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Social media critics are dragging second gentleman Doug Emhoff for his beforehand admitted affair together with his household’s nanny after he joined MSNBC host Jen Psaki for an interview the place he was lauded for reshaping “the notion of masculinity.”
“Psaki to Doug Emhoff: ‘You reshaped the notion of masculinity’ PS: He impregnated his child’s nanny,” fashionable conservative X account End Wokeness posted Sunday.
The account was reacting to a snippet from Emhoff’s interview with Psaki, who beforehand served as President Biden’s White House press secretary earlier than becoming a member of MSNBC, the place Psaki heaped reward on Emhoff for reshaping masculinity.
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“There can be an necessary, attention-grabbing half about how individuals have talked about your function is how your function has reshaped the notion of masculinity,” Psaki mentioned. “I’m unsure you deliberate on that, however you’re an extremely supportive partner. Has that been an evolution for you? Do you assume that’s a part of the function you would possibly play as first gentleman?”
“It’s humorous. I’ve began to assume rather a lot about this. I’ve at all times been like this. My dad’s at all times been like this. To me, it’s the fitting factor to do, assist ladies. It is mutual with Kamala and I. We assist one another, we have now one another’s again,” Emhoff responded.
He added, “I’ve mentioned many occasions after we elevate up ladies, we assist ladies, whether or not it’s pay fairness, baby care, household go away, and all of those points on this post-Dobbs hellscape. Women shouldn’t be lower than. Women mustn’t have much less rights and be handled otherwise. That’s not the American manner.”
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Clips of the alternate unfold like wildfire on social media as critics cited that simply final month, Emhoff admitted to having an affair together with his household’s nanny throughout his first marriage years in the past. The nanny’s shut buddy claimed to the media that the nanny turned pregnant in the course of the affair with Emhoff, however didn’t maintain the child.
Critics additionally slammed Psaki for the “softball interiew.”
“Emhoff additionally as soon as impregnated his kid’s nanny. Jen nonetheless says she’s a journalist,” Fox News contributor Joe Concha posted on X in response to the clip.
Psaki continued within the interview that aired Sunday by asking Emhoff if he is accustomed to “a pop-culture phrase, ‘spouse man,’ which you’ve form of been often known as.”
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Vice President Kamala Harris hugs second gentleman Doug Emhoff after talking on the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 22, 2024. (Mandel Ngan/AFP through Getty Images)
“I’ve heard about it,” Emhoff mentioned.
“A ‘spouse man,’ a ‘proud spouse man.’ How do you’re feeling about it?” she requested.
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Emhoff joked, “If I do one thing annoying to Kamala, and he or she will get upset, I’ll simply present her that article.”
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff speaks alongside Vice President Kamala Harris throughout a reception celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month within the Rose Garden of the White House on May 20, 2024. (Getty Images)
Emhoff admitted to having an affair together with his household’s nanny shortly after the Daily Mail revealed a report in August that he acquired his daughter’s nanny pregnant. The nanny’s shut buddy advised the outlet that she didn’t maintain the child, however didn’t elaborate additional.
The affair with a nanny occurred earlier than Emhoff’s relationship with and eventual marriage to Harris.
“During my first marriage, Kerstin and I went via some powerful occasions on account of my actions. I took accountability, and within the years since, we labored via issues as a household and have come out stronger on the opposite aspect,” Emhoff mentioned over the summer time, acknowledging the affair, however not naming the nanny.
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Emhoff and his first spouse, Kerstin Emhoff, have been married from 1992 to 2008 and share two grownup kids. Harris married Emhoff in 2014, and helped co-parent his kids, who name their stepmom “mommala.”
The divorce cited “irreconcilable variations” because the motivation behind parting methods, the New York Post reported.
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Harris knew in regards to the affair earlier than they married, and the Biden 2020 marketing campaign knew about it when it was vetting her for Biden’s vice presidential decide.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris marketing campaign for touch upon the interview and social media reactions in addition to for touch upon the affair itself, however didn’t instantly obtain a response.
Fox News Digital’s Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report.
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