Michelle Obama knows that it’s not easy to be in the public eye. As the former First Lady of the United States, the scrutiny was real, and she empathizes with her daughter, Malia, 26, as she tries to forge her own path as a filmmaker.

Michelle Obama has been speaking about why her daughter Malia has changed her name after offering her thoughts on what she really thinks about the whole thing. Access into the Obamas life had been somewhat restricted, but that has all changed since Barack, Michelle and the children left the White House in 2017.

The former first lady addressed her daughter's decision "to make her way" without the Obama name as she finds her footing in the film industry