Barack Obama reveals brutal warning wife Michelle gave daughters Sasha and Malia about pursuing a career in politics: ‘She drilled it into them’
Barack Obama has revealed that his daughters, Malia and Sasha, have no plans to follow in his footsteps because his wife, Michelle, told them early on that they would be “crazy to go into politics.”
Malia, now 25, and Sasha, now 23, spent eight years of their youth in the White House after their father became the 44th president of the United States from 2009.
Since then, many have wondered if they would grow up to be leaders like their father, but now the former president has revealed that the two young women have absolutely no interest in entering the cutthroat world of politics.
Barack, 62, sat down with President Joe Biden and Jimmy Kimmel for a chat at a fundraiser on Saturday night, and the talk show host asked the father of two who he thought would make a better president among his daughters.
But Barack explained that he had no answer because he knew it would “never” happen.
Barack Obama has revealed that his wife, Michelle, ‘drilled in’ his daughters, Malia and Sasha, early on that they would be ‘crazy to go into politics’
Malia, now 25, and Sasha, now 23, lived in the White House for eight years after their father became the 44th president of the United States from 2009. They were seen in 2014
“That’s a question I don’t have to answer because Michelle pointed it out so early that you would be crazy to go into politics,” the former president said. “It’ll never happen.”
Still, the 62-year-old described Malia and Sasha, who both live in Los Angeles, as “powerful young women.”
Malia moved to the West Coast in 2021 to pursue her screenwriting career after completing her studies at Harvard University.
She debuted a short film she wrote and directed, called The Heart, at the Sundance Film Festival in February.
Instead of using her last name in the credits, she opted to ditch Obama and instead just use her first and middle name: Malia Ann.
Film fans remained fiercely divided online over the move, with some claiming it was brave to strike out on their own, while others labeled it an attempt to ‘slip behind the nepo-baby discourse’.
Then Whoopi Goldberg jumped to Malia’s aid during an episode of The View.
“Apparently some people are criticizing her online and claiming that everyone knows she’s an Obama so there’s no point in hiding it,” Whoopi said.
Barack, 62, sat down with President Joe Biden and Jimmy Kimmel on Saturday night, and Jimmy asked him who he thought would be a better president among his daughters
But Barack explained that he had no answer because he knew it would “never” happen
“That’s a question I don’t have to answer because Michelle drilled into it so early that you’d be crazy to get into politics,” the former president said (seen with his family in 2009)
Since then, many have wondered if they would grow up to be leaders like their father, but now the former president has revealed that the two young women have absolutely no interest in entering the cutthroat world of politics. The family is seen in 2015
“She knows she’s an Obama, why do you care? Why do you care what she calls herself?
“If she wants to call herself Jeanette MacDonald, she has the right to do so.”
The TV personality, whose real name is Caryn Elaine Johnson, continued: “If I can be Whoopi Goldberg, she can be whoever she wants to be.
‘Why are people triggered by things like this? Why do people waste their time?’
Malia previously interned for Lena Dunham’s HBO series Girls in 2015 and for The Weinstein Company in 2017.
She also worked as a screenwriter for Donald Glover’s Amazon Prime series Swarm.
As for Sasha, she moved to LA a year later after transferring from the University of Michigan to USC.
She graduated from college in May with a degree in sociology, but it is unclear what career she will pursue.
Michelle, 60, has spoken out in the past about not wanting to be any part of the “messy” political world or the “exposure” that came with it.
In his memoirs, Barack recalls her telling him after he decided to run for Senate, “Don’t expect me to campaign. Actually, you shouldn’t even count on my vote.’
Malia moved to LA in 2021 to pursue her screenwriting career after completing her studies at Harvard University, and in February she debuted a short film at the Sundance Film Festival.
As for Sasha, she moved to LA a year later after transferring from the University of Michigan to USC. She graduated from college in May with a degree in sociology
But he said she ultimately joined after realizing the enormous impact he could have on young black children across the country if he became America’s first president of color.
He has also been open about how tensions between them increased during their time in the White House – thanks to the enormous “pressure” that came with “the need to do everything right and be ‘on’ at all times.” , as well as his focus on his work and not his family.
Despite all their problems, Michelle and Barack never gave up on each other, and the ex-president later explained that even in their darkest times, they never stopped showing each other “respect.”
“We were quite good, even when it was difficult, we never lost the basic respect for the other,” he said.
“We never thought that person was a bad person. We’ve never said anything that makes it seem like you don’t respect me at all.
“It was more, ‘I love you, Barack, but this is driving me crazy,’ or, ‘I respect you, but…’ I think that held us back because we never doubted each other’s intentions.”
‘Michelle is a special woman. Even though she drives me crazy sometimes, I never thought there was anyone I’d rather be with.”