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A bizarre conspiracy theory about Michelle Obama being ‘a man’ is once again doing the rounds, having been first started by comedian Joan Rivers several years ago.
An unsubstantiated rumor alleging that Michell Obama was born a man is circulating after Tucker Carlson uploaded a video to Twitter in which he interviewed someone who claimed to know Barack Obama in the past and made a number of serious claims about the former President.
Why are people calling Michelle Obama a man?
While the outlandish claim is yet to reach the majority of people online, a small but vocal corner of Twitter is once again peddling the rumor that Michelle Obama is a transgender woman, who was born with the genetics of a man.
This theory belongs to a wider conspiracy which alleges that Michelle’s husband Barrack is gay, despite the fact that neither of the former White House residents have ever claimed to be anything other than heterosexual and cisgender.
Why Barack’s sexuality should count as anything more than a footnote in his biography is not clear, though certain figures online appear to believe that if he were to be gay, or if Michelle was transgender, it would somehow delegitimize his past presidential stint.
Though it may have been a conspiracy theory you have encountered various times online, it remains a largely internet-based theory, and neither Barack nor Michelle has ever publically addressed the claims.
Obama rumor originated from Joan Rivers
It is believed that the jokes about Michelle being a man first originated from, or at least were made popular, by late comedian Joan Rivers.
In a short clip that has gone viral several times in the years since, Rivers could be heard asserting that Barack was gay, whilst using a slur used to describe transgender people when talking about Michelle.
The interaction this clip derived from was a brief interaction the press had with Rivers on the street in 2014 when they asked her if a gay person or a woman could become President and, given that she was best known for her outrageous comedy career, one can assume that her jibe at the Obama’s was an example of her dark humor, rather than a genuine claim.
Nonetheless, several people online do seem to genuinely believe these claims about the Obamas.
No truth to Obama conspiracy theory
Needless to say, there is no apparent truth to the claims about Michelle being a man, or Barack being gay.
As you are likely aware, the pair have had two children together, Malia and Sasha, both of whom Michelle gave birth to – a feat that would have been near impossible if she had been born with a male reproductive system.
Sadly, however, some people have alluded to the fact that the Obamas underwent IVF treatment in order to conceive their daughters, as if that helps to substantiate the claim that Michelle is transgender.
This is a simple case of misinformation, perhaps spread with a rather grim ulterior motive, as IVF is a completely legitimate assisted reproductive technology that is used by thousands of couples across the world every year and it does absolutely nothing to legitimize any false claims about Michelle’s sex or gender.
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