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After claims she had an affair with Donald Trump, adult film star Stormy Daniels will
appear on Jimmy Kimmel’s ABC show on January 30.
Reports have surfaced that Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen paid Stormy Daniels,
whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, $130,000 (£93,000) in ‘hush money’ ahead of the
2016 US Election.
The affair having allegedly taken place in 2006, months after Melania Trump gave birth
to son Barron, Stormy addressed questions about the Trump affair with a mysterious smile
in an interview with Inside Edition.
However, in a 2011 interview with In Touch magazine, the Good Will *** star revealed
she had sex with Trump as well as a year-long affair with the now US President.
Speculation also surrounds whether this story is the reason why Melania decided not to attend
the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
After joking about the First Lady’s lack of attendance in Davos, Jimmy Kimmel announced
on Twitter that ‘the very gifted’ Stormy would be appearing on his show. But who is
Stormy Daniels?
Who is Stormy Daniels?
Stephanie Clifford, who became famous under the *** name Stormy Daniels, was born in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana on March 17, 1979.
She began her career as a stripper in her hometown at the age of 17 before entering
the *** industry.
Her adopted stage name is a combination of the Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx's daughter
Storm, and Jack Daniels whisky, which hails from Louisiana.
The 38-year-old has had a contract with the *** studio Wicked Pictures since 2002, and
has directed for the company since 2004.
That year, she won the Best New Starlet Award from Adult Video News, and was inducted into
the AVN Hall of Fame in 2014.
Clifford has also made appearances in mainstream films such as The 40 Year Old *** and Knocked
Up, as well as starring as a Maroon 5 music video for "Wake Up Call", as a pole dancer.
In 2009, some of the *** star's fans tried to recruit her to make a bid for the US Senate
in Louisiana.
However, she eventually announced she wouldn't run, citing the cost and the media not taking
her candidacy seriously.
Stormy Daniels movies and appearances.
Her first television appearance was on the HBO documentary series Real Sex. Stormy went
on to win the Best New Starlet award from Adult Video News and has directed for the
California-based *** movie studio Wicked Pictures since 2004.
She was also in FX Network’s Dirt in 2007 and in the music video for Maroon 5’s Wake
Up Call in the same year.
Most notably, Stormy appeared in The 40-Year-Old *** when the protagonist played by Steve
Carell watches her in the film Space Nuts: Episode 69 - Unholy Union.
In 2014, she was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame. The films
that Stormy directed earned her 14 AVN award nominations, including one for Best Safe Sex
Scene in First Crush.
Stormy Daniels politics.
In 2010, fans of Stormy Daniels tried to oust Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter
after starting the website DraftStormy.com, and Stormy formed an exploratory committee.
She declared herself a Republican and toured the state voicing her concerns about the economy,
women in business and child protection.
In the same month, she declared that she could not afford the Senate run and the claimed
the media did not take her candidacy seriously.
Trump was also identified as a potential campaign donor when she was considering running for
Senator for Louisiana and details of Stormy’s *** relationship with the US President
were revealed in Mother Jones.
What is Stormy Daniels's net worth?.
Stormy Daniels has accumulated a net worth of approximately $4 million (£2.8 million),
according to Celebrity Net Worth.
This figure is said to include the $130,000 (£93,000) of ‘hush money’ that she was
allegedly paid by Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen prior to the 2016 US Election.
She has starred in more than 180 adult films and has produced more than 65 movies, for
which she has won more than 40 awards.
What were the allegations involving Donald Trump?
The White House has strenuously denied an explosive report claiming that Donald Trump
paid Clifford $130k hush money following a tryst in a hotel room.
It was alleged that the US President's team arranged payment to the adult actress a month
before his 2016 election victory.
Trump allegedly hooked up with the *** star at the Edgewood Tahoe golf tournament
a year after he married third wife Melania.
Both she and the White House denied the affair, although another *** star, Alana Evans, came
forward to claim that Clifford told her about it.
An attorney for the Trump Organisation, set up the payment to keep her quiet, The Wall
Street Journal reported.
In February 2018, Trump's lawyer Michael D Cohen paid Stormy £95k.
He told NYT: "Neither the Trump Organisation nor the Trump campaign was a party to the
transaction with Ms. Clifford, and neither reimbursed me for the payment, either directly
or indirectly.
“The payment to Ms. Clifford was lawful, and was not a campaign contribution or a campaign
expenditure by anyone.”
Cohen denied answering further questions, including those related to whether or not
Trump knew about the payment.
Donald Trump has now issued a restraining order against Stormy Daniels to prevent her
from going public about their alleged affair.
Has Stormy Daniels spoken about the alleged incident before?
In a 2011 interview with magazine In Touch, Daniels spoke about the alleged encounter
with Trump claiming they had “textbook generic sex.”
The 38-year-old claims that after the alleged hotel room romp, which Trump strongly denies,
the future US President asked her to autograph one of her *** DVDs for him.
She said: “(The sex) was textbook generic. He was like, ‘Come here’. And I was like,
‘Ugh, here we go’.
“I actually don’t even know why I did it, but I do remember while we were having
sex I was like, ‘Please, don’t try to pay me’.
“And then I remember thinking, ‘I bet if he did, it would be a lot’.”
She said he invited her to dinner after they rode in the same golf buggy.
She added: “Who would pass up an opportunity to talk to someone so interesting? I wasn’t
trying to date him or anything like that.”
The actress claims she arrived at Trump’s hotel room to find him sprawled out in his
pyjamas watching TV.
She said: “I was like, ‘Does Mr Hefner know that you stole his outfit?’ I was actually
really mean to him. He got all huffy and tried to play it off and was like, ‘Oh I just
thought we would relax here’.”
The pair then had dinner in his room but he waved off her questions about wife Melania.
Stormy added: “He goes, ‘Oh don’t worry about her’. He was very full of himself.”
The actress claims they then had sex, which she says was “nothing crazy”, and Trump
asked her to sign a DVD of one of her films before they parted.
He also promised to get her on to his TV show The Apprentice, saying: “People would think
you’re just this idiot with blonde hair and big ***. You would be perfect for it
because you’re such a smart businesswoman’.”
In Touch magazine claims Stormy took a polygraph lie detector test and passed "at the time
of the interview."
Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen released a letter on January 10 - signed by Stormy
- denying any *** relationship.
The lawyer also delivered the statement from Clifford, which branded the WSJ article "absolutely
false."
It reads: "My involvement with Donald Trump was limited to a few public appearances and
nothing more.
"When I met Donald Trump, he was gracious, professional and a complete gentleman to me
and EVERYONE in my presence.
"Rumours that I have received hush money from Donald Trump are completely false.
"If indeed I did have a relationship with Donald Trump, trust me, you wouldn't be reading
about in the news, you would be reading about it in my book.
"But the fact of the matter is, these stories are not true."
He said the President “once again vehemently denies any such occurrence, as has Ms Daniels”.
But in February 2018 sources revealed Stormy may have kept a "Monika Lewinsky" dress - which
could provide DNA evidence her claims are true.
She is said to be planning on having the dress forensically tested to search for any DNA
that proves she isn’t lying about her tryst with the 71-year-old US leader, including
samples of skin and hair.
What did Stormy Daniel say on Jimmy Kimmel?
Stormy Daniels appeared on Jimmy Kimmel to speak about her alleged affair with Donald
Trump.
In the interview, Daniels either ignored or did not give answers of substance one way
or the other.
Earlier on the day of the interview, a letter emerged, which Daniels had supposedly signed,
denying ever having had a relationship with Trump.
Jimmy Kimmel questioned her on this, asking her if she signed the letter.
"I don't know, did I?" Daniels replied to Kimmel. "Doesn't look like my signature, does
it?"
Kimmel was keen to get answers from her about the alleged affair and asked her to admit
to whether or not she had signed a non-disclosure agreement, telling her that if she didn't
have a non-disclosure agreement, she "certainly could say, 'I don't have a non-disclosure
agreement.'"
Daniels responded: "You're so smart, Jimmy."
Kimmel, in his final attempt to prize out any information on the alleged affair, said:
"Stormy, one last thing.
"Have you ever made love to anyone whose name rhymes with 'Ronald Rump?'"
Daniels responded coolly , "I'll call you whatever you want me to, baby."