--- ---  # Barack Obama Made a Romantic Gesture During Michelle Obama's Latest Book Tour Stop  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Nov 19, 2018 4:13 PM UTC  President Barack Obama (R) gives Michelle Obama a kiss as they wait for President-elect Donald Trump and wife Melania at the White House before the inauguration on January 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama (R) gives Michelle Obama a kiss as they wait for President-elect Donald Trump and wife Melania at the White House before the inauguration on January 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C.Pool—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Nov 19, 2018 4:13 PM UTC [Barack Obama](http://time.com/5414402/barack-obama-26-anniversary/) made a romantic gesture during [Michelle Obama’s](http://time.com/5457854/michelle-obama-becoming-review/) books tour. As Michelle was [promoting new memoir](http://time.com/5454046/michelle-obama-becoming-book-tour-oprah/) _Becoming_, the former president decided to drop by her latest stop on Saturday at Washington, D.C.’s Capitol One Arena book event to show her support — bearing the gift of flowers, of course. “This is like — you know when Jay-Z comes out during the Beyoncé concert?” Barack joked at the event, [according to CNN.](https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/18/politics/obama-michelle-book-tour-jay-z/index.html) “Like, ‘Crazy in Love’? It’s the same thing. It’s just a little sample to enhance the concert.” (The Obamas are [known fans](http://time.com/3981163/michelle-obama-beyonce/) of the Carter couple, too, so perhaps it’s no surprise that Barack would look to that superstar duo as an example. Obama even had Beyoncé perform at his inaugurations.) He also reflected on the first time he met Michelle: “First of all, she’s really tall, and most of it was legs,” [he joked](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCRYJ95Z5dc), before getting serious: “The thing that I remember during that summer as we became friends, before she finally relented to a date, was she was one of a kind,” he said. “You know when you meet somebody and you feel like they get it?” But it wasn’t just words; he brought with him a bouquet of pink roses, completing the picture of a supportive husband. While on her press tour, Michelle has mentioned that now that Obama is out of office, the pair are [“finding each other”](http://time.com/5454309/michelle-obama-marriage/) again. In her book, she’s also opened up about their work to keep their marriage successful, including [attending counseling](http://time.com/5450376/michelle-obama-marriage-counseling/). > [](https://twitter.com/MichelleObama/status/1064016021789523968) Barack Obama Proves His Support for Michelle with Flowers ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5458713/barack-obama-michelle-flowers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5458713/barack-obama-michelle-flowers/"},"headline":"Barack Obama Made a Romantic Gesture During Michelle Obama's Latest Book Tour Stop","datePublished":"2018-11-19T16:13:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:07.193Z","description":"“This is like — you know when Jay-Z comes out during the Beyoncé concert?”","url":"https://time.com/5458713/barack-obama-michelle-flowers/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Barack Obama","Michelle Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb9d5058283fb6ac/69893f6bb21a9c161f4ff7e4/michelle-barack-obama-inauguration.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb9d5058283fb6ac/69893f6bb21a9c161f4ff7e4/michelle-barack-obama-inauguration.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald And Melania Trump Arrive At White House Ahead Of Inauguration","caption":"Donald And Melania Trump Arrive At White House Ahead Of Inauguration","creditText":"Pool—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5458713/barack-obama-michelle-flowers/","name":"Barack Obama Made a Romantic Gesture During Michelle Obama's Latest Book Tour Stop"}}]}] ```