Obama discussed making independent life decisions now that her children are grown and her husband is no longer president. Referring obliquely to her absence from recent public events\u2014including Jimmy Carter\u2019s funeral and Trump\u2019s second inauguration\u2014she criticized the assumption that personal choices must signal divorce, saying, \u201cThis couldn\u2019t be a grown woman just making a set of decisions for herself, right?\u201d Still, the fact that she brought up the rumors herself, rather than being asked, and spoke in existential terms\u2014\u201cWho do I truly want to be every day?\u201d\u2014left some listeners unconvinced. Bush, rather than digging deeper, moved on to lighter topics, highlighting the challenges of celebrity-hosted interviews. While the intention may have been to shut down the gossip, Obama\u2019s words may have only deepened the speculation<\/p>\n
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