Kerstin Emhoff, the ex-wife of Doug Emhoff, was concerned within the making of a touching quick movie concerning the second gentleman, which was proven on the Democratic Nationwide Conference on Tuesday evening.
In an Instagram put up shared on Tuesday, Kerstin Emhoff, a movie and TV producer, shared that she produced the quick movie via her manufacturing firm, Ventureland.
The movie, “This is My Dad Doug,” is narrated by her son, Cole, whom she shares along with her ex-husband.
Kerstin and Doug Emhoff divorced in 2008 after 16 years of marriage. Doug Emhoff wed Vice President Kamala Harris in 2014.
Along with Cole, 29, Kerstin and Doug Emhoff even have a daughter, Ella, 25.
“Thank you to all that helped make this,” Kerstin Emhoff wrote concerning the quick movie within the caption of the put up.
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“This is My Dad Doug” options anecdotes concerning the second gentleman’s upbringing, in addition to varied images and video clips capturing his life as a dad.
Within the video, Cole additionally displays on his dad and mom’ divorce and his dad later marrying Harris.
“My parents split when I was in middle school and that wasn’t easy,” he says. “That’s not easy for any kid. But it helped that my parents stayed friends and we all kept hanging together.”
“And then he met Kamala,” he later continues. “The blind date that would dramatically change all of our lives forever. It was my senior year of high school — Ella and I would laugh watching them fall in love, acting like teenagers.”
“In 2014, Kamala became ‘Momala,’” he provides.
Kerstin Emhoff has been outspoken about her assist for her ex-husband and Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee.
Final month, she slammed conservatives who described Harris as “childless” as a line of assault. The vp has confronted scrutiny for not having organic kids.
The producer informed New York Occasions White Home reporter Katie Rogers that they have been “baseless attacks.”
“For over 10 years, since Cole and Ella were teenagers, Kamala has been a co-parent with Doug and I,“ she said. “She is loving, nurturing, fiercely protective, and always present. I love our blended family and am grateful to have her in it.”
Harris paid tribute to Kerstin Emhoff in an essay for Elle in 2019, writing that the producer is “an incredible mother.”
“Kerstin and I hit it off ourselves and are dear friends,” she wrote on the time, including, “We sometimes joke that our modern family is almost a little too functional.”
On Wednesday, Kerstin Emhoff shared a photograph on X, previously Twitter, that appeared to indicate filmmaker Spike Lee leaving the DNC the evening earlier than holding an indication with Doug Emhoff’s first title printed on it.
“So surreal,” she wrote. “Someone sent me this pic so I have no photo credit. But Doug will love [Spike Lee] keeping his sign.”
