US Vice President Kamala Harris, who is of Indian origin, dropped the “F” bomb as she urged Asian Americans to break down barriers in America. Harris, who has broken several glass ceilings, in her run-up to becoming the vice president of the US—the first Indian-American, the first African-American and the first woman to do so—on Monday used the word during a conversation with actor and comedian Jimmy O. Yang.

Yang during the interaction, asked Harris what it meant to be the first vice president of Asian descent and how that heritage informed her views and role as a leader. “We have to know that sometimes people will open the door for you and leave it open. Sometimes they won’t. And then you need to kick that f****** door down. Excuse my language,” she said amidst laughter and applause from the audience.