CNN Panelist: There’s Been ‘Tons of Speculation’ that Melania Trump Is ‘Just Working Out a Contract’

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>> Welcome back. Michelle Obama is getting a little picky about her calendar, invites. Her husband famously went stag to Donald Trump‘s inauguration and to Jimmy Carter‘s funeral. And that‘s led the internet to go all Neil Diamond and insist that their love is on the rocks. But on her new podcast, she is hitting back.
>> We as women, I think we struggle with like, disappointing people. Yeah. You know, I mean, so much so that this year people were, you know, 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.
>> I mean, those rumors were going wild. Maybe may or may not have been just about the appearances, but her point is, I can do what I want. I‘m a grown woman.
>> This is totally sexist. I mean, sorry. This is totally sexist. They would never do this to a man and suddenly say that they‘re going to be going on. You know, when Trump hasn‘t done the traditional things as president that other presidents have done, they didn‘t suddenly say he‘s getting divorced from Melania. I mean, there were other reasons they were saying that. But not that.
>> Virtually absent.
>> And that they‘re getting divorced. There‘s been tons of speculation that she‘s just working out a contract. Right. Melania.
>> And that she doesn‘t.
>> Live there anymore.
>> But that‘s not. But it wasn‘t because he didn‘t attend the inauguration that suddenly the rumors started. That‘s my