Paul Pelosi ‘looks like Frankenstein’, daughter Alexandra jokes, but worries about ’emotional scars’

‘Dad looks like Frankenstein’: Paul Pelosi’s daughter Alexandra jokes about his condition in interview to promote documentary about her mother – amid speculation she will take Nancy’s seat Alexandra Pelosi has sat down with CBS News for an interview set to air on Sunday, promoting her new documentary about her mother Nancy The 52-year-old filmmaker was asked about her father Paul, who was hit on the head by an intruder with a hammer at his home in the early hours of October 28 Alexandra said her father ‘looks like Frankenstein’, but his scars were healing: she said she was more concerned about the emotional scars from the attack Nancy Pelosi, 82, will retire as Speaker of the House in January after 20 years, but will remain a member of Congress Speculation has emerged that Alexandra will seek to claim her mother’s seat when she eventually retires as a representative for San Francisco By Harriet Alexander For Dailymail. com Published: 06:45, 10 December 2022 | Updated: 07:57, 10 December 2022 e-mail 12 shares 30 View comments Paul Pelosi ‘looks like Frankenstein’ after being hit in the head with a hammer, his daughter Alexandra has joked – saying that his scars are healing, but she is worried about the lasting emotional impact. Paul Pelosi, 82, was attacked in the early hours of October 28 by a man who broke into the San Francisco home he shared with his wife Nancy, the Speaker of the House.

She was absent at the time but Paul was attacked and left with a fractured skull. On December 4 Paul was seen in public for the first time since the attack, joining his wife at the Kennedy Center Honors. But Alexandra Pelosi, a 52-year-old filmmaker, said that her father still had a long road to full recovery.

‘He is getting better every day. Thank you for asking,’ she told CBS News ‘ John Dickerson, in an interview to be aired in full on Sunday. ‘The scars are healing.

I mean, he looks like Frankenstein. The scars are healing. ‘But I think the emotional scars, I don’t know if those ever heal.

‘ Alexandra Pelosi spoke to CBS News about her new documentary following her mother Nancy – and was asked how her father Paul was recovering from his attack Paul Pelosi and his wife Nancy are seen in September 2022 – one month before Paul was attacked by an intruder, who broke into their San Francisco home and hit him with a hammer On December 4, Paul Pelosi joined House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a box seat to view the Kennedy Center Honors – the annual televised ceremony. It was his first time out in public, and he was sporting a black hat and a glove on his left hand At one point, he could be seen smiling and pointing toward the president, who smiled and gestured back while Vice President Kamala Harris grinned Alexandra, a mother of two and the youngest of five children, said that she had not slept since the night of the attack. And she expressed her anger at political opponents of her mother laughing at the attack on her father.

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Share this article Share ‘I don’t care who you are and who you vote for. Nobody should think it is funny that an 82-year-old man got attacked in the middle of the night,’ she said. ‘And yet, like, a sitting governor and a wannabe governor and members of Congress were laughing about it.

‘ His attacker, David DePape, 42, is being held in custody and has pleaded not guilty to a slew of federal and state charges against him. The federal charges include kidnapping and one count of assault upon a family member of a U. S.

official. He will next appear in federal court on February 8. Alexandra was speaking to CBS News to promote her new documentary shadowing her mother, which airs on HBO next week.

Nancy, also 82, is stepping down as Speaker of the House at the end of this month, and will be replaced as Democrat leader by Hakeem Jeffries when the new Congress convenes on January 3. David DePape, a fringe activist drawn to conspiracy theories, has been charged federally with kidnapping and attacking a federal official, and state charges of attempted murder, burglary and elder abuse When officers responded to Paul Pelosi’s 911 call at the San Francisco home they found Paul Pelosi and DePape fighting over a hammer, according to the six—page indictment An officer directed DePape to drop the hammer he responded, ‘ummm nope,’ before forcefully swinging it at Paul Pelosi, the indictment said. Police taped off the home on October 28 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is seen on Thursday in one of her last press conferences as Democrat leader Nancy Pelosi first became speaker of the House in 2007, she’s shown above after her swearing in, surrounded by her grandchildren and the children of other members of Congress The Speaker of the House will be a Republican – Kevin McCarthy was nominated in November as the likely leader, but he is battling to keep momentum ahead of the official swearing in in January.

Nancy Pelosi is not retiring from Congress, and was re-elected to serve as a member of Congress representing San Francisco until 2024. However, there has been some speculation that Alexandra will seek to replace her mother in Congress when she eventually retires. Alexandra, who lives in Manhattan with her Dutch journalist husband Michiel Vos and their children, has not commented on the speculation.

As long ago as 2011, she said her mother was ready to step down from frontline politics. ‘She would retire right now, if the donors she has didn’t want her to stay so badly,’ she said. ‘They know she wants to leave, though.

They think she’s destined for the wilderness. She has very few days left. ‘She’s 71, she wants to have a life, she’s done.

It’s obligation, that’s all I’m saying. ‘ Read more: Alexandra Pelosi on Paul Pelosi’s recovery from attack – CBS News Share or comment on this article: Paul Pelosi ‘looks like Frankenstein’, daughter Alexandra jokes, but worries about ’emotional scars’ e-mail 12 shares Add comment Comments 28 Share what you think Newest Oldest Best rated Worst rated View all The comments below have not been moderated. View all The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.

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