We have reached out to the the Office of Barack and Michelle Obama and the Obama Foundation for a comment, and we will update this article if/when we receive a response or new information about the photograph comes to light.

Combs did share a photo with Obama in September 2017, in which the two were dressed in outfits resembling those seen in the recently viral image. The photograph is available on Combs' Facebook page with a caption reading, "This week was a great week. Shout out to the king Barack Obama!!! #BlackExcellence ."