Desk for 2!
Barack Obama was noticed on a date evening together with his spouse Michelle at a bustling Washington, DC restaurant — the identical one the place the previous prez dined solo when divorce rumors had been in full swing.
The Obamas cozied up for dinner on the Beltway scorching spot, Osteria Mozza, over the weekend after lengthy being suffering from hypothesis they’d known as it quits on their three-decade marriage.
Diners cheered and clapped because the couple emerged on a stairway in the course of the hip restaurant, in keeping with a clip posted on the Washingtonian Issues Instagram account late Monday.
The previous president waved to a couple fellow diners as they high-tailed it out of the upscale Italian joint that serves “California-style” pasta dishes and dry-aged Bistecca Alla Fiorentina for $175.
Their united entrance was in stark distinction to the final time Obama was noticed there, when he dined alone simply days earlier than President Trump’s inauguration.
Obama acquired a raucous welcome then, too, because the 63-year-old ex-commander-in-chief casually strolled into the eating room with out his spouse by his aspect.
His solo outing got here because the rumor mill was in overdrive in regards to the couple’s marriage after Michelle skipped former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral — after which was absent from Trump’s inauguration weeks later.
The 61-year-old former first woman has since hit again on the hypothesis their marriage was on the rocks, telling Sophia Bush’s “Work in Progress” podcast earlier this month that her newfound independence was accountable for the rampant gossip.
“The interesting thing is that, when I say ‘no,’ for the most part people are like, ‘I get it, and I’m OK,’” the mother of two stated of her choice to show down invites to the high-profile occasions.
“And that’s the thing that we as women struggle with — disappointing people,” she continued.
“So much so that people, they couldn’t even fathom that I was making a choice for myself, that they had to assume that my husband and I are divorcing.”
