Trace Ellis Ross Old thinking President Barack Obama He owes excuses.
“I broke with someone, and I remember meeting the former president and he said to me:” I could have told you, “said Ross, 52 years old Jimmy Kimmel live.
“And I said to myself:” Well, you failed as ani! ” Like, it was your job to say that before, you know what I mean? She continued. “Like, suffocate it in the bud.”
Ross also revealed that despite their narrow friendship, she never asked Barack or his wife, former First Lady Michelle ObamaTo configure it to an appointment.
“I have never asked Michelle to put me in place, which, I think, may be stupid and I need to put myself on it,” she joked.
Ross also discussed her romantic life when she appeared on the Podcast “IMO” by Michelle Obama in April 2025. She admitted Michelle and her brother Craig Robinson that it generally dates from younger men for a key reason.
“Many men my age are imbued with toxic masculinity and have been raised in a culture where there is a particular way of the appearance of a relationship,” said Ross. “Everything that is starting to feel for me – I did enough where I was controlled and I felt like I was a possession or a price – I simply have no interest. And I will not do it again.”
Ross also said that she was no longer interested in expecting men her age to behave appropriately. “I have long been going beyond the age when I have the impression that it is my job to teach someone or to grow them,” she concluded.

Trace Ellis Ross
Monica Schipper / Getty images for fashion mattersAlthough she was opened to be interested in having a romantic partner, Ross also did not hide the fact that she leads a complete dynamic life alone. She travels frequently (and It looks incredible by doing it), something that is highlighted in its 2025 series Solo trip with trace Ellis Ross.
The series made its debut on July 25, 2025 and is available for free on the Roku channel.
In an interview with the New York Times Posted the same dayRoss explained that she does not offer travel advice.
“I don’t believe in advice. I offer experience and hope. And it’s my version. My transparency concerns how I can give you a starting point, “she said. “I say that in the episode of Mexico: there must be something between the ladies of cat and joan of arc. Do you know what I mean?”
She added: “Like, I would really like to have other photos on the culturally and historically wall that would show me what it means to push against the cultural standard and you choose – the revolutionary act of joy, especially for a black woman, and to have the agency and the freedom to make choices that work for you, whether you have a partner or not.”