studded Hollywood gala successful honour of the then-budding young legislator is thought to person been the archetypal - and lone clip - Aniston met Barack Obama.

Pictures taken astatine the lawsuit amusement her smiling with her limb astir Michelle Obama's waist, arsenic the aboriginal First Lady beams for the camera and Morgan Freeman and different A-listers bask the enactment down them.

The lawsuit was organised by tinsel municipality large wigs Steven Spielberg and his DreamWorks co-founders David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg.

Tickets were $2,300 each - the maximum  idiosyncratic donation to a national run - and were bought up by the likes of Tom Hanks, Eddie Murphy and Denzel Washington, according to the New York Times.

With the affluent and celebrated signing cheques arsenic they drank with the Obamas and their staff, the lawsuit was reported to person brought successful astatine slightest $1million successful what was the archetypal large lawsuit of the Democrat's statesmanlike campaign.

A VIP radical of attendees - those who had astatine slightest 20 tickets to their sanction - were invited to privately dine with the Obamas astatine Gethen's mansion aft the event. It is unclear if Aniston was among them.

Fast guardant to Obama's archetypal word successful bureau and helium and Michelle became 1 of the astir scrutinized couples successful the world, with their each determination watched and pictured.

In precocious 2013, the National Enquirer claimed the Obamas' matrimony had dissolved aft Michelle discovered his Secret Service bodyguards were covering up for his infidelity. 

They were endlessly fighting, the tabloid cited anonymous sources arsenic saying, aft helium posed for a selfie with Denmark's joined person Helle Thorning-Schmidt, astatine a memorial work for Nelson Mandela. 

Mrs Obama was photographed sitting connected his different broadside looking little than amused arsenic her hubby and Thorning-Schmidt shared a gag and helium patted her connected the shoulder.

The First Lady, the Enquirer claimed, would basal by her hubby until his presidency ended. 

But much than a decennary connected this has not travel to pass, and the mates person continued the nationalist declarations and displays of emotion for 1 different which person gained them a immense fanbase.

The brace – who met arsenic young lawyers moving for the aforesaid Chicago steadfast successful 1989 – celebrated their 32nd wedding day successful October and delighted their service of fans by sharing a photograph of them hugging each different astatine a depository successful New York.

'I couldn't person asked for a amended spouse and person to spell done beingness with,' said Mr Obama successful a connection accompanying the photo. 

She echoed the sentiment, saying: '32 action-packed years with my honey! Through it all, convey you for ever having my back, being by my side, and uncovering ways to marque maine smile. I emotion you, @Barack Obama.'

Like immoderate matrimony however, it has not been each creaseless sailing, arsenic the Obamas themselves person been blessed to admit.

Michelle famously said successful a 2022 sheet treatment that for a decennary – erstwhile their daughters Malia and Sasha were young – that she hated her hubby during a ample portion of their marriage. 

‘People deliberation I’m being catty – it’s like, determination were 10 years wherever I couldn’t basal my husband.'

In 2023, Mr Obama besides tackled the taxable of matrimony difficulties successful an interrogation with CBS, and was asked astir Michelle’s remarks the erstwhile year. ‘Let maine conscionable accidental this: it definite helps to beryllium retired of the White House and to person a small much clip with her,’ helium said.

The ex-First Lady, who has continued to transportation retired the duties expected of her arsenic a erstwhile president's woman since Obama near office, was noticeably absent from Jimmy Carter's funeral, wherever her hubby was seen laughing and cozying up to Trump. 

Trump sat broadside by broadside with Obama, and aboriginal revealed they get on contempt their differences and their past attacks connected 1 another. 

'It did look precise friendly, I indispensable say,' Trump aboriginal said.

But according to a root who spoke to Page Six, Michelle has nary specified plans to creaseless implicit her narration with Trump - putting her astatine likelihood with her husband's affable efforts.

Historically, this would beryllium seen arsenic a monumental snub fixed each erstwhile presidents and archetypal ladies person attended inauguration - adjacent for the president of the other enactment - unless they were suffering from wellness issues.

Trump and his woman Melania were the archetypal to stroke up the modern contented of attending successors' inaugurations erstwhile helium refused to travel to Joe Biden's 4 years ago.

When Mrs Obama missed Carter's funeral, it was instantly cleared up that she had a 'scheduling conflict' which prevented her from attending. She was enjoying an extended vacation successful Hawaii astatine the time.

But connected this occasion, her bureau has made nary specified effort to explicate distant her absense.

She antecedently admitted that she recovered it hard to beryllium done Trump's archetypal swearing-in ceremonial successful 2017, saying she aboriginal broke down successful tears.

'She's ne'er been fake and she's ne'er been phony. She's ever been precise deliberate astir wherever and however she shows up,' a root said of her determination to miss this one.

They went on: 'She showed up reluctantly for the election. They were united, but she doesn't person to unify astir [Trump]. She doesn't person to accidental anything.

'Her lack speaks volumes.'