What Barack Obama Really Thinks Of Malia's Boyfriend
Daniel Foster
Published Mar 30, 2026
"He's British, wonderful young man, and he was sort of stuck because there was a whole visa thing and he had a job set up," Obama explained, "So we took him in and I didn't want to like him, but he's a good kid" (via Glamour). (For what it's worth, Farguharson also has a connection to the British royal family. Per Express, his second cousin, Andrew, once served as the Queen's Master of the Household, a post for which he lived in Buckingham Palace. All of which means that there's an outside chance that we might see Malia Obama in The Crown one day.)
"The only thing you discover — [and] this is not a surprise to you, Bill, because you've got a son — young men eat," Obama continued, "It's weird to watch them consume food. My grocery bill went up about 30%." If Obama seems relaxed about having had the young man as a visitor in his house, that's not a new attitude. In 2016, he had a similar attitude when he gave an interview to WDCJ in Raleigh, North Carolina. His laissez-faire attitude has everything to do with his wife. "She's such a great example of how she carries herself, her self-esteem not depending on boys to validate how you look or you know, not letting yourself be judged by anything other than your character and intelligence," Obama told the radio station (via ABC News).