Malia Obama told dad Barack to 'just be cool' when a boy she liked came to pick her up for prom night

16-year-old Malia reportedly wore a long black skirt and an elegant bare-shouldered top for the night. Michelle writes, 'She looked beautiful and about twenty-three years old'
PUBLISHED NOV 13, 2018

Michelle Obama's new novel 'Becoming' is causing waves all over the country and, apart from giving a stinging criticism of Donald Trump, the book also speaks about quite a few sweet moments that the former First Family shared, including untold details about daughter Malia’s prom night. According to the book, which officially hits the stands on Tuesday, a 16-year-old Malia reportedly begged the First Lady and the President to "be cool" on her special night. “Just be cool please, okay?” she said to her parents.

In 2015 spring, Malia told her parents that she’d been invited to prom “by a boy she kind of liked,” wrote Michelle in the book. At the time, Malia and her sister Sasha, who were inherently First Daughters owing to their father's presidential post, weren’t permitted to travel in vehicles with anyone who wasn’t in the Secret Service.

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