The Washington Post published an opinion piece Friday calling Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff a “modern-day sex symbol,” “fantasy man,” and “ideal partner” despite reports that he impregnated his children’s nanny while married to his ex-wife.
Catherine Rampell, a political columnist at the Post and CNN commentator, wrote, “Move over, Ryan Gosling. The modern female fantasy is embodied by the man who might soon become our first First Gentleman.”
Rampell argued that Emhoff is “sexy” because he is “secure enough with his own masculinity to sometimes prioritize his wife’s ambitions over his own.”
Prior to President Joe Biden selecting Vice President Kamala Harris as his running mate in 2020, Emhoff was a partner at DLA Piper, ranked as America’s third-largest law firm by revenue in 2021 by the Wall Street Journal.
Emhoff left his job in November 2020…
