United Kingdom, April 9 -- Michelle Obama has hit out at people who assumed she is getting divorced.

The 61-year-old former first lady of the United States has been married to Barack Obama for 32 years, and she has hit out at people making assumptions about her relationship simply based on her making her own decisions since they left the White House in 2017.

She told the 'Work in Progress with Sophia Bush' podcast: "The interesting thing is that, when I say 'no,' for the most part people are like, 'I get it, and I'm okay'.

"That's the thing that we as women, I think...we struggle with disappointing people.

"I mean, so much so that this year people were... they couldn't even fathom that I was making a choice for myself that they had to...