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Clifton Powell Gives His Son Advice As He Confirms He's Dating Sasha Obama

Hot97 Staff
06/28/2022 12:00 AM EDT
The youngest daughter of the Obama sisters, Sasha, is in a a relationship and social media is loving it.Sasha confirms she's dating the son of actor Clifton Powell. The two reportedly made it official when Miss Obama moved to L.A. in August 2021 after leaving the University of Michigan and transferring to USC - according to reports.Her beau, Clifton Powell Jr., is a former college basketball player, who was awarded a four-year basketball scholarship to the University of California at Santa Barbara- but now is on a different path as he is pursuing a career in film.During an episode of the 'Dear Father' podcast, Powell offers his son some advice. "That's amazing, 'cause you know that they've been going out for about a year and it just hit the press, right?" said Powell. "So, it has helped me talk to Chris about how to handle Sasha Obama because we love the Obamas, but Mr. Obama has a daughter that's dating my son, and I have an opportunity and a responsibility, to make my son responsible, gentle, kind, loving, and supportive. The things that I did not get taught.""So, I text him all the time and I say, 'Treat Sasha like you would want somebody to treat your daughter."Watch below.https://youtu.be/OsHKY2IJ9-w