Michaela Kennedy Cuomo, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo.Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty
While former New York Gov.Andrew Cuomo’s political career came to a halt last year amid a sexual harassment investigation he continues to dispute, his daughters — who lived with and assisted him during theCOVID-19 pandemic— are staying busy.
DaughterMichaela, for one, has been running a successful online shop that’s sold out of nearly everything.
According to the online storefront, which places an emphasis on accessories that promote “healing” and “magic,” MicLovesMe has made 440 sales and has an average item review of five-out-of-five stars, with reviews dating back to 2020.
Items previously sold through the store include $55 “Inspiration Earrings” meant to draw in luck and abundance, a $44 “Bi Bi Bi” clay ring to calm, inspire and “stimulate the root chakra” and a stretch bracelet set that reads “Mask Up, Buttercup” — a nod to the pandemic, which helped propel her father’s national profile.
The only item currently available in the shop isa $5.55, 10-minute guided meditationmeant to “begin, conclude or reenergize any time of day.”
In a 2020 interview with PEOPLE, then-Gov. Cuomo spoke about how Michaela and her sisters — twins Mariah and Cara, 27 — had helped assist him during what was then the height of the pandemic in New York state.
Michaela, her dad said, worked with support groups while COVID-19 cases rose, and all three daughters had temporarily moved in to the governor’s mansion in Albany to quarantine together.
“If there’s a silver lining to any of this,” he told PEOPLE at the time, “that’s one.”
Last year, Michaela — a graduate of Brown University — revealed she is demisexual, opening up about her identity on Instagram Live with activist and author Donato Tramuto.
“When I was in elementary school, I feared that I was lesbian. When I was in middle school, I came out to my family and close friends as bisexual. When I was in high school, I discovered pansexuality and thought, ‘That’s the flag for me,’ " Michaela said then.
Advocatesdescribe demisexuality asindividuals who only feel sexually attracted to someone when they have an emotional bond with the person. A demisexual person can be gay, straight, bisexual, or pansexual and can have any gender identity.
In her Instagram Live appearance last year, Michaela said: “I’ve recently learned more about demisexuality and have believed that that identity resonates with me most.”
In a statement at the time, then-Gov. Cuomotold PEOPLE: “I love, support and couldn’t have more pride in Michaela.”
source: people.com
