Doug emhoff is Making History of his own. What is your job . As he redefines an old role for a new generation. Theres this toxicity, this masculine idea of what a man is. A father. Its the kids initials. I just really wanted a reminder of whats important to me. Who with the Vice President is marking many firsts. This is very emotional to be able to do this. Reporter while still trying to make time for each other. Were not each others chief of staff. Were husband and wife. Its the opportunity of a lifetime for the former Entertainment Lawyer who gave up his job to support his wife. Men need to support women. We talk to people in politics and pop culture, and find out what its like to be them. Now being the second gentleman. Whats it like to be The First Second gentleman . Im only The First Second gentleman because the country elected the first woman Vice President , so i look at it really mostly in that lens. Im here because im her husband. Im here to support her. So help me god. Report
doug emhoff is making history of his own. what is your job? as he redefines an old role for a new generation. there s this toxicity, this masculine idea of what a man is. a father. it s the kids initials. i just really wanted a reminder of what s important to me. who with the vice president is marking many firsts. this is very emotional to be able to do this. reporter: while still trying to make time for each other. we re not each other s chief of staff. we re husband and wife. it s the opportunity of a lifetime for the former entertainment lawyer who gave up his job to support his wife. men need to support women. we talk to people in politics and pop culture, and find out what it s like to be them. now being the second gentleman. what s it like to be the first second gentleman? i m only the first second gentleman because the country elected the first woman vice president, so i look at it really mostly in that lens. i m here because i m her hu
president h.w. bush was vice president and they lived here for eight years. are you scared that i actually remembered the name of his dog? i love it, i love it. [ laughter ] sometimes if you just sit in here knowing that you re literally amongst history and it s such a great, beautiful contemplative place to think about, you know, what s happening right now. how often do your kids get here? not enough. not enough. i mean, they re grown people. emhoff has two adult children from a previous marriage to kirsten emhoff, they divorced when their kids were young. ella is 23, a fashion designer and model in new york who became an influencer of sorts during the 2020 campaign. and 28-year-old cole is regally engaged and working in hollywood. how have they adjusted to being in the public eye, even though they re not here, they re emhoffs. i d say ella s, you know, in the public eye with her career.
kirsten emhoff, they divorced when their kids were young. ella is 23, a fashion designer and model in new york who became an influencer of sorts during the campaign, and 28-year-old cole is recently engaged and working in hollywood. how have they adjusted to being in the public eye, even though they re not here, they re emhoffs. i d say ella s, you know, in the public eye with her career. i think she s out there. i m so proud of her, i m still her dad so i m always i see what she s doing, and i m always just thinking about her as her dad. cole s doing his thing. he s getting married next year. he s also in the entertainment industry, so we talk a lot. i don t see him as much as i can, but we re talking at least four or five times a week face timing, texting. one of the things i love, i ll be walking in and as we now know, the v.p. can text. she s on the phone with the kids.
it is, but a lot of the schedule, moving parts and they re adults. they ve got busy they ve got jobs and busy lives, so i d say that can be the toughest part, but i d say if i was still a lawyer back in l.a., i d probably be saying the same thing. yeah, right. show me your tattoos. you talked about i ll show you one. this is very simple. i ll show you two. it s the kids initials, i got this shortly after kirsten and i separated. i just really wanted a reminder of what s important to me, and it was cole and ella, and i just wanted a visceral reminder of them. so cole is coltrane, and ella is ella fillings gerald. we were very much into the jazz. were you always a tattoo guy? no. so what made you wake up one day and say, oh, i m going to get my kids initials on my wrist. many people who got tattoos. it was a whim. were you sober?