Emhoff’s presence appears to have once again garnered outsized attention — this time from conservative voices like Charlie Kirk and right-wing social media accounts who shared her photo and called her a “freak.” Body.
Alexis Coe, a presidential historian and author of George Washington’s biography “Never Forget Firsts,” said, quoting Chelsea Clinton, “I don’t think Democrats are going to put a child in the White House, especially a daughter.” “When I gave birth, I saw brutal attacks from the right.” And the Obamas.
Ms. Emhoff said her tattoos and body hair are somewhat unusual in the modeling world, and does not meet conservative beauty standards, Ms. Koh added.
People who know Emhoff personally say the attention hasn’t changed her, for better or worse. “She’s still the same cool, kind, normal person,” said photographer Hunter Abrams, who met Emhoff after Harris became vice president.
She is often spotted around New York with other creatives, including cult beanie maker Bailey Goldberg, who attended Charli XCX’s concert at Madison Square Garden last month in a private box. There is. Her friend group includes artists and fashion insiders like Washington Post critic Rachel Tashjian, who attended her wedding to her then-boyfriend, GQ writer Sam Hine, in 2022, as well as Fifi Hodgkinson. This includes people from before my stepmother became vice president, such as my stepmother. , a Parsons College graduate and Mr. Emhoff’s roommate. (Mr. Hodgkinson did not agree to be interviewed for this article.)
People who met Ms. Emhoff in New York say she is friendly and approachable.
“She’s a very relaxed, reserved person,” said Hay, who collaborated with Emhoff on a knitwear line in April 2021. “I don’t get the feeling that she wants that much attention,” he added. (Ms. Hay also noted, perhaps dissonantly, that their collaboration was featured in Vogue magazine, where she and Ms. Emhoff modeled.)
