Barack Obama’s Oldest Daughter Malia Drops Last Name

Barack and Michelle Obama’s oldest daughter, Malia, is apparently ditching the Obama name.

As she starts off on her own career in Hollywood, Malia wants to distance herself from her family’s reputation.

She will be credited as ‘Malia Ann’ – her first and middle name – dropping her last name entirely in her latest film project.

Take a look:

Holy Nesbitt!!

Malia “Obama” has dropped Obama from her name, and is now going by Malia Ann … I wonder why??#WeWantAnswers #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/rvDN95PvFX

— WeWantAnswers (@WeWantAnswers28) February 23, 2024

Barack Obama’s oldest daughter, Malia, has ditched the Obama surname. In Malia Obama’s new film project, “The Heart,” she dropped her last name, Obama, & was credited as Malia Ann instead

🙏TRUST ME MALIA OBAMA, DISTANCING YOURSELF FROM OBAMA IS THE SMARTEST THING YOU'VE DONE🙏 pic.twitter.com/yinsYra5lV

— 🇺🇸 ʟᴇғᴛ ᴄᴏᴀˢᴛ ᴠᴀɢʀᴀɴᴛ 🇺🇸 (@Baklava_USA) February 25, 2024

E-News has more details:

Malia Obama is voting for a fresh start.

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As her Hollywood career takes off, Barack and Michelle Obama‘s oldest daughter has dropped her last name in favor of her middle name, officially going by Malia Ann for her newest film project The Heart.

Fans did a double take after Malia’s pen name was revealed in the Sundance Institute’s “Meet the Artist” spotlight video, which introduced her as filmmaker Malia Ann, seemingly in an effort to distance herself from her powerful parents, who have also launched careers in entertainment with Higher Ground Productions.

Hollywood Life also commented:

Malia Obama doesn’t want to be known as the former president’s kid. The 25-year-old daughter of former president Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama debuted her latest short film, The Heart, at the Sundance Film Festival last month but omitted her last name from the credit.

Instead of presenting herself as Malia Obama, the screenwriter and filmmaker is going by Malia Ann. The Sundance Institute featured its “Meet the Artist” spotlight video which presented Malia without her famous surname. Malia also made her official red carpet debut at the January 18 event earlier this year, and her parents did not attend.

What do you think?

Was Malia’s real last name even ‘Obama’ in the first place?

https://twitter.com/MondoCafrondo/status/1761586236379029741

She probably found out she's not genetically related.

— JackHudler (@JackHudler) February 25, 2024

Is she going back to Nesbitt?

— Levi Anthony (@levi_anth0ny) February 25, 2024

Do you blame Malia for wanting to put some distance between herself and her ‘family’?

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