Michelle Obama made an appearance with her husband Barack at an Italian restaurant.
The outing comes after months of speculation that the couple was headed for divorce, as Michelle failed to show up at major events.
The former president and his wife were filmed waving to an adoring crowd of diners at Osteria Mozza, where main courses range in price from $34 to $175.
The restaurant is in Washington D.C.'s fashionable Georgetown neighborhood, just a short distance from Obama's mansion in Kalorama.
Barack Obama was previously spotted dining there by himself in January, fueling rumors of a marital rift. His dinner date with Michelle is the first time they have been seen together in months.
The speculation started brewing after Michelle Obama failed to appear at two major state events in January: Jimmy Carter's funeral and President Trump's second inauguration.
Barack Obama appeared to respond to public speculation by sharing a gushing birthday tribute to his wife just days before Trump was sworn in. The post included a photo of the Obamas holding hands awkwardly across a dining table.
Barack Obama also acknowledged recently on a podcast that their marriage needed some work after years spent in public life.
His wife broke her silence on a recent podcast appearance with actress Sophia Bush, in which Michelle Obama, an outspoken feminist, complained about society's assumptions.
"That's the thing that we as women, I think we struggle with disappointing people," she said.
"So much so that this year people were, you know, they couldn't even fathom that I was making a choice for myself that they had to assume that my husband and I are divorcing," she added.
"That this couldn't be a grown woman just making a set of decisions for herself, right?"
Even as she denied rumors of marital trouble, the Former First Lady made clear that she is enjoying new freedom.
“Now is the time for me to start asking myself these hard questions of, ‘Who do I truly want to be every day?’ And that changes,” she said. “So, who do I want to have a lunch with? How long do I want to stay in a place? Do I want to travel? If a girlfriend calls and says, ‘Let’s go here,’ I can say ‘Yes! I can.’ And I’m trying to do that more and more.”
