Donald Trump’s attorney, Alina Habba, claimed that she’d rather be “pretty” than “smart” during an appearance on the conservative “PBD Podcast” on Jan. 4.
Habba and the podcast’s hosts, Patrick Bet-David, Adam Sosnick, and Vincent Oshana, were discussing the twice-impeached ex-president’s multiple indictments when Sosnick noted that the attorney was “an attractive woman,” and he wondered if Trump chose her to represent him rather than an alpha man due to her looks.
“Say what you will about Trump, alpha man,” said Sosnick. “You would suspect he picks an alpha guy, but he picks a feminine, smart, capable woman. How much of you being an attractive, smart woman do you think played a role in this to him?”
“I don’t think I would be on T.V. or sitting here if I didn’t look the way I look,” replied Habba. “I think I caught attention. I’m very honest about that and I don’t mind. I’m not a feminist, OK? I believe in strong women, but I want my door open.”
She went on to say she was a traditional Middle Eastern woman who cooks and cleans and knows how to “turn it off” while at home with her husband.
“Somebody said to me, ‘Alina would you rather be smart or pretty?’ And I said, ‘Oh, easy, pretty. You can fake being smart,’” she added.
“Listen, you have to be honest,” she continues. “It doesn’t hurt to be good-looking in this world.”
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