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The Obama family has long been close with Bruce Springsteen and his wife, Patti Scialfa, but Michelle Obama revealed that the superstar music couple actually serve as an inspiration to her and her husband, former President Barack Obama.
Springsteen, 75, joined Michelle, 61, for the Wednesday, June 11, episode of her “IMO” podcast, where they discussed how childhood trauma can still resonate in your adult relationships. (Her cohost and brother, Craig Robinson, missed the episode due to illness.)
“It’s rare that people don’t pass their stuff on, and that’s why I marvel at you and Patti and the work that you all have done because you learned those lessons,” Michelle told the iconic rocker. “You and Patti have been couple mentors for me and Barack for quite some time.”
Springsteen seemed surprised to hear that, jokingly saying, “Whoa, alright!”
Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa Taylor Hill/WireImage
Michelle reassured him that she meant it before explaining that was partly why she asked him to come on the podcast and speak to a listener who is struggling to maintain a relationship with her father.
“Watching you guys do the work, getting advice on how to keep those lines of communication open,” Michelle told the “Glory Days” singer. “You got two powerful people in you and Patti, your own powerhouses in your own right, and merging those lives together — for all those reasons, you were the perfect person to be here to discuss this wonderful question from one of our listeners.”
Bruce Springsteen found his “Jersey Girl” in wife Patti Scialfa. “We’ve been together for 30 years. That’s a long [time] – you’ve shared a lot,” Springsteen gushed during an October 2019 appearance on CBS Mornings. “You know, Patti’s been at the center of my life for the entire second half of my life … and […]
Springsteen and Scialfa, 71, have been married since 1991. The couple share three kids: Evan, 34, Jessica, 33, and Sam, 31.
Last year, Scialfa, who is also a member of her husband’s touring band, revealed that she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare form of blood cancer, in 2018. She confirmed the news in Springsteen’s Road Diary documentary, which premiered on Hulu in October 2024.
Michelle Obama and former U.S. President Barack Obama. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
“They found it early on and she’s got really good doctors, who have helped a lot. But it does fatigue her, very intensely, and that’s a problem,” Springsteen told The Times of London in a profile published that same month. “I’m doing a three-hour show, which is fatiguing for me and I’m pretty much at the top of my health. But she’s been great.”
He added, “We’ve worked out that she can come out and sing a few songs, and it’s important that the fans know what’s going on because they haven’t seen her in five years. Patti decided she owed that to her audience.”
Taylor Hill/WireImage Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa have performed together in his E Street Band for almost as long as they’ve been married, but that hasn’t kept them from maintaining a healthy work-life balance. “I always tried not to be a wife on stage. I really did,” Scialfa, 71, said during a Wednesday, October 23, […]
The Obamas, meanwhile, tied the knot in 1992 and share daughters Malia, 26, and Sasha, 24. Earlier this year, Michelle shut down rumors that she and Barack, 63, were headed for a divorce after she skipped President Donald Trump’s inauguration and the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter.
“[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,” Michelle said during an April episode of Sophia Bush’s “Work in Progress” podcast. “This couldn’t be a grown woman just making a set of decisions for herself. But that’s what society does to us. We start actually finally going, ‘What am I doing? Who am I doing this for?’”