New Delhi, April 23 -- Former US President Barack Obama once needed "30 stitches" moments before a major speech, his wife Michelle Obama recalled in a recent podcast she co-hosts with her brother, Craig Robinson.

The former First Lady explained that her husband sustained a basketball-related injury on his lower lip while at the White House during his first term. These remarks were made during Wednesday's podcast episode of IMO With Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson.

Remembering the embarrassing 2010 incident and the unheeded warnings she had given, Michelle Obama said, "I'm always like, 'Be careful playing basketball. You shouldn't be playing now. You have a real important job.'"

Further narrating the ordeal, the 61-year-old added, "An...