Kamala Harris' Husband Says he was 'Messing Around' with Gay BFFs when he Found Out Biden Stepped Down

Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, took part in a conference call for organizing support for Harris within the queer Black community, and shared the story of how he had been working out with gay friends when President Joe Biden stepped back from the election and endorsed Harris for president.

Emhoff's gay buddies had to tell him the news because he had left his phone in the car, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Emhoff was in West Hollywood at the time, and had gone to a SoulCycle class with his friends, a gay couple.

"We're out there having coffee, messing around and talking, and ... people are coming up to me, so it's now, like, after the announcement has gone out, and my friend's partner said, 'Um, you need to look at this,' and I said, 'What?'" Emhoff said.

The news the friend was talking about was Biden's announcement that Biden was stepping back from his re-election campaign and endorsing Emhoff's wife to be the next President of the United States.

"Of course I didn't have my phone," Emhoff narrated, "so I ran and ran and got into our car, and of course my phone is just on fire, and it's basically, 'Call Kamala,' 'Call Kamala,' 'Call Kamala,' from everyone."

Once he did call his wife, "the first thing she said was, 'Where the ... were you? I need you'," Emhoff added.

The anecdote was part of Emhoff's remarks as he took part in "an organizing, fundraising and informational gathering for 'Black Gay and Queer Men for Harris'," the LA Times detailed, adding that there were about 2,250 participants on the call.

"As it relates to this wonderful, beautiful community of Black gay men, she has always been beside you, with you, has had your back, and always will have your back," Emhoff told those on the call, "just like she's going to have everyone else's back."

Emhoff "spoke after several prominent Black queer men spoke, including former CNN anchor Don Lemon," the Times added, before noting that the Second Gentleman "was introduced by Dorien Paul Blythers, a former Harris campaign staffer and founder of the Los Angeles-based social impact organization Good Rebel, who has worked closely with Emhoff in the past."

The LA Times relayed how Blythers offered a glowing appraisal of Harris as a presidential candidate, saying, "I like to think of her often as one of us – someone who is often underestimated, stereotyped and overlooked, when in fact, we know that we are exceptionally prepared, we're incredibly dynamic and overqualified."

Emhoff offered his thanks to Blythers for his support, then told the call's participants, "But now we've got to support Kamala Harris, because she has a vision for America that we all have a place in."

Emhoff went on to say that Harris is "talking about a world where there's freedom, a world where we value everyone, a world where we stick up for people, a world where we fight against bullies – and we're fighting against the ultimate bully right now."