Stormy Daniels Has Marriage Advice for Melania Trump: Dump His Ass

Stormy Daniels has some relationship advice for Melania Trump, and—spoiler alert—it’s not to go to couples counseling in an effort to repair her 19-year marriage to Donald Trump. Instead, the adult-film star and director, whose 2016 hush money payment led to the ex-president’s conviction in criminal court last week, has urged the former first lady to ditch her husband.

“I don’t know what their agreement may or may not be, but Melania needs to leave him,” Daniels told the Daily Mirror. “Not because of what he did with me or other women, but because he is a convicted felon. It’s been proven he is abusive; he was found liable for sexual assault and tax fraud and is now a criminal. He’s neither Teflon Don nor Teflon Con anymore.” She added that she believes Melania was a no-show at the Manhattan trial because she wanted to shield her son from what was going on there, which Daniels also cited as the likely reason for Ivanka Trump’s absence. “I would not want to expose my children to that dangerous environment,” Daniels said. “And Melania and Ivanka are both parents—they’re mothers who have younger children, and that would be my reason. You know, if it was the other way around, even if I wanted to support my spouse or my family member, I would choose the safety and privacy of my child over attending court.”

In an interview that aired on Fox News over the weekend, Trump himself said the trial and conviction had taken a toll on his wife. “She’s fine, but I think it’s very hard for her,” he said, adding that, “in many ways, it’s tougher on [the family] than it is me.”

Melania did not attend Trump’s post-conviction press conference at Trump Tower on Friday, just like she did not attend his post-arraignment press conference at Mar-a-Lago last year. In 2023, she was said to still be angry about Trump’s alleged affair with the porn star (which he still denies) and reportedly did not “sympathize” with the fact that he was facing criminal charges and possibly even time in prison. This April, The New York Times reported that, according to people familiar with the matter, the former first lady had privately called the legal proceedings “a disgrace” and was of the belief that the trial was “unfair.” Yet she reportedly appeared to still be pissed about the ex-president’s alleged affair, and continued to privately refer to the case as “his problem”—not hers.

If Melania were to leave Trump—and that seems highly unlikely—it would be his third divorce. He was previously married to Ivana Trump and Marla Maples.