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Whoopi Goldberg Stands Up for Malia Obama Not Using Her Last Name Professionally

Malia's stage name was revealed during the Sundance Film Festival, where she premiered her film, 'The Heart.'

Joy Behar used the moment to celebrate the work Malia's parents, Barack and Michelle Obama, did during their eight years in the White House, and shade another first family in the process. The other View co-hosts-- Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin -- also agreed that it's Malia's decision and it should be done without backlash. "The film is about lost objects and lonely people and forgiveness and regret, but I also think it works hard to uncover where tenderness and closeness can exist in these things," Malia shared in the video interview.

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