Appearing on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in October 2018, adult film star Stormy Daniels was asked to look at a lineup of mushrooms and pick the one that best resembled President Donald Trump’s penis. Daniels had become a household name overnight after it was revealed that a decade earlier, she’d had an alleged sexual relationship with Trump. And 21 months into his presidency, there she was promoting a book and talking about his junk.
Here we are five years later, after Cohen’s stint in prison, Avenatti currently serving time, Trump on the precipice of accountability, and Daniels the last woman left standing.
Despite the prestigious media appearances alongside her just-as-famous lawyer Michael Avenatti, Daniels was still something of a punchline: A woman derided for being openly sexual, demeaned for having an alleged affair with a married man, and paid $130,000 to keep quiet while that very man was running for president.
And yet here we are five years later, after Cohen’s stint in prison, Avenatti currently serving time, Trump on the precipice of accountability, and Daniels the last woman left standing. Now she could very well be the reason a former president is indicted for the first time in American history.
Daniels took to Twitter Sunday night to share her feelings about the man who has reportedly caused her so much pain potentially finally getting his comeuppance. “I only respond when he posts about me or talks about me on TV…and only a fraction of that,” she tweeted, likely in reference to Trump recently insulting her physical appearance. Daniels as a key player in Trump’s historic potential indictment marks a shift in the years’-long narrative of Daniels’ alleged entanglement with the former president. It’s a symbolic victory, at the very least, for the many women who have spoken out against Trump’s alleged bad behavior toward them.
Though Daniels alleges that her affair with Trump (which he denies) took place way back in 2006, the bombshell…
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