"Cringefest incoming" — Internet reacts to Shannon Sharpe interviewing "auntie" Kamala Harris on his podcast
On October 28, 2024, Kamala Harris made an appearance on the Club Shay Shay podcast hosted by former NFL player Shannon Sharpe. Announcing the same on X, the official Club Shay Shay podcast account tweeted on October 28, 2024:
"Auntie, Vice President @KamalaHarris & Unc @ShannonSharpe full conversation drops Monday! Episode will be available wherever you listen to podcasts at midnight eastern and on YouTube at noon eastern tomorrow."
Additionally, the podcast account also posted a video wherein Kamala Harris says "It's Auntie" as she proceeds to greet Shannon Sharpe with a handshake and a hug. Internet users were quick to react to Shannon Sharpe interviewing Harris and took to X to express their opinions on the same.
Calling it cringe, an X user tweeted:
"Cringefest incoming 😂"
"A whole bunch of glazing I’m sure" an X user stated
"i just know you didn't ask sh*t worth asking" another X user mentioned
"You get to see Kamala drinking ,AGAIN 😂 "an internet user reffered to Harris having beer on Stephen Colbert's interview
"She needs this interview more than he does" another internet user commnented
Additionally, internet users put forth their concerns to Shannon Sharpe mentioning they hoped he would ask Kamala Harris some tough questions:
"Hopefully this a'int a softball interview & you asked her some REAL questions with some follow ups..." an X user stated
"Ugh I love me some @shannonsharpe but this is an L, I hope you asked some tough questions and no editing but if it’s on Track with Kamala’s other interviews probably not 😩" another X user tweeted
"I hope you got something out of her because nobody has" an internet user mentioned
"Mine will not be a continuation of the Biden administration"- Kamala Harris comments on administration policies in NBC News interview
Kamala Harris sat down for an interview with Hallie Jackson from NBC News at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. on October 23, 2024, wherein she talked about administration policies and being president as a woman of color.
The first question Hallie asked Harris was about new NBC polls showcasing that people were upset about administration policies under Joe Biden causing them more harm than good and if Harris' last four years as Vice President would be an obstacle in her presidential race.
Responding to the same, Kamala Harris mentioned:
"First of all, let me be very clear, mine will not be a continuation of the Biden administration. I bring my own experiences, my own ideas to it, and it has informed a number of my areas of focus, most of which are on to your point, lowering costs. I have been traveling the country. I am very clear; the cost of groceries is still too high. The voters know it, I know it."
Harris mentioned that she plans to bring down the price of groceries with price gouging, adding it is something she dealt with when she was attorney general. She also talked about the cost of housing and how she will use a different approach for bringing down the cost of housing by actively working with the private sector.
In her interview with NBC News, Kamala Harris claimed that Nobel laureates to Goldman Sachs have reviewed her economic plan in comparison to Donald Trump's. The vice president said that the laureats found that her plans with strengthen America's economy while Trump's plans would weaken it.