Why Michelle Obama’s Brother Craig Robinson Didn’t Think Her Relationship With Barack Would Last
In Craig Robinson‘s opinion, Barack Obama was just another one of his sister Michelle Obama‘s boyfriends.
The 62-year-old revealed that when he first learned that Michelle was dating his future brother-in-law, he suspected the relationship would only “last a month.”
“So Mich starts to date Barack, and we don’t know who this guy is, we’re just like, ‘Barack? Who’s got a name like Barack?’ he joked on the April 16 episode of their IMO podcast. “And I’m thinking it’s gonna last a month.”
However, a game of basketball helped Barack get his stamp of approval.
“After we met him and she had been dating him for a little while she said, ‘Would you mind, Craig, taking him to play?'” Craig recalled of his sister, who was 25 when she met the former president. “And at first I said, ‘No way, I’m not going to do your dirty work for you. If he turns out to be a bad dude, I’m not going to be the one to say.”
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