Barack Obama is still showing up for his wife.

Two weeks after the former President of the United States celebrated Michelle Obama on Mother’s Day, the longtime couple put their love on display during their May 28 date night in New York City.

The duo—who share daughters Malia Obama, 26, and Sasha Obama, 23—were spotted having dinner inside of The Lowell Hotel in the Upper East Side. And true to their memorable eye for fashion, the duo stepped out in style. Both wearing all-black, the Becoming author, 61, sported a sheer dress adorned with ruffles, a slingback pump and minimal accessories. Meanwhile, Obama, 63, kept it sleek in a signature suit.

This rare outing comes weeks after Michelle denied rumors that she and her husband are heading towards a divorce. The speculation started earlier this year, when Obama attended former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral in Januaryby himself. Michelle also sat out President Donald Trump’s inauguration that same month.  

And while her absence was notable, she explained her decision to not appear at those public events isn’t a reflection of her 32-year marriage.

“If I were having problems with my husband, everybody would know about it,” she shared on the April 30 episode of Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO podcast. “And let me tell you, and he would know it and everybody would know it. I’m not a martyr. I’m not. And I would be problem-solving in public, and be like, ‘Let me tell you what he did.’”

The former first lady echoed a similar sentiment in April, noting her choice to not attend any presidential-related events shouldn’t cause such an uproar.

“When I say ‘no,’ for the most part people are like, ‘I get it,’” Michelle said on Sophia Bush’s Work in Progresspodcast that month. “That’s the thing. We, as women, struggle with disappointing people. This year, people couldn’t even fathom that I was making a choice for myself that they had to assume that my husband and I are divorcing.” 

But Michelle isn’t letting those rumors dictate her marriage. In fact, she’s setting it aside to make more memories with her husband and herself.

“If not now, when? What am I waiting for? How am I going to spend 20 years?” she continued of her future. “Now is the time for me to start asking myself these hard questions of, ‘Who do I truly want to be every day?’”

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