Kamala Harris appeared all smiles and full of affection for her “beloved” second gentleman, Doug Emhoff, in the immediate aftermath of her devastating presidential election defeat. However, with President Donald Trump now sworn into office, Harris has shifted her focus to assigning blame, reportedly turning her frustration toward her “dead weight” husband.
As she contemplates her political future—possibly a 2026 run for California governor or another bid for the presidency two years later—Harris must weigh whether Emhoff is an asset or a liability to her ambitions, the UK’s Daily Mail reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. One source exclusively told DailyMail.com: “There’s plenty of blame to go around as far as Kamala is concerned and Doug has his share.”
“Doug did Kamala no favors during the election – frankly, he looked like a hypocritical a** after the bombshells that he had got his child’s nanny pregnant while married to his first wife and assaulted his ex-girlfriend on the heels of his ‘I am woman’ crusade,'” the source continued. Despite their united front at both the presidential inauguration and President Jimmy Carter’s January 9 funeral, insiders suggest that things may not be entirely “hunky dory” between Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff.
Reports indicate that Emhoff, the husband of the California native, has already accepted a position with a prominent New York law firm, a role that would require the couple to split their time between New York and Los Angeles. At Monday’s inauguration, the couple maintained a united front, but their somber expressions during Trump’s speech seemed to reflect the underlying tension, the outlet reported.
Harris, dressed in a black pantsuit with exposed zippers, sat stoically throughout the ceremony, clutching the inaugural program in her lap. She crossed her wrists and pinched the program between her fingers as Trump delivered his address.
Emhoff mirrored his wife’s visible disdain but took it a step further—grimacing and lightly shaking his head when Trump announced plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. The couple departed the Capitol building together, briefly shaking hands with Trump and bidding farewell to Joe and Jill Biden, before heading back to California.
Now, following her defeat, Harris is reportedly considering a complete image overhaul to revive her struggling political career—potentially at the expense of Emhoff, DailyMail.com reported. Harris is first planning to write a book which could give her finances a multi-million dollar boost. Emhoff famously put his own prominent legal career in California on hold to fully support Harris’s political ambitions in 2020, embracing his role as the ultimate “wife guy.”
However, behind carefully curated social media posts and campaign photos, even the most seemingly solid relationships encounter their challenges. “I see the signs that all is not hunky dory in the Harris household. It’s not like she hasn’t had men help further her political career before,” the source added, a reference to then-San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, with whom Harris had an affair. “But what does Doug do for her now?” the outlet claimed.