Kumail Nanjiani only recently heard a rumor that he was having an affair with former first lady Michelle Obama, and the married comedian had the perfect reaction.
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Kumail Nanjiani would ultimately like to remove himself from this narrative, but not before having a little fun with it first.
“There was a rumor going around last year that I was having an affair with Michelle Obama,” the comedian, who’s been married to Emily Gordon since 2007, said on the Dec. 25 episode of So True With Caleb Hearon. “I know, I was so excited.”
In fact, he had no idea that he had been linked to the former first lady until recently, when a mutual friend pulled Emily aside and said, “‘Hey, so, I heard that Kumail and Michelle Obama are, like, doing it.’ And she wasn’t even upset.”
So, suffice it to say, Kumail and his wife aren’t big sick over the story, the Fallout actor clarifying, “I’ve never met Michelle Obama.”
But, as Caleb Hearon then pointed out, the made-up tale comes on the heels of the rumor that former President Barack Obama was romantically involved with Jennifer Aniston.
You know, the one that the Friends alum also had a big laugh over.
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“Of all the calls you get from your publicist where you’re like, ‘Oh no, what’s it gonna be?’” Jen, who just spent her first Christmas with boyfriend Jim Curtis, said on Jimmy Kimmel Live in October. “Or the emails saying some cheesy tabloid’s going to make up a story, and then it’s that.”
She quipped, “I was not mad at it.”
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But, for the record, Jen added, “I know Michelle more than him.”
Kumail, meanwhile, was ready to dig into that new-to-him tidbit about The Morning Show star as well.
“What do we think? We think it’s real?” he deadpanned, to which Caleb offered, “What I’m saying is, for my friend Kumail, you’re up there with Jennifer Aniston.”
Kumail, however, thinks the former first couple can do better—and the ex-commander-in-chief has already reached peak partnership, for that matter.
Kumail Nanjiani reveals his ‘Night Thoughts’ in his new Hulu comedy special
Nanjiani returns to Chicago for this comedy special after nearly a decade away
ByGina Sirico 
Friday, December 5, 2025
Kumail Nanjiani gets back to his standup comedy roots with “Night Thoughts,” a Hularious original, streaming December 19 on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.
“You guys get night thoughts? When you’re laying in bed in the middle of the night and you can’t sleep and your brain’s like ‘here’s something new for you to worry about!'”
That’s a line from Kumail Nanjiani’s new comedy special for Hulu called “Night Thoughts.”
“Night thoughts are like day thoughts except they hate you,” he says in the trailer, seen in the video player above.
Filmed in Chicago, where Nanjiani got his start in standup, “Night Thoughts” tackles anxiety (“I’ve never been in a fight because I’m super good at apologizing.”), the perils of buying drugs before they were legalized and… cat medication.
The special was written, performed and executive produced by Nanjiani. Additional executive producers are Molly Mandel, Emily V. Gordon, Elan Gale, Bernie Schaeffer, and Bill Dixon. It was directed by Bill Benz.
“Night Thoughts” is part of Hulu’s Hularious series. It streams December 19.
You can also see Nanjiani co-starring in the new James L. Brooks comedy “Ella McKay” opening in theaters Dec. 12
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