Michelle Obama’s Brother Didn’t Think Barack Obama Relationship Would Last

In Craig Robinson‘s opinion, Barack Obama was just another one of his sister Michelle Obama‘s boyfriends.

The 62-year-old revealed that when he first learned that Michelle was dating his future brother-in-law, he suspected the relationship would only “last a month.”

“So Mich starts to date Barack, and we don’t know who this guy is, we’re just like, ‘Barack? Who’s got a name like Barack?’ he joked on the April 16 episode of their IMO podcast. “And I’m thinking it’s gonna last a month.”

However, a game of basketball helped Barack get his stamp of approval.

“After we met him and she had been dating him for a little while she said, ‘Would you mind, Craig, taking him to play?'” Craig recalled of his sister, who was 25 when she met the former president. “And at first I said, ‘No way, I’m not going to do your dirty work for you. If he turns out to be a bad dude, I’m not going to be the one to say.”