An old ABC News profile of San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown shows a young Kamala Harris out on the town with her much older lover, being asked questions by reporters.
The 1995 ABC News Primetime Live profile with Dianne Sawyer portrayed Brown as a “rebel” politician, reporting that he is “famous for his extravagant lifestyle, flashy clothes, fancy parties” and “stylish women,” while Harris appears in the footage.
“Are you his daughter?” someone asks Harris in a clip that resurfaced online thanks to End Wokeness on X.
—No, I’m not —Harris replies.
Brown was 60 and Harris was 29 when the couple began dating.
The resurfaced video went viral on social media just hours before Tuesday night’s ABC News debate between Harris and former President Donald Trump.
Kamala Harris appears in an old ABC News profile on Mayor Willie Brown
Kamala Harris featured an old ABC News profile of Mayor Willie Brown. Harris was dating Brown when he ran and won his race for mayor of San Francisco.
DailyMail.com has obtained the full video of the profile from 1995.
Brown, the powerful speaker of the state legislature for 14 years, was the most powerful politician in California when he met Harris and began dating her when she first ran for mayor of San Francisco.
Brown, now 90, is married but had been long estranged from his wife Blanche when he met Harris.
Willie Brown and Blanche live separately but have never divorced.
Harris attended Brown’s election party and gave him a “Da Mayor” hat as he celebrated his victory.
Willie Brown with Kamala Harris, then Alameda County District Attorney
Wille Brown was California’s most famous politician in the 1990s, running and winning election for mayor of San Francisco in 1995.
Her relationship with Brown sparked talk in San Francisco gossip columns about the possibility of Harris and Brown marrying, but the mayor-elect ended the relationship in December after the election.
Brown continues to speak out about Harris, though he has attempted to distance himself from the mayor since he first ran for political office.
“Willie Brown is not going to be with us. He’s gone. Hey, people, move on,” Harris said emphatically in a magazine profile in 2003, when she was running for San Francisco district attorney.
Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff attend a PRIDE parade in 2023
Kamala Harris married her husband Doug Emhoff in 2014
Brown is not mentioned in Kamala Harris’ memoir, first published in 2018.
Kamala Harris married her husband Doug Emhoff in August 2014.