Is This Really How Melania Got Back At Donald Trump Over Stormy Daniels?

It's no secret that there were numerous scandals during Donald Trump's one-term presidency, but there's one that's truly hard to forget: his affair with former adult film star, Stormy Daniels (real name Stephanie Clifford) — and the $130,000 hush money he paid her in 2016 — coming to light. In a 2011 interview with InTouch Weekly, Daniels alleged that she met Trump at a golf tournament in 2006 — one year after the former president married his third wife, Melania Trump — and that he invited her to dinner the same night. When Daniels arrived at Donald's hotel room, ready to go out, he was reportedly lounging on the couch in his pajamas and the pair had dinner in his room. Daniels then alleged that after hours of conversation, she and Trump had sex, and he asked her to sign one of her adult film DVDs after.

While Daniels' interview was published years before Donald even considered running for president, The Wall Street Journal published a story about Donald's lawyer, Michael Cohen, paying Daniels $130,000 to stay silent about the affair in October 2016 — just one month before the election. The WSJ alleged that the money was also part of an NDA in which Daniels was unable to speak about the affair publicly.

In 2018, Cohen initially denied reports of the lump sum payment to Daniels; however, he later admitted to The New York Times that he had paid her from his own pocket, and Donald also confirmed the payment months later (via BBC). But how did Melania react to the affair, and did she do anything to retaliate?