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Michelle Obama revealed her husband finds one daughter’s temperament “difficult.” By: MEGA
Former first lady Michelle Obama threw savage shade at husband Barack Obama’s parenting game when she spilled how one of their daughters could completely dupe the former president by slyly manipulating him to get whatever she wanted, Knewz.com can reveal. At the same time, their other daughter was more like a “cat” and not at all a people pleaser, which caused Barack to label his child “difficult,” as she didn’t play up to his ego, Michelle said on an episode of her “IMO” podcast.
Malia the ‘pleaser’
Harvard graduate Malia Obama is now a Los Angeles-based filmmaker. By: MEGA
The former first lady opened up during a discussion with podcast guests Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union, explaining how different her daughters’ temperaments were when it came to dealing with their dad. Michelle revealed that their older daughter, Malia Obama, perfected how to get what she wanted out of her father when he was president by involving the statesman in long chats about world affairs before slyly telling him about her plans, rather than asking for permission. “I’d say this to Barack when it comes to [our] oldest, Malia — she is going to figure out who you are and what you like,” then ask for a conversation. “She’s always been that way,” Michelle said of her daughter, calling the trait “unusual.” When Malia was a teenager, Michelle explained, “it wasn’t that she was going out any less or doing anything differently. She would tell me, ‘I’m going out this weekend, but I’m going to go in and give dad like 15 minutes.'” Then she would work her magic.
Feeding her dad’s ego
Malia Obama would first engage her dad in a serious conversation before telling him about her plans. By: MEGA
Michelle said Malia, who’s now 27, would then head into the White House treaty room and say something to her father like, “Tell me about Syria.” The Chicago native did a perfect impression of her husband being snowed by Malia’s request, lowering her voice and saying, “Oh, wow, really!” as he was thrilled to have such serious chats with their then-teenager. “And then she’d be like, ‘OK, well, I’m gone.’ Barack would come out of the treaty room going, ‘I just had an amazing conversation with Malia,’ and I’m like, ‘Oh, yeah,'” Michelle added with a laugh, noting how gullible her husband was when it came to letting Malia stroke his ego to get her way.
The ‘difficult’ daughter
Barack Obama misinterpreted daughter Sasha’s approach, assuming she was being “difficult.” By: MEGA
Their younger daughter, however, was different. “Sasha is like a cat. She’s like, ‘Don’t touch me, don’t pet me. I’m not pleasing you. You come to me, you know,'” Michelle spilled as she described her headstrong 24-year-old. The University of Southern California graduate’s unapologetic and strong-willed ways earned her a tough label from her dad. “Barack’s like, ‘Well, she’s difficult.’ I was like, no. The first one was a pleaser, right?” Michelle said, noting the difference between their daughters. “It was just temperamentally, they’re still like that.”
Working through the hard times
Malia and Sasha Obama were still little girls when their dad was sworn in as president in 2008. By: MEGA
Michelle previously revealed that she was miserable in her marriage to Barack when their children were younger. “People think I’m being catty for saying this: It’s like, there were 10 years where I couldn’t stand my husband,” the former FLOTUS shared in 2022. “And guess when it happened? When those kids were little.” Marriage, she said, “isn’t 50/50, ever. Ever. There are times I’m 70, he’s 30. There are times he’s 60, 40.” While shooting down divorce speculation during a recent episode of her podcast, the Becoming author made clear they’re good now. “We’ve been married for 30 years and we will be married forever. So let’s say we live long. It will be 50-plus years. And if 10 of those years were bad, you know, anybody would take those odds.”
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