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How Barack Obama really feels about daughter Malia dropping his last name: ‘Very stubborn’

Barack Obama got candid on his daughter Malia dropping her last name in a professional setting.After the 26-year-old tried to distance herself from her famous moniker for her directorial debut, the former president, 63, said he warned her that doing so wouldn’t hide her connection to her parents.“Her first film went to Sundance and all these fancy film festivals and she didn’t use ‘Obama’ as a director on the credits,” Barack revealed during Tuesday’s episode of the “Pivot” podcast.“I was all like, ‘You do know they’ll know who you are.’”He explained that Malia wanted audiences to watch her film, “The Heart,” without thinking of her family ties.“And she’s all like, ‘You know what? I want them to watch it that first time and not in any way have that association,’” continued Barack.The father of two, who is also dad to daughter Sasha, 23, with former first lady Michelle Obama, admitted that neither of his daughters are interested in using their family name to get ahead.“I think our daughters go out of their way to not try to leverage that,” the author said.“The challenge for us is letting us give them any help at all,” Barack reiterated. “I mean they’re very sensitive about this stuff.
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