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Barack and Michelle Obama's love story started on a surprisingly awkward note. During an August 7, 2025, episode of the former first lady's "IMO" podcast, Michelle recalled how she had first heard about her future husband through fellow members of the Harvard recruiting team. While the rest of Michelle's colleagues gushed about Barack's strong reputation as a rising star in the Ivy League scene, the future lawyer wasn't all that impressed. In fact, as the bestselling "Becoming" author confessed, "I got his profile, and I thought, 'Ugh. What kind of name is Barack Obama?' I was like he's Black and everybody at the firm was excited that he was Black, and I was like, he's probably kind of weird."

Michelle only saw the future pre

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