Behind Vice President Kamala Harris’s persona as “Momala” are her two stepchildren: Cole and Ella Emhoff. With Harris’ presidential campaign in full swing, they are also gaining prominence.
Ella Emhoff, 25, spoke out earlier this week after comments resurfaced from GOP vice presidential pick J.D. Vance, who in 2021 said Harris and other Democrats are “childless hot women” who “want to make the rest of the miserable country too.”
In an Instagram Story posted on Thursday, Ella Emhoff dismissed this.
“How can you not have kids when you have cute kids like Cole and me?” she said. “I love my three parents.”
The youngest members of the second family, Cole, 29, and Ella, 25, are the children of second gentleman Doug Emhoff, who was previously married to film producer Kerstin Emhoff, who called Vance’s comments “unfounded.”
“For more than 10 years, since Cole and Ella were teenagers, Kamala has co-parented Doug and I,” she said in a statement to NBC News. “She is loving, caring, fiercely protective and always there. I love our blended family and am grateful to have her in it.”
Vance spokesperson Taylor Van Kirk told NBC News that those on the left took Vance’s words out of context “and created a false narrative about his stance on the issues.”
Since the pandemic and President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential bid, Ella Emhoff has become a social media phenomenon.
Nicknamed by some the “First Daughter of Bushwick”, the New York resident graduated from Parsons School of Design and in 2021 was hired as a model for the renowned agency IMG Models. She also made a Cameo in Bo Burham’s 2013 music video “Repeat Stuff.”
Gen Z Americans have connected with her androgynous fashion sense and quirky hobbies since her stepmother took over as vice president. She said in one 2021 New York Times Interview, driven alongside his brother, that his mother, Doug Emhoff and Harris are a “three-person parenting squad.” They don’t always have her best interests at heart, she said, but they support her anyway.
“With hair and tattoos and stuff like that, I think everything is like, ‘I don’t understand, but I want you to be who you want to be,’” she said.
She has appeared on magazine covers and editorials and has walked runways. She is also known for her knitting club, “Soft Hands Knit Club”, where she taught members of the New York community how to knit using their own materials.
On her website, Ella Emhoff describes herself as a multidisciplinary artist and creator. She is very active on Instagram, where she mainly shares knitting, modeling, and dog photos.
In the New York Times interview, Ella described her parents’ relationship as “like a forever honeymoon phase,” saying she has a close bond with her stepmother.
“It’s a cool dynamic that we all have. And I think it’s a good model to show that you can have that and that it’s not weird,” she said.
Doug Emhoff’s son Cole is significantly quieter than his sister when it comes to his social media presence, but he has also flaunted his close relationship with Harris many times. At her wedding last year, Harris officiated the ceremony.
“It was so wonderful that the kids asked me to do it,” Harris told People magazine at the time. “For us, we think of marriage not just as being between these two people, but as the union of families. So it was very much in that spirit that we all participated.”
Cole Emhoff said he loved Harris from their first meeting when he was a senior in high school.
“I met her and we had an amazing dinner. And I realized, like, Oh, my God, Doug has met someone who is completely unique and totally special,” he said. told Glamor in 2020.
Both brothers attended Biden’s 2021 inauguration, and behind-the-scenes photos from the event broke Cole’s low-key Instagram feed.
“It’s strange to turn on CNN and see my father. I’m like, ‘Wait, you don’t belong here! But I think so?’” he said in the New York Times interview. “It seems completely unprecedented to us because we haven’t been involved in politics our entire lives. We’re still getting used to it.”
Who are Cole and Ella Emhoff? Harris’ stepchildren in the spotlight after Vance’s ‘no kids’ comments
Behind Vice President Kamala Harris’s persona as “Momala” are her two stepchildren: Cole and Ella Emhoff. With Harris’ presidential campaign in full swing, they are also gaining prominence.
Ella Emhoff, 25, spoke out earlier this week after comments resurfaced from GOP vice presidential pick J.D. Vance, who in 2021 said Harris and other Democrats are “childless hot women” who “want to make the rest of the miserable country too.”
In an Instagram Story posted on Thursday, Ella Emhoff dismissed this.
“How can you not have kids when you have cute kids like Cole and me?” she said. “I love my three parents.”
The youngest members of the second family, Cole, 29, and Ella, 25, are the children of second gentleman Doug Emhoff, who was previously married to film producer Kerstin Emhoff, who called Vance’s comments “unfounded.”
“For more than 10 years, since Cole and Ella were teenagers, Kamala has co-parented Doug and I,” she said in a statement to NBC News. “She is loving, caring, fiercely protective and always there. I love our blended family and am grateful to have her in it.”
Vance spokesperson Taylor Van Kirk told NBC News that those on the left took Vance’s words out of context “and created a false narrative about his stance on the issues.”
Since the pandemic and President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential bid, Ella Emhoff has become a social media phenomenon.
Nicknamed by some the “First Daughter of Bushwick”, the New York resident graduated from Parsons School of Design and in 2021 was hired as a model for the renowned agency IMG Models. She also made a Cameo in Bo Burham’s 2013 music video “Repeat Stuff.”
Gen Z Americans have connected with her androgynous fashion sense and quirky hobbies since her stepmother took over as vice president. She said in one 2021 New York Times Interview, driven alongside his brother, that his mother, Doug Emhoff and Harris are a “three-person parenting squad.” They don’t always have her best interests at heart, she said, but they support her anyway.
“With hair and tattoos and stuff like that, I think everything is like, ‘I don’t understand, but I want you to be who you want to be,’” she said.
She has appeared on magazine covers and editorials and has walked runways. She is also known for her knitting club, “Soft Hands Knit Club”, where she taught members of the New York community how to knit using their own materials.
On her website, Ella Emhoff describes herself as a multidisciplinary artist and creator. She is very active on Instagram, where she mainly shares knitting, modeling, and dog photos.
In the New York Times interview, Ella described her parents’ relationship as “like a forever honeymoon phase,” saying she has a close bond with her stepmother.
“It’s a cool dynamic that we all have. And I think it’s a good model to show that you can have that and that it’s not weird,” she said.
Doug Emhoff’s son Cole is significantly quieter than his sister when it comes to his social media presence, but he has also flaunted his close relationship with Harris many times. At her wedding last year, Harris officiated the ceremony.
“It was so wonderful that the kids asked me to do it,” Harris told People magazine at the time. “For us, we think of marriage not just as being between these two people, but as the union of families. So it was very much in that spirit that we all participated.”
Cole Emhoff said he loved Harris from their first meeting when he was a senior in high school.
“I met her and we had an amazing dinner. And I realized, like, Oh, my God, Doug has met someone who is completely unique and totally special,” he said. told Glamor in 2020.
Both brothers attended Biden’s 2021 inauguration, and behind-the-scenes photos from the event broke Cole’s low-key Instagram feed.
“It’s strange to turn on CNN and see my father. I’m like, ‘Wait, you don’t belong here! But I think so?’” he said in the New York Times interview. “It seems completely unprecedented to us because we haven’t been involved in politics our entire lives. We’re still getting used to it.”
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