Alexandra Pelosi Says Dad's Wounds Are 'Healing' After Hammer Attack — But Emotional Scars Remain

Mar. 15, 2025

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WhilePaul Pelosi’s physical scars are healing weeks after he was attacked with a hammer in his San Francisco home, the emotional scars may take some more time.

That’s according toAlexandra Pelosi, the documentary filmmaker daughter of Paul andNancy Pelosi, who opened up about her father’s recovery in a forthcoming interview withJohn Dickersonsoon to air onCBS Sunday Morning.

U.S. Capitol Police revealed that Nancy was in Washington, D.C. at the time of the overnight assault and his alleged attacker, 42-year-oldDavid DePape, has since been charged with numerous offenses including attempted murder, attempted kidnapping, and assault, all of which he has pleaded not guilty to.

Paul is now recovering afterundergoing surgery to repair a skull fractureand “getting better every day,” Alexandra told Dickerson.

“The scars are healing,” she said. “I mean, he looks like Frankenstein. The scars are healing. but I think the emotional scars, I don’t know if those ever heal.”

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The impact of the attack extends to other members of the family, too.

“I haven’t slept since the night my father was attacked,” said Alexandra — whose forthcoming documentary,Pelosi in the House, follows her mom’s career and response to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riots and will soon air on HBO.

“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,” Alexandra told Dickerson. “And yet, like, a sitting governor and a wannabe governor and members of Congress were laughing about it.”

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Paul recently made his first public appearance since the attack, attending the 45th Kennedy Center Honors earlier this month, where he received astanding ovationfrom an audience including PresidentJoe Biden.

The interview onCBS Sunday Morningwill be broadcast Sunday, Dec. 11 at 9:00 AM, ET on the CBS Television Network and streamed on Paramount+.

source: people.com