Porn star weaves tangled tale on alleged affair with Trump
The latest twists in the tangled tale of what happened between Donald Trump and an adult film star more than a decade ago have the woman both firmly denying an extramarital affair with Trump and then playing coy about that denial.
Stormy Daniels, the woman who allegedly had a sexual relationship with a then-married Donald Trump in 2006, said in a statement issued Tuesday that the alleged affair never occurred.
By that night, however, Daniels appeared to disown the statement in an appearance on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” saying she didn’t know where it came from and the signature didn’t look like hers.
In the hours after the show, Daniels’ lawyer and public relations manager both reaffirmed her commitment to the earlier denial. They also said she was cancelling a planned Thursday interview on ABC’s “The View.”
Daniels’ real name is Stephanie Clifford. Her tale of what happened with Trump at a celebrity golf tournament in Nevada became a point of fascination after The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month that the president’s longtime personal lawyer had arranged a $130,000 payment to Clifford in October 2016 to keep her from publicly discussing the alleged sexual encounter during the presidential campaign. inducting Bon Jovi into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in April. Okay, not really.
Cleveland.com reported Jon Bon Jovi asked Stern to induct Bon Jovi into the Rock Hall during the ceremony held in Cleveland on April 14. Stern accepted, but he doesn’t appear happy about coming to Cleveland.
“For some reason, they must have some [strange] deal that every once in a while they’ll actually shoot the celebration in Cleveland…But it’s the stupidest f ****** thing,” Stern said on his SiriusXM show Wednesday. “It’s already been explained to me, through the grapevine, that a lot of rock and roll people aren’t going to be in the audience, because it’s in Cleveland.”
Stern went on to insist he loves the people of Cleveland, and he wasn’t trying to disrespect the city. Yet, his words suggested otherwise.
“[Rock stars] are not in Cleveland,” Stern said. “They don’t care about getting on a jet and going to Cleveland. They just don’t.”
“I just want to shake the people, whoever the people are of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. It’s so stupidly put together. I’m going to lay it all out in my State of the Union. Someone’s gotta educate people.”
Stern also joked that the Rock Hall Ceremony should be held in New York and cut to Cleveland briefly, where they can have Nina Simone’s casket or her family present.