Just because she was once the First Lady doesn’t mean she is above tuning into a sexy reality TV show.
Michelle Obama has revealed she loves watching the spicy dating series Love Island with her two daughters Sasha, 25, and Malia, 27.
To Michelle’s visible frustration, her twenty-something daughters are not fully caught up on the current season.
‘That’s mother-daughter time, you know. And they’re behind, they got me hooked,’ Michelle, 62, revealed during a chat with actress Quinta Brunson on her podcast Higher Ground.
‘And I was like, “Have you started the next season?” And they were like, “No! We’re busy!”‘
‘You need to get some more free time!’ she added.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama has revealed her guilty pleasure show – Love Island
To Obama’s visible frustration, her two daughters are not fully caught up on the current season
The 13th season of Love Island USA has only recently debuted and has already been hit with several controversies.
A spin-off of the UK version, Love Island USA seeks to pair up sexy singles looking for love – with plenty of drama along the way.
In the years since leaving The White House, Malia graduated from Harvard and pursued a career in Hollywood.
Her directorial debut, The Heart, was released in 2024.
Sasha, meanwhile, graduated from the University of Southern California in 2023.
Michelle shares daughters Sasha and Malia with her husband Barack Obama, the former president of the United States.
While Michelle doesn’t speak about her daughters too often, she did mention them while appearing on an episode of Alex Cooper’s hit podcast, Call Her Daddy, in January.
Speaking to Cooper, Michelle shared the one question that she would never ask her daughters as she warned other moms about how dangerous it could be.
The author explained that she often feels the urge to ask them, ‘Are you dating anyone?’
However, she explained that she feels the inquiry sends a ‘subliminal message’ to young women and adds ‘pressure’ on them to find a partner.
Michelle shares her two daughters with her husband, former President Barack Obama; pictured August 2016
Obama called Love Island viewing ‘mother-daughter time’
In the years since leaving the White House, Malia pursued a career in Hollywood and her sister graduated from USC
Obama was the President of the United States from 2009 to 2017; pictured before clinching the presidency in 2008
Obama said she is ‘hooked’ on Love Island thanks to her daughters
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‘I have two beautiful daughters. And, you know, you find yourself slipping up and going, ‘Are you dating anyone?” she explained.
‘But it’s like, let me not make that the first question or the second question, or a question at all.’
Michelle explained that she often reminds her ‘girl group’ of the dangers lurking behind the seemingly innocent question.
‘What are our own insecurities as mothers that we’re like, ‘Well, you seem happy, and you’re on a track, but do you have a boyfriend?” she questioned.
She explained that there’s already so much ‘social pressure’ put on young women and men, so parents have to be careful not to add to it.
‘You see everybody getting married. So I think we have to be mindful of the way we craft questions, not just to our daughters but to our sons,’ she concluded.
‘How we talk about what happiness is and we have to work hard to separate our fears and insecurities as parents, we have to separate that from our kids.’
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