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Whoopi Goldberg has defended Malia Obama’s decision to ditch her famous last name for her creative projects.
Last month, the eldest daughter of former US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama released her first short film, The heartat the Sundance Film Festival.
The 18-minute short starring Tunde Adebimpe and Latonya Borsay is written and directed by the 25-year-old. However, instead of being credited as Malia Obama, she chose to use her first and middle names: Malia Ann.
Her decision has been criticized by critics who see the change as an attempt to protect herself from any “nepo baby” stigma.
Addressing the detractors of the latest episode of The viewWhoopi argued: “She knows it’s Obama, why do you care?
“Why do you care what she calls herself? If she wanted to be called Jeanette McDonald, she has the right to do so! If I can be Whoopi Goldberg, she can be whoever the hell she wants to be!
Whoopi Goldberg and Malia Obama
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Goldberg’s real name is Caryn Elaine Johnson. However, in the early years of her career, the comedian changed her professional name to a scream pad, she revealed in a 1997 article. Program interview.
“I mean, why do people get turned on by this kind of stuff? Why do people waste time? she said.
Although Goldberg’s co-host Joy Behar mostly agreed, she added, “It’s not like his last name is Nixon. Her last name has great vibes around her. So she might as well use it.”
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Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin considered Behar’s comment before saying, “Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
“If she were like Malia Obama, they would say, ‘She’s riding her parents’ coattails.’ And I can’t think of a bigger shadow to feel like you’re living in than that of the president and first lady of the United States.”
The heart is about a grieving man who receives an unusual request from his mother in her will. It’s also about “lost property, lonely people, forgiveness and regret,” Malia joked in a “Meet the Artist” video from the festival. “But I also think it’s hard to figure out where tenderness and closeness can exist in these things.”
Before debuting as a director, Malia worked as a writer on Donald Glover’s Prime Video series. Swarm. He has also worked as an intern on the HBO series. Girlsas well as a production assistant on the television series. Existingstarring Halle Berry.