Michelle Obama

We had a swimming pool.

We would always swim in the back in Atlanta.

That would be like our safe place.

We would play mermaids, me and Chloe.

And yeah, it was, yeah.

Mermaid for me was like a whole different trajectory.

Like I was introduced to so many, like a different side of the world that I never even knew would know my name.

And so with that, I think it started to feel like, oh my gosh, like this is a lot.

And

Um, you know, I was very grateful for it, but it, it definitely, that was kind of a shock of how much people suddenly cared about, you know, your name and, and, or they, or how much they express that they don't care or they don't think you're a good fit.

It suddenly became like, whoa, like I didn't think people would

care this much.

And, you know, that was a moment where I think I had to just ground myself when I was hearing all the conversation about, you know, my casting and things like that, which was very, you know, it was just different for me at the time because I was used to being shielded with my sister, at least.

And my sister, she'll tell you herself, like she is like, she did not play about me.

She's like the one who's always there to be like,

Not like she puts things in place for us.

And so with that, it was the first time I was kind of on my own and having to use my own voice and shield myself from certain things, but also realize how great of an opportunity this was.

But also everything that came with it was like a...

It was a shock.

So I think that moment for me was definitely the whole mermaid experience.