Malia Obama tears up talking about mom Michelle as she and Sasha give their first ever interview for Netflix ‘Becoming’
MALIA and Sasha Obama has spoken of their overwhelming pride for their mom in their first ever interview.
The girls spoke out in ‘Becoming’ the new Netflix documentary about their mother and former first lady Michelle Obama.
The former first daughters gave a touching insight into life after the White House, with Malia even confessing that she cries every time she sees her mother speak.
Malia spoke about struggling to contain her emotion in footage shot after a stop on Michelle’s Becoming book tour.
“You’re so good, I love you too much,” Malia said to her mother while leaning in for a kiss and hug while Michelle signed books.
She then admitted: “I cried again.”
Michelle, who calls Malia “Lil’ Potato” then asked the 21-year-old Harvard student why she was “always crying.”
Malia starts and stops a few times before declaring:”[I]t’s just like, damn, those eight years [in the White House] weren’t for nothing. You know?”
She continued: “You see that huge crowd out there and that last kind of speech you gave about.”
Malia then trailed off before stating: “[P]eople are here because people really believe in hope and hope in other people.”
She then noted it might be another icon who was causing her to become choked up.
“And also every time you guys play Stevie Wonder, I don’t know, I cry a little bit.”
Malia and Sasha, 18, also address their own post-White House lives in a sitdown with the film’s director.
“No longer facing that same scrutiny, being able to let all of that leave your mind, creates so much more space,” said Malia.
Sasha meanwhile spoke about her mother, and what she wished for the former FLOTUS.
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“I’m excited for her to be proud of what she’s done ,”said Sasha.
“Because I think that’s the most important thing for a human to do is be proud of themselves.”