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Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan asked Michelle Obama how she felt about her daughters, Sasha and Malia, topping Time Magazine's "Most Influential Teens" list, a total of six months after they were each named one-half of a full influential teen. MObama was like, NOPE:
First Lady's response to her daughters being named Time Magazine's Most Influential Teens. #sashaobama #maliaobama pic.twitter.com/egZfh5X1ia
— HBCU Buzz (@HBCUBuzz) April 6, 2015
"Yeah, I don't know why. [...] They are not influential. They just live here [points to the White House]. They have done nothing to gain any influence," she said, with her best "My Mom Bullshit Meter Is Popping Way Off" look.