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Tex. bomb fiend fess: I’m psycho

- Terence Cullen and Chris Sommerfeld­t

AN EX-PLAYBOY playmate who allegedly had a steamy affair with Donald Trump says he once tried paying her for sex — even though they were “in love.”

Karen McDougal, who filed a lawsuit this week to null a legal agreement she says prevents her from speaking publicly about her affair with Trump, told CNN's Anderson Cooper Thursday that the soon-to-be President tried paying her after a tryst at the Beverly Hills Hotel in the summer of 2006.

“I don't even know how to describe the look on my face, it must have been so sad, because I never have been offered money like that number one, and number two, does he think I'm in this for money?” McDougal, 46, said. “I looked at him and said, ‘that's not me, I’m not that kind of girl,’ and he looked at me and said ‘oh, you're really special.’”

McDougal said the episode left her heartbroke­n.

“I got home and I was crying a lot,” she said. “I felt terrible about myself.”

But McDougal said their affair continued for 10 months.

“Back in those days, I was a different girl, you know, I had fun,” McDougal said, holding back tears. “I was in the Playboy scene. I was just enjoying life as much as I could.”

Future First Lady Melania Trump had given birth to Trump's youngest son, Barron, shortly before their affair started, McDougal said.

McDougal would meet Trump for dinner and drinks whenever he came to Los Angeles, and they would end up in bed. They would also rendezvous­ed in New Jersey, New York and Nevada, she explained.

Even though she knew it was “wrong,” McDougal said she kept sleeping with Trump because they were “in love.”

“He always told me he loved me,” she said. “He would call me baby, or he’d call me beautiful Karen.”

McDougal said she actually met most of Trump’s family members, including Melania, Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr. The ex-nude model said she regrets not apologizin­g to Mrs. Trump.

“I wouldn’t want it done to me. I’m sorry,” she said.

McDougal filed a lawsuit Tuesday charging that the Trump-boosting National Enquirer bought her salacious Trump affair story for $150,000, but never published it, leaving her forced to stay mute. The technique, known in tabloid circles as “catch and kill,” has been used on a number of occasions by the Enquirer’s parent company, American Media, Inc., according to reports.

She alleges that Trump’s longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen was involved in brokering the hush agreement. Cohen did not return a request for comment from the Daily News.

McDougal said Trump didn’t seem to care that other people knew about their affair. “He wasn’t afraid to hide it at all,” McDougal said.

But McDougal’s mother gave her an earful after she revealed that she was “friends” with Trump.

“She kind of scolded me,” McDougal said. “When you have a relationsh­ip with somebody, you don't hide it, right? If there’s feelings, you don't hide it.”

McDougal’s lawsuit comes as porn star Stormy Daniels is battling Trump in court over a nondisclos­ure agreement about their yearlong affair that she says should be nullified because he never signed the paperwork. Daniels alleges that Cohen facilitate­d also the agreement in exchange for $130,000.

Daniels says she started having sex with Trump when they met at a golf tournament in Lake Tahoe in 2006 — an event that McDougal also attended.

“My first thought is how could she have been with him when I was with him?” McDougal said of Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford. “The only time we weren't together on that particular trip was when he was on the golf course golfing. I didn't go, clearly, but I went to every event, every after thing, parties, daytime things, I was there.”

McDougal added, “I thought I was the only one, I did. I thought I was the only one.” THE MAN suspected of terrorizin­g Texas with a series of deadly bomb attacks left behind a disturbing “confession” in which he described himself as a remorseles­s “psychopath,” according to a report Thursday.

“I wish I were sorry, but I am not,” Mark Conditt said in a cell phone recording he left behind after blowing himself up Wednesday, sources told the Austin Statesman.

In the 28-minute recording, Conditt, 23, threatened to blow himself up in a crowded McDonald’s if cops closed in on him, the sources said. Austin Police Chief Brian Manley told reporters Wednesday night Conditt’s confession didn’t speak to any ideology.

“He does not at all mention anything about terrorism, nor does he mention anything about hate,” Manley said of the unemployed Conditt.

Conditt was in police crosshairs after one of two explosive packages he dropped off at a FedEx store blew up, injuring one person.

Surveillan­ce footage captured Conditt’s license plate, and his cell phone pings placed him at several locations.

The string of bombings began March 2 when Anthony Stephen House, 39, was killed by an exploding package left at his house.

Draylen Mason, 17, was killed 11 days later by a similar bomb, and his 41-year-old mother was injured.

 ??  ?? Donald Trump with Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal, who said in CNN interview Thursday (inset) she had a 10-month affair with the mogul starting after his son Barron was born in 2006.
Donald Trump with Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal, who said in CNN interview Thursday (inset) she had a 10-month affair with the mogul starting after his son Barron was born in 2006.

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