Michelle Obama Reveals How She and Barack Obama React to Sasha and Malia’s Dating Lives, Boyfriends
15.11.2022 - 04:33
/ usmagazine.com
They’re adults now! Michelle Obama said she and Barack Obama have no problem with their daughters’ dating lives since they’re both grown women.
“Look, they are 24 and 21,” the Becoming author, 58, told host Robin Roberts of Malia Obama and Sasha Obama, respectively, on the Sunday, November 13, 20/20 special, Michelle Obama: The Light We Carry, A Conversation with Robin Roberts. “They were in high school. They went to prom. They’ve lived life. And [Barack has] learned how to be a concerned Black father, but not crazy.”
The former first lady continued: “I think it’s wonderful. I want them to know what they want and who they are in a relationship. And that takes trying on some people.”
Sasha was spotted with former college basketball player Clifton Powell Jr. last spring, stirring rumors of romance. Malia has been linked to producer Rory Farquharson since 2017, and the England native has received the former president’s seal of approval.
“I think, [like] a lot of families, we went through that first month where we were playing games every night and doing little arts and crafts projects and then slowly, you know, they started to get a little bored with us,” Barack, 61, said while discussing the former first family’s COVID-19 quarantine activities during an appearance on “The Bill Simmons Podcast” in 2020. “Maybe teaching Malia and Sasha, and Malia’s boyfriend who was with us for a little while, spades.”
The Hawaii native continued: “He’s British … wonderful young man, and he was sort of stuck because there was a whole visa thing and he had a job set up. So we took him in and I didn’t want to like him, but he’s a good kid.”
The young women are now living together in Los Angeles while their parents are empty-nesters in Chicago.
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