Kamala Harris' stepdaughter Ella Emhoff debuts $5K textile exhibition at NYC cannabis shop, Internet calls it 'money laundering'

Ella Emhoff said, 'I know it takes a lot of effort and time and just like putting yourself out there, but you know, it’s been fun so far'
Ella Emhoff (Right) is the daughter of the second gentleman Doug Emhoff and stepdaughter of VP Kamala Harris (Getty Images, @ellaemhoff/Instagram)
Ella Emhoff (Right) is the daughter of the second gentleman Doug Emhoff and stepdaughter of VP Kamala Harris (Getty Images, @ellaemhoff/Instagram)

WASHINGTON, DC: The stepdaughter of Vice President Kamala Harris launched her textile exhibition on Thursday, April 4 in a Lower East Side cannabis shop in New York. She sold crocheted portraits that cost several thousand dollars, as per the New York Post.

Notably, Ella Emhoff made her debut with her knit pieces, announcing her departure from the fashion industry and her entry into a new stage of her life as an artist. Ella Emhoff is the daughter of the second gentleman Doug Emhoff.

Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter peddles $5K textiles at NYC cannabis shop

Emhoff revealed to the New York Post during her Gotham NYC welcome party, "This new art form kind of was birthed out of my knitwear, where I started kind of playing around with this duplicate stitch technique."

She added, "But I found that no one really wanted to wear all of this stuff, because it’s kind of crazy and loud, but they liked looking at it. So then I just started experimenting. And now I’m here."

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Emhoff chose not to respond to reports that the show was a fund-raiser for the UN Relief and Works Agency (Getty Images)

Notably, among the shop's assortment of marijuana accessories were 14 of her textile artworks, the revenues of which, according to her, would go straight into her pocket.

Emhoff chose not to respond to reports that the show was a fund-raiser for the UN Relief and Works Agency, a contentious anti-Israel group that she faced criticism for openly endorsing in March.


 
 
 
 
 
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She further added, "Because these are all just objects [in the art] that I like, and I like looking at but they obviously evoke some kind of happy emotion from people, because it’s a recognizable object in yarn."

Moreover, As per Emhoff, she based every work on objects, people, and animals that 'just kind of makes you smile.'

She further stated, "I'm testing the waters, because obviously, I know it takes a lot of effort and time and just like putting yourself out there. But you know, it’s been fun so far."

Internet takes jibes at Kamala Harris and her stepdaughter

Several people on the internet ended up trolling Kamal Harris and her stepdaughter Ella Emhoff as she launched her textile exhibition in a Lower East Side cannabis shop in New York.

A user wrote on X, "Almost all art at this level is money laundering. Prove me wrong," whereas one added, "Of course she works in a weed shop. . .Kamala is a regular customer."



 



 

A user also stated, "These people are weird AF! DO NOT DO DRUGS!" while one mentioned, "All this stuff and she doesn’t own a mirror?"



 



 

A person also wrote, "How is she peddling anything like for real."



 

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