But does their relationship go beyond the few simple moments captured by a camera lens at special events?

Here’s what Bush had to say about it.

However, he did explain how they became buddies.

George W. Bush and Michelle Obama

“And because of protocol, she always stuck next to me.

“He’s my partner in crime at every major thing where all the ‘formers’ gather.

So we’re together all the time.

George W Bush and Micelle Obama with Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama

I love him to death.

He’s a wonderful man, he’s a funny man.”

“It was a simple gesture,” she told Today.

George W Bush sitting by Michelle Obama

“I looked over and I said, ‘Hand me a cough drop.'”

I said, ‘How long have you had these things?’

He said, ‘A long time.

We’ve got a lot of these.'”

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