Barack Obama’s win the hearts of people as the president of the United States, Malia Obama was set for a life in the public eye. Malia Obama’s Stunning Transition into Adulthood, read below to know more about Malia Obama life journey.
Her dad’s responsibilities meant major swap for the entire family, and Michelle Obama wanted to make sure that Malia, along with her sister Sasha Obama, did not end up resenting him, or the presidency, for it.
“Even as Barack being the president of the US, he worked his schedule around their schedule.
The family weren’t waiting until 9 o’clock at night to eat because dad was running late. They never couldn’t go somewhere or do something else because of dad,” she stated on her podcast “Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast” in 2020.
Given the out of the simple circumstances of Malia Obama’s life from a young age, she clung to normalcy as much as possible in her personal life.
“They really want normalcy, and the White House isn’t normal,” Michelle Obama shared in an interview with Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show.”
In the spite of the conditions she grew up in, which could’ve made her entitled, Malia made the most out of it while staying level-headed. So here’s the stunning transformation from a child who lived into the White House to a TV writer and director based in Los Angeles.
Malia, was born on July 4, 1998
Daughter of Barack Obama, Malia Obama was born at the University of Chicago Medical Center on July 4, 1998.
Yes, on Independence Day — fitting for the future daughter of the president. She was delivered by Dr. Anita Blanchard, who’s also a friend of the family who, probably due to her important portray in Obama’s delivery, was later chosen to be her godmother.
Before Obama came into the image, but, her parents, Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, experienced infertility troubles.
Both she and her sister, Sasha Obama, were conceived via in vitro fertilization (IVF). “The biological clock is real because egg production is limited,” Michelle Obama stated to an interviewer. “And I felt that, as I was 34 and 35, we had to do IVF.”
Earlier moving into the White House, the Obamas used to live in Chicago. Barack Obama was an Illinois state senator and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago.
Michelle Obama was an associate dean of student services at the exact university before she was called as vice president for community and external relations at the University of Chicago Hospitals.
Both Malia Obama and Sasha Obama attended the University of Chicago Laboratory School until they moved into the White House.
In year 2008, Malia Obama moved to the White House
Once Barack Obama officially became POTUS, the Obama family had to pack up their lives in Chicago to make the immense move to the White House.
We can only wonder how much of a culture shock that must’ve been for the Obama girls. While, Malia Obama was 10 years old while Sasha Obama was just 7-years-old.
One of the firsts on the agenda was a grand tour of their new house by none other than Jenna Bush and Barbara Bush who occupied the White House before them. Talk about a warm welcome. She spent most of her formative years living in the White House
Part of the White House experience is having a full security service with you at all times, which also means going by an encrypted code name.
Malia Obama’s code name was “Radiance,” an alliteration of Barack Obama’s codename “Renegade.”
Following tradition, all the Obama family’s codenames begin with the letter R. Michelle Obama went by “Renaissance,” while Sasha Obama went by “Rosebud.”
The Secret Service was around for numerous core experiences of Malia’s life, from sleepovers, concerts, and even their 1st dates.
While having them around for some of those moments may have been a bit of a drag, I hope even Malia would discover the novelty in telling people that the Secret Service taught her how to drive.
Malia’s strong command of the Spanish language has served her well on many occasions
Malia Obama is no stranger to a presidential trip, as she has accompanied her parents on many occasions. Though she technically isn’t required to do anything, she has come to help out when needed.
At the time of Barack Obama’s trip to Cuba in 2016, Malia Obama ended up becoming his translator.
“Her Spanish is so good related to mine, and I’m wondering that she has a chance to get entirely fluent,” Barack stated in an interview with ABC News’ David Muir. In the exact interview, the ex-president compared his Spanish skills to that of a 2-year-old.
She’s had photos and videos of her leaked to the press
It’s obvious that, being a teenage girl is not easy enough on its own; what more if any mistake could be ran publically and scrutinized by the world?
By 2016, Malia Obama was no longer a minor, and as a public figure, she became subject to media outlets. Obama attended the 4-day music festival, Lollapalooza, 2 years in a row. In both years, videos and images of her were leaked
In year 2016, a clip of her dancing to a Mac Miller set was shared online, followed by a video of her smoking what eyewitnesses asserted that it was Marijuana. The following year didn’t evidence to be any better.
Apart from an innocent clip of her headbanging and dancing to the set of The Killers, there was footage of her being driven out of the venue, looked unconscious. It didn’t stop there though as another clip of her smoking was leaked on Instagram by a festivalgoer and later deleted. Obama could not catch a break.
