As Malia Obama launches her directorial career with her first short film, the former first daughter is attempting to make her own name.

Michelle Obama recently shared her reaction to her and Barack ‘s 25-year old daughter “trying to distinguish” herself by dropping her last name with the release of her short film The Heart at last year’s Sundance Film Festival , instead crediting herself as Malia Ann.

“Our daughters [Malia and Sasha] are 25 and 23. They are young adult women, but they definitely went through a period in their teen years where it was the push away,” said Michelle during an appearance on the Sibling Revelry podcast.

“Malia, who started in film, I mean, her first project — she took off her last name, and we were like, ‘They’re still going to know it’s you, Mal

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