Kamala Harris left an audience baffled as she laughed and talked about Playboy magazine covers.
The former vice president also launched into a confusing word salad after being asked about the importance of humility.
Her bizarre comments were made on Sunday during a question and answer session at the Australian Real Estate Conference, where she shared a funny story about her mother.
Harris sat on stage with real estate industry veteran John McGrath for over an hour and recalled that her mother was very focused on womens reproductive health, which included sharing her thoughts about fibroids and hormones.
She said: My mother was actually very funny because she would say, “You look at the cover of Playboy magazine, let me just tell you, the reason that people are looking at these things, understand what they were developed for the perpetuation of the human species!” She was very practical that way.
As Harris began laughing, McGrath responded A great lady, before shifting immediately to another question.
Video of the exchange in Australia emerged on social media as an attendee at the conference recorded and shared it.
Harris was spotted at the ritzy Mosmans Bathers Pavilion restaurant in Sydney, over the weekend and spoke at the conference which cost between $995 and $1695 for a two-day pass to the event.
Harris also spoke at length about issues important to her, and launched into a lengthy word salad when asked about humility.
I dont aspire to be humble. And I dont recommend it, I think that one must be humble. But to aspire to be humble would be quite inauthentic, she said.
If one understands that, just, I mean, theres so much that is magnificent and awe-inspiring about this world and its people.
Former US vice president Kamala Harris is pictured dining alongside her husband Doug Emhoff at Bathers Pavillion in Sydney on Friday night
Kamala Harris arrives in Australia for a speaking event
Kamala Harris, right, with her mother Shyamala Gopalan at a Chinese New Year parade in San Francisco in 2007. Harris shared a story about her mother during her speech.
And when you take the moment to just listen to an individuals story, whether its someone youre sitting next to on the plane or standing in line with at the grocery store, there is so much about this world that we know and we dont know.
And that is very humbling to realize the dreams that people have, the struggles that theyve overcome and the magnificence of that. To realize the beauty of the human spirit, that we are by nature, I think, as a species, we dont give up.
But Harris wasnt finished, emphasizing the importance of ambition outside of humility.
Part of the key to our survival is that we are adaptable but we are also ambitious. I applaud ambition. I applaud ambition. I think it is a good thing, to reach, but not without also understanding that in so doing, one must do the hard work. One must understand the context in which they exist. One must be respectful, she said.
An attendee makes the sign of a heart with their hands as former US Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage
Kamala Harris speaks onstage during the HumanX AI Conference 2025
Harris also included throwbacks to famous word salads of her political career including a mention of being unburdened by what has been, the importance of speaking truth and being aware of the significance of the passage of time.
I think its very important to understand that people who fight for equality, fight for freedom, they see what can be and are unburdened by what has been they believe in what is possible. So even though it may be characterized as a fight, it really is it should I think be thought of in the context of a fight for something as opposed to against something, she said.
At one point the moderator said he believed her best work is ahead of you, for sure, 100 percent.
I am unemployed right now, she said with a smile. Go on, lets speak truth.
When she was asked to give advice to young women in the real estate industry, she repeated her motto about not listening to people who tell them to wait their turn.
I dont hear no. I eat no for breakfast, she said.
