(The Hill) -- Michelle Obama is opening up about her eldest daughter Malia's decision to drop her famous last name on her first film project.

"It is very important for my kids to feel like they've earned what they are getting in the world," the former first lady said of her daughters with former President Barack Obama, 26-year-old Malia and 23-year-old Sasha, in an episode of the "Sibling Revelry" podcast released this week.

"They don't want people to assume that they don't work hard, that they're just naturally just handed things. They're very sensitive to that," Obama said.

"Malia, who started in film, I mean, her first project, she took off her last name," Obama recalled.

Obama was credited in her 2024 short film, "The Heart," using her first and middle names "Malia Ann."

"We were

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