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Barack Obama attends Los Angeles Clippers game without Michelle as split rumors swirl
ByPatrick Reilly
Published March 6, 2025
Updated March 6, 2025, 10:51 a.m. ET
Former president Barack Obama sat courtside at a Los Angeles Clippers game Wednesday — but notably without his wife, Michelle.
Instead, Obama was spotted third-wheeling with Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and his wife, Connie Snyder, TMZ reported.
3Former president Barack Obama sat courtside at a Los Angeles Clippers game Wednesday — but notably without his wife, Michelle.Getty Images
3Instead, Obama was spotted third-wheeling with Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and his wife, Connie Snyder, TMZ reported.Jason Parkhurst-Imagn Images
The 44th president appeared to still have a blast watching the LA squad take down the Detroit Pistons 123-115.
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When his attendance was announced on the big screen at the brand new Intuit Dome, Obama jumped to his feet and waved as the crowd gave him a standing ovation.
The NBA game was the latest of Barack’s public appearances sans wife, which has brought their marriage under scrutiny.
3The 44th president appeared to still have a blast watching the LA squad take down the Detroit Pistons 123-115.Getty Images
Barack, 63, notably attended President Trump’s second inauguration solo in January after Michelle, an outspoken critic of Trump, bailed on the event.
Michelle was also not with her husband at President Jimmy Carter’s funeral at Washington National Cathedral in DC, with reports saying she decided to remain “in Hawaii on an extended holiday vacation” instead.
On Tuesday, the night before the Clippers game, Barack was spotted out eating a fancy dinner at Anajak Thai restaurant in Sherman Oaks with his daughters,
Malia and Sasha — but again no Michelle, according to TMZ.
Despite the unfounded rumors about their relationship, the couple was lovey-dovey on Valentine’s Day last month when each posted sappy messages to each other on social media.
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“Thirty-two years together and you still take my breath away,” the former president wrote in a post on X along with a selfie of the two beaming together.
“If there’s one person I can always count on, it’s you, @BarackObama. You’re my rock. Always have been. Always will be. Happy Valentine’s Day, honey!” she wrote with a heart emoji and the same selfie.