Barack Obama has said that taking his daughter to university was like open heart surgery. The last President who stood down this January revealed just how emotional he found it taking his daughter, Malia, to Harvard. Obama was speaking at an event when he said ‘For those of us who have daughters, it just happens fast.’ He added ‘I dropped off Malia at college, and I was saying to Joe and Jill [Biden] that it was a little bit like open-heart surgery.’
However, he said that he was able to hold back the tears until he and Michelle had left the college campus. ‘I was proud that I did not cry in front of her.’ Malia graduated high school back last year but took a gap year before continuing her studies. Barack and Michelle have to daughters, the youngest of which is still at high school in Washington.