Second Gentlemen, Doug Emhoff, acknowledged that he had an affair during his first marriage after DailyMail.com exposed it in a bombshell exclusive.

‘During my first marriage, Kerstin and I went through some tough times on account of my actions. I took responsibility, and in the years since, we worked through things as a family and have come out stronger on the other side,’ he told CNN in a statement Saturday.

His statement comes after DailyMail.com exclusively revealed Emhoff cheated on his first wife, Kerstin, with the blonde nanny, who also taught at their children’s pricey private school and got her pregnant.

A source told CNN that Emhoff has long regretted his affair, but was aware his past could come into light.

The woman, Najen Naylor, 47, did not deny the story when approached by DailyMail.com at her home in the New York millionaires’ playground, The Hamptons.

She would not comment, except to say, ‘I’m kind of freaked out right now.’

Second Gentlemen, Doug Emhoff , acknowledged that he had an affair during his first marriage after DailyMail.com exposed it in a shocking exclusive. He said: ‘During my first marriage, Kerstin and I went through some tough times on account of my actions. I took responsibility, and in the years since, we worked through things as a family’

His statement comes after DailyMail.com exclusively revealed Emhoff cheated on his first wife, Kerstin, with the blonde nanny, who also taught at their children’s pricey private school and got her pregnant

A close friend with direct knowledge of the affair and pregnancy told DailyMail.com that Naylor did not keep the child – though her social media shows a video of a mysterious baby girl named Brook in 2009, the year the baby would have been born.

Another friend, Stacey Brooks, who mothered twin boys around the same time as Naylor was expecting, also did not deny any of the claims – but said she would not divulge further information without Naylor’s permission.

The incendiary news was said to be causing panic in Harris’s campaign prior to Doug’s statement, as she has just overtaken Donald Trump in several polls and as she ramps up her final push to win over voters in November.

Doug Emhoff cheated on his first wife with Najen Naylor, who also taught at their children’s pricey private school. She is seen on the left on Friday, an earlier photo on the right

When Kerstin split from Emhoff their daughter Ella was finishing third grade. Sources told DailyMail.com that Naylor was Ella’s nanny at the time and had begun working as a teaching assistant at the Willows and eventually became a teacher there

Emhoff, 59, and movie producer ex-wife Kerstin, 57, ended their 16-year marriage in 2009 when she discovered the affair, the sources said. Their daughter Ella was 10 and son Cole was 15 at the time.

Sources claimed that after the affair, Naylor had to leave her job as a teacher at The Willows, an elite private elementary school in Culver City, California, where she had been teaching the Emhoff children and moonlighting as a nanny for the couple.

Employment records obtained by DailyMail.com show Naylor worked at The Willows in 2009. She is friends on Facebook with current staff.

Current tuition fees at the kindergarten-through-8th-grade school range from $32,525 to $41,535.

A mother who sent her children to the school before 2009 said she was aware of the  affair, and though she was disgusted by Emhoff, she only had positive words for Naylor, who had taught her children and nannied them on family vacations.

‘She was a lovely person, a great teacher to my kids,’ the mother, who asked to remain anonymous, told DailyMail.com.

Another friend with intimate knowledge of the scandal, confirmed the affair with Emhoff, but told DailyMail.com that Naylor did not keep the baby.

The incendiary news is said to be causing panic in Harris’s campaign, just as she has overtaken Donald Trump in several polls and as she ramps up her final push to win over voters in November

When DailyMail.com approached Naylor she would not comment about her relationship with Emhoff or the baby. ‘I’m kind of freaked out right now,’ she said

Naylor is currently caring for a baby and a toddler at her home in The Hamptons

In September 2009 Naylor posted a video on Facebook to ‘introduce’ three babies: Sawyer, Brook, and George, with the caption ‘Baby party!’.

Sawyer and George are the boys of Brooks, who has been her close friend since childhood in Columbus, Ohio. Those children were born in July 2009.

The third child, Brook, who appears slightly younger, does not appear to be Stacey’s daughter, and is not in any of her later Facebook family photos. It is unclear who Brook’s mother is.

Another friend replied to the 2009 video of the three babies: ‘Ahhhhh!!! Post more pics!’

When contacted by DailyMail.com and asked about the Emhoff affair, Brooks did not deny any of the information, but said that she would not comment further without Naylor’s permission.

She added that Naylor was a ‘wonderful’ woman.

A search of Los Angeles County birth records showed no registrations for a ‘Brook Naylor’ born in 2008 or 2009. There were no babies born with the last name ‘Emhoff’ in the county in those two years either.

Naylor’s LinkedIn page says she became the ‘Director of New Business Development’ at production company Broadway Video in 2011, and got her current job as ‘Senior Director, Original Entertainment Acquisition & Development’ at audiobook company Audible’s New York offices in 2018.

Emhoff and his first wife Kerstin had two children including model Ella

Naylor’s LinkedIn page says she got her current job as ‘Senior Director, Original Entertainment Acquisition & Development’ at audiobook company Audible’s New York offices in 2018

Naylor was spotted having lunch at Rumba in Hampton Bays this week

Audible is owned by Amazon and based in Newark, New Jersey.

Naylor grew up in Columbus, Ohio, studied at Auburn University, Alabama, and moved to Los Angeles in her 20s. She is listed on residency records as living in New York from around 2011.

She bought a waterfront house in the Hamptons in 2021 for $855,000, with a $684,000 mortgage during the Covid pandemic.

The four-bed, three-bath, refurbished barn is set away from the main road in Hampton Bays, far from prying eyes, and is currently worth an estimated $1.4 million.

One source claimed that Emhoff had a financial settlement with Naylor, and that she left her school job due to the hushed-up scandal.

Naylor is currently caring for a baby and a toddler at the home. Her back yard is littered with toys, including a Wendy house and play equipment, and boasts a pool.

She bought the home three years after taking her job at Audible at the height of working from home. It is more than 100 miles from Newark.

Social media posts by Naylor also show that she has been planning renovations to the property for some time, saving images for how to decorate the children’s rooms as well as other parts of her home.

Sources told DailyMail.com that Naylor was Ella’s nanny at the time she got pregnant. She was working, first as a teaching assistant and then a teacher, at the Willows

The Emhoffs’ 2010 divorce settlement filed in a Los Angeles court says the couple shared costs of a nanny, private tutor and private school fees.

When the couple split in May 2009, their daughter Ella was finishing third grade.

Sources told DailyMail.com that Naylor was Ella’s nanny at the time, and was working, first as a teaching assistant and then a teacher, at the Willows.

After attending the Willows, Ella graduated from LA K-12 private school Wildwood in 2018.

Emhoff met Harris – then California’s Attorney General – when he was set up on a blind date by one of her friends in 2013. They married the following year.

Claims of Emhoff’s alleged affair were first aired on July 31 by right wing activist and journalist Laura Loomer in a post on social media site X, although she did not name Naylor.

Loomer said five sources told her that Emhoff cheated on his first wife, impregnating a teacher at the Willows school.