U.S. President Barack Obama And His Family, Daughters Malia (L) and Sasha (2nd L), first lady Michelle Obama (C)
US President Barack Obama and his family, Daughters Malia (L) and Sasha (2nd L), first lady Michelle Obama (C). REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED

Malia Obama received moral support from none other than Jenna Bush Hager, who defended the first daughter by saying that living in White House is not an easy gig. In a recent chat with Andy Cohen, the former first daughter admitted that she also had a difficult time during her stay.

Although Hager did not comment directly on the events that happened in the past few days, she claimed that social media puts the president's kids under the spotlight more often compared with before. The Obama daughters, Sasha and Malia, was even applauded by the 33-year-old Today correspondent who said that they have done an incredible job so far, as told by ENews.

Malia has been under media scrutiny lately. Elizabeth Lauten, the then-Tennessee Representative Communications Director, attacked the Obama girls on social media in a lengthy Facebook post saying that the president's daughter looked more like they were waiting for a "spot in a bar" as opposed to attending the traditional Thanksgiving ritual of pardoning a turkey.

Lauten's comment was deemed as unfair as she was referring to two young girls who were still in their teens. She received a heavy backlash after which she decided to step down and resign, as told by Hollywood life.

In another incident, NFL player Darnell Dockett posted on Instagram a photo of Malia in tight fitting jeans, which immediately drew immense criticism. The player soon backtracked on Twitter urging everyone to stay calm saying that he never said anything about the president's daughter.

These incidents have triggered online and offline debates on the demeanour of the Obama girls in the White House. Hence, the statement made by Hager has come as a relief for the Obama daughters as she had been in the same situation at one point. Although she did not live full time in the White House as she was attending college at University of Texas at Austin during her father's term, she still had to spend time with her parents at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue during holidays and breaks. Like every other teenage girl, Hager, too, had her moments while growing up like when she tried to buy alcohol using a fake ID near the University of Texas campus, as told by AJC.com.