Barack Obama reveals how he really feels about daughter Malia dropping last name

Obama addresses daughter dropping family nameThe Pivot Podcast

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00:00How much do you impress upon them about making sure they make their own way?

00:06The challenge for us is letting us give them any help at all.

00:10I mean, they're very sensitive about this stuff. They're very stubborn about it.

00:15Malia, she's making movies. So she made her first movie.

00:20And, you know, I'll be a dad, I'll brag a little bit.

00:24Donald Glover.

00:25Right, she's working with Donald. And her first film went to Sundance and all these fancy film festivals.

00:33And she didn't use Obama on the credits. It said Malia Ann.

00:38She used her middle name. Didn't put Obama on there.

00:41I was all like, you do know they'll know who you are.

00:45And she's all like, you know what, I want them to watch it that first time and not in any way have that association.

00:54So I think our daughters go out of their way to not try to leverage that.