NZ Herald
  • Home
  • Latest news
  • Herald NOW
  • Video
  • New Zealand
  • Sport
  • World
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Podcasts
  • Quizzes
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Viva
  • Weather

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • New Zealand
    • All New Zealand
    • Crime
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Open Justice
    • Scam Update
  • Herald NOW
  • On The Up
  • World
    • All World
    • Australia
    • Asia
    • UK
    • United States
    • Middle East
    • Europe
    • Pacific
  • Business
    • All Business
    • MarketsSharesCurrencyCommoditiesStock TakesCrypto
    • Markets with Madison
    • Media Insider
    • Business analysis
    • Personal financeKiwiSaverInterest ratesTaxInvestment
    • EconomyInflationGDPOfficial cash rateEmployment
    • Small business
    • Business reportsMood of the BoardroomProject AucklandSustainable business and financeCapital markets reportAgribusiness reportInfrastructure reportDynamic business
    • Deloitte Top 200 Awards
    • CompaniesAged CareAgribusinessAirlinesBanking and financeConstructionEnergyFreight and logisticsHealthcareManufacturingMedia and MarketingRetailTelecommunicationsTourism
  • Opinion
    • All Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Editorials
    • Business analysis
    • Premium opinion
    • Letters to the editor
  • Politics
  • Sport
    • All Sport
    • OlympicsParalympics
    • RugbySuper RugbyNPCAll BlacksBlack FernsRugby sevensSchool rugby
    • CricketBlack CapsWhite Ferns
    • Racing
    • NetballSilver Ferns
    • LeagueWarriorsNRL
    • FootballWellington PhoenixAuckland FCAll WhitesFootball FernsEnglish Premier League
    • GolfNZ Open
    • MotorsportFormula 1
    • Boxing
    • UFC
    • BasketballNBABreakersTall BlacksTall Ferns
    • Tennis
    • Cycling
    • Athletics
    • SailingAmerica's CupSailGP
    • Rowing
  • Lifestyle
    • All Lifestyle
    • Viva - Food, fashion & beauty
    • Society Insider
    • Royals
    • Sex & relationships
    • Food & drinkRecipesRecipe collectionsRestaurant reviewsRestaurant bookings
    • Health & wellbeing
    • Fashion & beauty
    • Pets & animals
    • The Selection - Shop the trendsShop fashionShop beautyShop entertainmentShop giftsShop home & living
    • Milford's Investing Place
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • TV
    • MoviesMovie reviews
    • MusicMusic reviews
    • BooksBook reviews
    • Culture
    • ReviewsBook reviewsMovie reviewsMusic reviewsRestaurant reviews
  • Travel
    • All Travel
    • News
    • New ZealandNorthlandAucklandWellingtonCanterburyOtago / QueenstownNelson-TasmanBest NZ beaches
    • International travelAustraliaPacific IslandsEuropeUKUSAAfricaAsia
    • Rail holidays
    • Cruise holidays
    • Ski holidays
    • Luxury travel
    • Adventure travel
  • Kāhu Māori news
  • Environment
    • All Environment
    • Our Green Future
  • Talanoa Pacific news
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Property Insider
    • Interest rates tracker
    • Residential property listings
    • Commercial property listings
  • Health
  • Technology
    • All Technology
    • AI
    • Social media
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
    • Opinion
    • Audio & podcasts
  • Weather forecasts
    • All Weather forecasts
    • Kaitaia
    • Whangārei
    • Dargaville
    • Auckland
    • Thames
    • Tauranga
    • Hamilton
    • Whakatāne
    • Rotorua
    • Tokoroa
    • Te Kuiti
    • Taumaranui
    • Taupō
    • Gisborne
    • New Plymouth
    • Napier
    • Hastings
    • Dannevirke
    • Whanganui
    • Palmerston North
    • Levin
    • Paraparaumu
    • Masterton
    • Wellington
    • Motueka
    • Nelson
    • Blenheim
    • Westport
    • Reefton
    • Kaikōura
    • Greymouth
    • Hokitika
    • Christchurch
    • Ashburton
    • Timaru
    • Wānaka
    • Oamaru
    • Queenstown
    • Dunedin
    • Gore
    • Invercargill
  • Meet the journalists
  • Promotions & competitions
  • OneRoof property listings
  • Driven car news

Puzzles & Quizzes

  • Puzzles
    • All Puzzles
    • Sudoku
    • Code Cracker
    • Crosswords
    • Cryptic crossword
    • Wordsearch
  • Quizzes
    • All Quizzes
    • Morning quiz
    • Afternoon quiz
    • Sports quiz

Regions

  • Northland
    • All Northland
    • Far North
    • Kaitaia
    • Kerikeri
    • Kaikohe
    • Bay of Islands
    • Whangarei
    • Dargaville
    • Kaipara
    • Mangawhai
  • Auckland
  • Waikato
    • All Waikato
    • Hamilton
    • Coromandel & Hauraki
    • Matamata & Piako
    • Cambridge
    • Te Awamutu
    • Tokoroa & South Waikato
    • Taupō & Tūrangi
  • Bay of Plenty
    • All Bay of Plenty
    • Katikati
    • Tauranga
    • Mount Maunganui
    • Pāpāmoa
    • Te Puke
    • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua
  • Hawke's Bay
    • All Hawke's Bay
    • Napier
    • Hastings
    • Havelock North
    • Central Hawke's Bay
    • Wairoa
  • Taranaki
    • All Taranaki
    • Stratford
    • New Plymouth
    • Hāwera
  • Manawatū - Whanganui
    • All Manawatū - Whanganui
    • Whanganui
    • Palmerston North
    • Manawatū
    • Tararua
    • Horowhenua
  • Wellington
    • All Wellington
    • Kapiti
    • Wairarapa
    • Upper Hutt
    • Lower Hutt
  • Nelson & Tasman
    • All Nelson & Tasman
    • Motueka
    • Nelson
    • Tasman
  • Marlborough
  • West Coast
  • Canterbury
    • All Canterbury
    • Kaikōura
    • Christchurch
    • Ashburton
    • Timaru
  • Otago
    • All Otago
    • Oamaru
    • Dunedin
    • Balclutha
    • Alexandra
    • Queenstown
    • Wanaka
  • Southland
    • All Southland
    • Invercargill
    • Gore
    • Stewart Island
  • Gisborne

Media

  • Video
    • All Video
    • NZ news video
    • Herald NOW
    • Business news video
    • Politics news video
    • Sport video
    • World news video
    • Lifestyle video
    • Entertainment video
    • Travel video
    • Markets with Madison
    • Kea Kids news
  • Podcasts
    • All Podcasts
    • The Front Page
    • On the Tiles
    • Ask me Anything
    • The Little Things
  • Cartoons
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / World

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels has released a tell-all memoir on her alleged affair with Donald Trump

By Gavin Fernando
news.com.au·
19 Sep, 2018 03:00 AM4 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Daniels reveals more details about the alleged affair in 2006 to 60 Minutes.

You can skip your morning coffee today, because Stormy Daniels' account of her alleged affair with the President will keep you awake and traumatised for the next three days.

The adult film actress, who claims she had an affair with Donald Trump in 2006, has written about the alleged encounter in her upcoming tell-all memoir, Full Disclosure.

The book, which was obtained by The Guardian, narrates the 39-year-old's first experiences as a stripper while she was in high school, breaking into the porn industry, and how her profile took off from there.

Donald Trump with porn star Stormy Daniels in 2006.
Donald Trump with porn star Stormy Daniels in 2006.

It also delves into her alleged affair with Mr Trump, her mounting disbelief when he began to win primary contests in 2016, and how she'd been threatened not to tell her story.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Daniels has long claimed she had sex with Mr Trump in his hotel room after they met at a charity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe.

Describing the first time she saw him, she said: "He had a red cap, a Trump crest as a placeholder for the MAGA slogan not one of us could see coming."

She said Mr Trump's bodyguard invited Daniels to dinner, which was really just an invitation to his penthouse.

Daniels also included I would hold your hands to guide you through, but I intend on burning mine off immediately after publishing this story.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Daniels also included some rather … unflinching descriptions of his manhood, saying it was "unusual".

"It may have been the least impressive sex I'd ever had, but clearly, he didn't share that opinion."

In another section of the book, Daniels writes of a moment in 2007 when she was with Mr Trump in a hotel room watching a Shark Week broadcast.

She claims he received a phone call from Hillary Clinton, who was then running against Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Discover more

World

Avenatti's warning to Trump: 'This is not the only tape'

22 Jul 08:10 PM
Entertainment

Stormy Daniels walks off Celebrity Big Brother

19 Aug 02:44 AM
World

Is Melania trolling her husband? A peek inside the Trumps' marital power play

23 Aug 04:48 AM
Lifestyle

Stormy Daniels tells Vogue about 'two-minute Trump'

28 Aug 08:31 PM

"Then, to make it crazier, Hillary Clinton called," Daniels writes. "He had a whole conversation about the race, repeatedly mentioning 'our plan' …

"Even while he was on the phone with Hillary, his attention kept going back to the sharks."

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels speaks to members of the media after a hearing at federal court in New York. Photo / AP
Adult film actress Stormy Daniels speaks to members of the media after a hearing at federal court in New York. Photo / AP

Ms Daniels allegedly received $US130,000 ($A198,000) from Mr Trump's longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen to prevent her from going public with allegations of the 2006 extramarital affair.

She stressed the sex was consensual and she never felt forced into it.

"Not once did I ever feel like I was in any sort of physical danger," Daniels told Vogue in August. "I'm sure if I would've taken off running, he wouldn't have given chase. And even if I had, there's no way he could've caught me."

"He's even less likely to catch me now," Daniels added.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

She also opened up about the terrifying threats that left her and her lawyer, Michael Avenatti, scared for their lives.

Referring to herself as a "fugitive", Daniels said the death threats, ominous packages and stalking has forced her to hire three full-time bodyguards.

"We've been in a couple of car chases," she said.

"We've had people put notes under the door, which means they know what hotel I'm in, which means we've had to change hotels in the middle of the night."

Two years ago, Daniels never would have guessed Mr Trump would have become President.

In the book, she describes her mounting disbelief watching him win the primary contests for the Republican presidential nomination.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"It will never happen, I would say," Daniels writes. "He doesn't even want to be president."

Whenever she saw him on television for years after their affair, the same line would play through her head: "'I had sex with that', I'd say to myself. Eech."

What will Melania think of the book? Photo / AP
What will Melania think of the book? Photo / AP

You know, there's one more interesting point to be made about all this.

When more than a dozen women came forward and accused Mr Trump of sexual harassment and assault, his wife Melania Trump came to his defence.

"I believe my husband. I believe my husband," she told CNN's Anderson Cooper. She said her husband was the victim of lies put forward in a co-ordinated effort by a group of women.

"This was all organised from the opposition. And with the details … did they ever check the background of these women? They don't have any facts."

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

We may never know whether or not she was being genuine in that interview.

But if Daniels' graphic account of the affair is true, Melania now has all the proof she needs.

Save

    Share this article

Latest from World

World

'Advance terror attacks': Israeli navy strikes Hezbollah site

21 Jun 06:55 AM
World

Missing HMS Endeavour’s disputed resting place confirmed

21 Jun 06:52 AM
World

Secrets of Okunoshima: Poison gas island's hidden WWII history

21 Jun 02:20 AM

Jono and Ben brew up a tea-fuelled adventure in Sri Lanka

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from World

'Advance terror attacks': Israeli navy strikes Hezbollah site

'Advance terror attacks': Israeli navy strikes Hezbollah site

21 Jun 06:55 AM

The site was used by Hezbollah to plan attacks on Israeli civilians.

Missing HMS Endeavour’s disputed resting place confirmed

Missing HMS Endeavour’s disputed resting place confirmed

21 Jun 06:52 AM
Secrets of Okunoshima: Poison gas island's hidden WWII history

Secrets of Okunoshima: Poison gas island's hidden WWII history

21 Jun 02:20 AM
Australian sailor with genital herpes removes condom during sex

Australian sailor with genital herpes removes condom during sex

21 Jun 02:05 AM
Help for those helping hardest-hit
sponsored

Help for those helping hardest-hit

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • NZ Herald e-editions
  • Daily puzzles & quizzes
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Subscribe to the NZ Herald newspaper
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP