Kamala Harris makes no mention of husband's abuse accusations on popular women's podcast 'Call Her Daddy'
Kamala Harris all but ignored her husband Doug Emhoff on the popular women's podcast "Call Her Daddy," as Emhoff faces accusations of past domestic violence.
Accusations that Doug Emhoff "forcefully slapped" an ex-girlfriend never came up during Kamala's interview, which glided superficially on aspects of her personal life and her top campaign issue of abortion.
Kamala ignores husband
Emhoff has denied accusations that he drunkenly hit an ex-girlfriend at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012. Three of the woman's friends anonymously shared the story with the Daily Mail.
The British tabloid previously exposed Emhoff's affair with his kids' nanny, which he has acknowledged having. The relationship allegedly led to a pregnancy.
Kamala's presidential campaign has presented Emhoff to voters as the answer to "toxic masculinity," but Harris, the stepmother to Emhoff's two children, only briefly brought up her husband while defending her "modern family" on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast.
Harris mentioned that she is on good terms with Emhoff's ex-wife, who divorced him over his affair. Harris knew about Emhoff's philandering before she married him.
"My husband's ex-wife is a friend of mine, you know?" Harris said while ignoring the affair that led to Emhoff's marriage failing.
"And when I started dating Doug, my husband, I was very thoughtful and sensitive to making sure that until I knew that our relationship was something that was going to be real, I didn't want to—to form a relationship with the kids and then walk away from that relationship."
Softball interview
While Cooper said no subject is "off-limits," the conversation stuck to friendly topics for Harris, who has run a campaign centered on women and abortion specifically.
Cooper did not confront Harris about Emhoff's alleged abuse - as Harris, a former prosecutor, portrayed herself as a champion of vulnerable women.
“Often, the abuser will tell her that if she tells then something worse will happen, and that is usually wrong," Harris said. "And know that there are people that want you to be safe," she said, offering her advice to abused women.
At the outset, Cooper acknowledged that she had little interest in topics like the border and the economy - which are more favorable subjects for Trump - with Cooper saying she isn't qualified to discuss those subjects.
However, Cooper said she extended an invitation to Trump to come on the show.
“If he also wants to have a meaningful and in-depth conversation about women’s rights in this country, then he is welcome on ‘Call Her Daddy’ anytime," she said.