The Adorable Nickname That Doug Emhoff's Children Gave To Kamala Harris

Cole Emhoff and Ella Emhoff are the children of the first "second gentleman" Doug Emhoff and Vice President Kamala Harris, and the blended family is adorable. Doug and his ex-wife Kerstin Emhoff remained good friends after their divorce, and Harris calls Cole and Ella's mom her "dear friend."

The Emhoff kids love their stepmother. According to The Hollywood Reporter, when Ella and Cole met Harris, she arrived bearing cookies and wearing her Chuck Taylors. In a 2021 interview with The New York Times, Ella and Cole revealed details about their family life. Cole told the outlet, "I remember I saw a tweet that someone did ... a photo of Kamala at the Kavanaugh hearing, and someone tweeted, like, 'I'd hate to have to look at that face and explain why I'm late for curfew.' And I was thinking, 'I've literally had to do that.'"

Ella spilled to The New York Times that Doug and Harris are as lovey-dovey in real life as they appear to be in public. Ella said, "It's like the honeymoon phase forever. Like, the rest of the world gets to see it on social media, but we live that." It's clear from social media posts and interviews that Cole and Ella admire and respect Harris, but you'll melt when you find out their sweet nickname for the vice president of the United States.

Vice President Kamala Harris wrote a 2019 Mother's Day column for Elle, revealing her experiences as the stepmother to her husband Doug Emhoff's children Cole and Ella Emhoff. Harris wrote that after she and Doug got married, "Cole, Ella, and I agreed that we didn't like the term 'stepmom.' Instead, they came up with the name 'Momala.'"

Harris' sweet nickname is part of a bigger story of how Harris, Doug, and his ex-wife Kerstin work together. In the 2021 interview with The New York Times, Ella told the outlet, "It's a cool dynamic we all have ... Like it's not weird to be friends or have a good relationship with your ex. It's actually very healthy."

In her 2019 Elle column about her blended family, Harris wrote that Cole and Ella's mother Kerstin is "an incredible mother. Kerstin and I hit it off ourselves and are dear friends. We sometimes joke that our modern family is almost a little too functional."

The Emhoff kids are big fans of "Momala," and she's smitten with Ella and Cole. In her Elle Mother's Day column, Harris said, "They are brilliant, talented, funny kids who have grown to be remarkable adults. I was already hooked on Doug, but I believe it was Cole and Ella who reeled me in."