Michelle Obama on Daughters Sasha and Malia as Adults: 'Now They Have Boyfriends and Real Lives'

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Michelle and Barack Obama are back to being empty nesters. On Tuesday’s episode of, the former first lady of the United States talks about saying “bye” to her now-grown daughters, Sasha, 20, and Malia, 23 — after they both moved out of the family home, again.  “It was an extra special treat to have them that little bit of time,” Obama tells DeGeneres about her family’s time in quarantine together. “Because being with them as adults, it’s fun.

I love them at every age.” She adds, “Sasha is in college and they’re doing well. They are just amazing young women.”  Obama says that having women is “scary” and noted that her girls are a long way from fangirling over the Jonas Brothers.

It’s all about boyfriends. A post shared by Michelle Obama (@michelleobama)“They loved the Jonas Brothers,” she quips. “Now they are bringing grown men home.

Before it was just pop bands. Now they have boyfriends and real lives.” Obama shares her daughters are the result of the values she instilled in them from the time they took on their roles as first daughters, until it was time to leave the comfort of their home.  “I listened to what my mother said when she was raising us,” the author says. “She said, 'I’m not raising babies, I’m raising real people to be out in the world.' And I kept that in mind with the girls.” Obama adds, “They wouldn’t always be in that bubble of the White House, so they had to learn to make their beds, they had to learn how to drive, they had to learn how to be compassionate, independent, responsible people.