--- title: A Rod Shares the Sweet Obama Note for Him and JLo description: Former President Barack Obama sent Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez a congratulatory note on their engagement, and A-Rod shared the message canonical: https://time.com/5556994/a-rod-j-lo-obama-note/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-22T16:51:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:17.128Z og:title: A-Rod Shares the Sweetest Letter Barack Obama Sent og:description: A-Rod shared the sweet congratulations note Barack Obama sent to him and J-Lo og:url: https://time.com/5556994/a-rod-j-lo-obama-note/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A-Rod Shares the Sweetest Letter Barack Obama Sent twitter:description: A-Rod shared the sweet congratulations note Barack Obama sent to him and J-Lo twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Barack Obama Sent A-Rod and Jennifer Lopez the Sweetest Engagement Congratulations Letter  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 22, 2019 4:51 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 22, 2019 4:51 PM UTC Earlier this month, [Jennifer Lopez](http://time.com/5548684/j-lo-alex-rodriguez-engaged/) and baseball star [Alex Rodriguez](http://time.com/5372738/jlo-arod-vmas-speech/) shared on social media the news of [their engagement](http://time.com/4752531/jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-first-date-ellen/) after two years of dating. They’re clearly still reveling in the afterglow of their announcement, as A-Rod shared a note he received from none other than former president [Barack Obama](http://time.com/5539532/obama-march-madness-2019/) himself, offering his congratulations to the pair. “Michelle and I just wanted to congratulate you on your engagement,” Obama wrote in the thoughtful handwritten note. “After 26 years together, we can say that whatever challenges life may bring, sharing them with someone you love makes it all better.” > [](https://twitter.com/AROD/status/1108975424485244928) A-Rod’s response? “This means the world to us,” he tweeted alongside a photo of the note, adding the hashtag “#44” as a nod to Obama’s status as the 44th president of the U.S. A-Rod has met Obama at least once before at a Yankees visit to the White House during Obama’s time in office back in 2009, while Lopez just [shared the stage](http://time.com/5526367/michelle-obama-grammys-2019/) with former First Lady Michelle Obama at this winter’s Grammy Awards, alongside stars including Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys and Jada Pinkett-Smith, as the group delivered a message on the unifying power of music. Lopez also [performed at](https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/president-barack-obama-first-lady-michelle-obama-jennifer-news-photo/89752264) one of the Inaugural Balls to honor the Obamas after the 2008 election. The [triple threat Lopez](http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217628/jennifer-lopez/) has a particularly busy year ahead of her, hosting the reality competition _World of Dance_, starring in the upcoming [_Hustlers_ movie](https://deadline.com/2019/03/cardi-b-lili-reinhart-keke-palmer-julia-stiles-constance-wu-jennifer-lopez-hustlers-1202578260/) alongside Cardi B and Constance Wu and continuing to release new music. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5556994/a-rod-j-lo-obama-note/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5556994/a-rod-j-lo-obama-note/"},"headline":"Barack Obama Sent A-Rod and Jennifer Lopez the Sweetest Engagement Congratulations Letter","datePublished":"2019-03-22T16:51:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:58:17.128Z","description":"\"This means the world to us\"","url":"https://time.com/5556994/a-rod-j-lo-obama-note/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Barack Obama","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/5556994/a-rod-j-lo-obama-note/","name":"Barack Obama Sent A-Rod and Jennifer Lopez the Sweetest Engagement Congratulations Letter"}}]}] ```