Michelle Obama is "so glad" she never had a son as she feared he would have turned out like her husband

She said: "I'm so glad I didn't have a boy because he would have been a Barack Obama."

Michelle, who has two daughters - Sasha, 23, and Malia, 25 - with Barack, made the remark during a conversation with radio host Angie Martinez.

Angie replied to Michelle's comment: "Baby Barack. It would have been amazing."

Michelle responded: "No, I would've felt for him."

The comments come amid speculation the Obamas' relationship may be on the rocks, although Michelle has publicly denied rumours of a split.

She and Barack have not been seen together at several recent high-profile events, and it emerged earlier this week the ex-First Lady had travelled to Mallorca with her daughters, but without her husband.

Photos published by the Daily Mail showed Michelle enjoying a drink at The Lobster Club in Puerto Portals, accompanied by 60-year-old James Costos, the former US ambassador to Spain, and his partner Michael Smith, 69, an interior designer who previously worked with the Obamas.

During her podcast appearance, Michelle also appeared to make a veiled comment about Barack's post-presidency leisure activities.

She said: "Parenting is like fly-fishing. Never been fly-fishing but from what I have seen about it, it's all in the wrist - it's a very delicate balance... it's like nothing works the same way every time.

"It's elegance, right? It's not dunk and drop and grab... we should go fly-fishing. Better than golfing."

In a separate interview earlier this month with Bruce Springsteen, 74, Michelle described Barack as "a tremendous father".

She has addressed the ongoing speculation about their marriage, describing the public's assumptions as rooted in sexism.

"If I were having problems with my husband, everybody would know about it," she said in a May podcast appearance.

In April, Michelle told podcast host Sophia Bush: "We as women, I think we struggle with, like, disappointing people.

"So much so that this year people couldn't even fathom that I was making a choice for myself, that they had to assume that my husband and I are divorcing... that's what society does to us."