Overview
- Kumail Nanjiani said on the Dec. 25 episode of So True with Caleb Hearon that he has never met Michelle Obama and denied any affair.
- He recounted that a mutual friend pulled his wife, Emily V. Gordon, aside last year to relay the rumor, which multiple people repeated to them.
- Nanjiani described reacting with humor, saying he was “so excited” by the gossip and joking that the Obamas were “slumming it,” adding no slight to Jennifer Aniston.
- Coverage situates the claim within a recurring pattern of unsupported Obama–celebrity rumors, noting Aniston’s 2024 on-air denial of a separate Barack Obama story.
- At least one outlet reported contacting representatives for comment without an immediate response, and no evidence has been presented to substantiate the allegation.