She is known as the controversial figure who resigned from the Black Lives Matter organization under a cloud of scandal.
But last week, BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors went virtually unnoticed as she waited patiently at the deli counter for her sandwich at the luxury supermarket Gelson’s in Calabasas.
As these exclusive, candid photos from DailyMail.com show, the activist, 40, now lives a quiet, comfortable life in Los Angeles, despite previously claiming she was forced to hire security and drivers for her own safety.
Cullors, who was accompanied by her son, was makeup-free and dressed in a flowy pink Adidas poncho and Crocs for grocery shopping.
Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of BLM, was spotted eating lunch during a grocery trip in Calabasas last week
Exclusive photos from DailyMail.com show the 40-year-old activist shopping at luxury supermarket Gelson’s last Wednesday
Cullors, who was accompanied by her son, was makeup-free and dressed in a shapeless pink Adidas poncho and Crocs
At one point, the mother and son duo grabbed a table in Gelson’s outdoor dining area to have a late lunch
She seemed to know the store well, navigating the aisles with her shopping cart while the boy clung on with one hand.
After picking up the groceries, the mother and son duo grabbed a table outside the market to have a late lunch, with Cullors opting for a sandwich.
The two later packed up and headed to their car with their shopping bags, but were briefly held up after the boy left his iPhone at the table and had to go pick it up.
The protective mother could be seen standing in the middle of the parking lot and heard telling her son to be careful and “look both ways” as he walked back to the car.
Cullor’s signature birthmark on her forehead, as well as her several tattoos, including the “line” tattoo that runs from her chin to her chest and ends with the numbers “818,” were visible during the outing.
She also wore the same nose ring she showed off in recent Instagram posts.
After lunch, the two were seen heading to the car, but were briefly held up after her son left his iPhone on the table
The doting mother was overheard telling the boy to be careful and “look both ways” as he walked back to the parking lot
Cullors appears to be living a quiet but comfortable lifestyle under a cloud of scandal three years after resigning from the BLM organization
Despite the controversy, the social justice activist and self-proclaimed Marxist enjoyed the luxury supermarket known for its celebrity clientele
Cullors was virtually unrecognized during her visit to the supermarket last Wednesday
But during Wednesday’s outing, Cullors was just a shopper, not the self-described police and prison abolitionist who fueled the BLM movement around the world at its height in 2020.
Ironically, that same year, the Gelson’s supermarket location in Calabasas was one of many local businesses forced to board up windows during the “mostly peaceful” protests and riots of the last presidential election.
Ironically, Gelson’s supermarket location in Calabasas was forced to board up its windows during the 2020 ‘mostly peaceful’ protests
It is located in an affluent community where whites make up about 74 percent of the population.
Cullors, her son and fellow social activist wife Janaya Khan live in a $1.4 million home in nearby Topanga Canyon — an area known as LA’s “hippie enclave.”
The barn-style home has undergone multiple renovations since she purchased the property for cash in March 2021.
Months later, DailyMail.com revealed that the couple had installed a $35,000 wooden fence and an electric gate around the property due to security concerns.
The BLM organization became one of the largest and most influential political and social justice groups in the country – and in the world – after gaining widespread attention and support in 2020 following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Cullors, her son and fellow social activist wife Janaya Khan live in a $1.4 million home near Topanga Canyon — an area known as L.A.’s “hippie enclave”
BLM founders (from left) Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi are pictured on the red carpet at the Glamor Women of the Year Awards in Hollywood in 2016
In 2021, DailyMail.com revealed that Cullors added a $35,000 electronic gate to her driveway due to safety concerns
Just a year after Floyd’s death, Cullors stepped down as executive director, weeks after it was revealed that she had amassed an impressive array of real estate investments despite describing herself as a Marxist.
At the time, reports indicated that Cullors owned four homes in upscale – and predominantly white – neighborhoods in California and Georgia with a total value of more than $3 million.
Cullors defended the property portfolio and called any attack on her “right-wing bullying”.
She has said her several homes were purchased from the financial windfall from her speaking and book deals and not from the $90 million donations BLM raised in 2020.
Cullors founded Black Lives Matter in 2013 with co-founders Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi.
In May 2022, pregnant Candace Owens showed up at the gate of Cullors’ home with a camera crew to get comment on her real estate portfolio making the news.
Owens was only able to speak to an employee at the gate. Cullors claimed she was bullied and harassed by Owens and lived in fear.
Two years later, she seems to have overcome her fears and is doing normal mother things, like going grocery shopping.