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Updated: Jun 5, 2025 / 03:28 PM EDT (The Hill) — Michelle Obama is opening up about her eldest daughter Malia’s decision to drop her famous last name on her first film project.

During a conversation about parenting, Obama shared that there was a period when Malia, 26, and Sasha, 23, went through the “push away” phase when they were teenagers.

They’re very sensitive to that,” Obama said. “Malia, who started in film, I mean, her first project, she took off her last name,” Obama recalled.

Updated: Jun 5, 2025 / 12:57 PM EDT (The Hill) — Michelle Obama is opening up about her eldest daughter Malia’s decision to drop her famous last name on her first film project.

They’re very sensitive to that,” Obama said. “Malia, who started in film, I mean, her first project, she took off her last name,” Obama recalled.