Michelle Obama opens up about her constant 'battle' with husband Barack

Michelle Obama has opened up about a "constant" battle she has with husband of 32 years, former US President Barack Obama.

The 61-year-old detailed the relatable conflict on the podcast Good Hang with Amy Poehler.

The pair were discussing their changing temperatures, as women of a certain age, when the conversation turned to Michelle's bedtime routine.

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Michelle explained she falls asleep quickly and easily, but has trouble controlling her temperature.

"Sometimes I get in the bed, and I'm freezing," Michelle said.

"Other times, it's like, 'Oh my God, take my skin off.'"

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It was then that she detailed her "battle" with Barack over their home's thermostat.

"It's a battle with a partner because he's always cold and I'm like, 'Do not touch [the thermostat].' … Sometimes I wake up hot and I'll wake him up [to ask], 'Did you touch the thermostat? You touched it, didn't you?'" Michelle said.

She said as a result of her questions Barack is now "scared of the thermostat" and responds to her interrogations about it by saying, "I didn't, I swear."

Michelle spoke once again about her love of bedtime, a topic she has previously discussed on her podcast IMO which she host alongside her brother Craig Robinson.

She said they eat dinner together at around 6.30pm and she will often start thinking about going to bed by 8pm.

"My head hits the pillow, and I'm out. I don't need an aid. I just need to put my head on the pillow," she said.

Michelle and Barack Obama wed on October 2 in 1992 having met when they both worked for a legal firm in Chicago.

Michelle served as US First Lady alongside Barack who was President of the United States from 2009 until 2017.

The couple's children Malia and Sasha are 26 and 23 respectively.

Elsewhere in the chat with Poehler, Michelle outlined another relationship rule Barack abides by in their marriage.

She is allowed to tease him, but he is not allowed to tease her.

"I can tease [him], but [he] cannot tease me," she told listeners.

She said when their family is together she and their daughters tease Barack "mercilessly" which Poehler pointed out can only be done when you know somebody well.

"When all of us are together, he doesn't stand a chance. … I tell him, 'When I tease you, it's like a love tap', she said, adding that teasing is their "love language".

Michelle revealed she and Barack have done couple's therapy during a recent appearance on Jay Shetty's podcast On Purpose.

"I believe in therapy, I believe in couple's therapy, I believe in it all," she told Shetty.

"Whatever works for you."

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The former US First Lady has also responded to rumours she and Barack were on the brink of divorce.

"If I were having problems with my husband, everybody would know about it… Let me tell you, he would know it," she explained on her podcast.

"The beauty of my husband and our partnership is that neither one of us was ever really, ever going to quit at it, because that's not who we are.

"And I know that about him. He knows that about me."

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