VP Kamala Harris Explains Why She Laughs Loud: 'I Have My Mother's Laugh'
Vice President Kamala Harris got her "big laugh" from her mother, and she's not ashamed of it.
During an appearance on "The Drew Barrymore Show" Monday, Harris opened up about her famously loud laugh and how she gets criticized over it.
While touching on what it means to be the first female vice president, she suggested that the way she laughs gets talked about by people just because she's a woman.
Host Drew Barrymore chimed in to say that she adores Harris' laugh, which the vice president said she inherited from her mom, Shyamala Gopalan.
"I have my mother's laugh, and I grew up around a bunch of women in particular who laughed from the belly," Harris shared. "They laughed -- they would sit around the kitchen and drinking their coffee, telling big stories with big laughs."
She went on to explain that she would never be ashamed of the way she laughs or switch it with a more ladylike giggle.
Harris told the actress it's "important" to remind others, especially young people, that they don't have to "be confined to other people's perception" about how a woman or man should act.
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After the interview aired, Harris received support from a number of users on X, formerly Twitter.
"To those who make fun of Harris' laugh and then use it to attack her as a Vice President, you are losing the argument already. People who attack others' inconsequential attributes merely define themselves as unserious, petty people," political commentator Brian Krassenstein tweeted.
"Thanks @VP for putting that golden nugget for women out in the atmosphere," another commented.
A third person wrote of her laugh, "She has such a beautiful laugh!"
During the sit-down, Barrymore also asked Harris about her relationship with her stepchildren, Cole and Ella Emhoff, and their "Momala" nickname for her. Harris' husband Doug Emhoff shares his two children with his ex-wife, Kerstin Mackin Emhoff.
The vice president said she and Kerstin are friends and "on the same team" when it comes to parenting.
According to Harris, their co-parenting arrangement works because they have respect for each other and prioritize the children.
"I was very clear with the kids: 'I am not here to replace your mother. You have that one mother, and I'm the second mother,'" Harris explained.
The host then asked Harris if she could be "Momala" to the country right now because everyone needs a "hug."
"I've been thinking in my head we all need a mom. I've been thinking that we really all need a tremendous hug in the world right now. We need you to be Momala of the country," Barrymore told Harris, who responded with a smile as she nodded her head.
