Former President Barack Obama holds hands with former first lady Michelle Obama
Former President Barack Obama holds hands with former first lady Michelle Obama in September 2022.
  • Michelle Obama discussed her marriage in a CBS interview. 
  • She said for 10 of her 30 year marriage to former President Barack Obama they didn't get on. 
  • Michelle Obama said marriage is "hard," and requires work and compromise. 

Former First Lady Michelle Obama has described some of the challenges she has experienced during her marriage to former President Barack Obama. 

"We've been married for 30 years," Obama said in an interview Thursday with Gayle King on CBS. "If I fell out with him for 10, and we had a great 20 years, I'd take those odds anytime," Obama said.