McDougal says Trump never used protection during the "dozens and dozens" of times they had sex
McDougal says she ended the relationship because she felt "guilty," but got together again with Trump in 2009. "He got us a room at the Trump hotel in Vegas. There was nothing like that [sexual] at all. We stayed in contact for a bit and we lost contact."
McDougal said she never thought about telling her story about her affair with Trump publicly, but was contacted by reporters in 2011. She couldn't figure out how they knew about the affair.
McDougal says that as Trump's political fortunes rose in 2015/16, her friends started talking about her affair with Trump.
McDougal says she got "cold feet" about selling her story in early 2016, but was approached by the National Enquirer's parent company after the RNC. "They wanted to squash the story," she says about what AMI wanted to do in hindsight.
McDougal says she was happy to sell her story to AMI because they offered to "rebrand" her as a fitness columnist as part of the deal ,and she was eager for that career opportunity
McDougal says AMI smashed the story because they "didn't want to hurt" Trump, says she's since learned that Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen was in contact with her attorney while negotiations were ongoing
McDougal, who voted for Trump and identifies as a Republican, says she now realizes that the deal she struck with AMI was all about trying to protect Trump ahead of the 2016 election x.com/atrupar/status…
McDougal said she was surprised by Access Hollywood tape because she never saw "that side" of Trump while their affair was going on
McDougal says she had lunch with AMI chairman David Pecker in 2017. "He wanted to thank me for my loyalty."
ANDERSON: Are you speaking out because the White House called you a liar? MCDOUGAL: "No one likes to be called a liar but it's more about the illegal portion of the contract and them not fulfilling what they promised me... it was fake."
The interview ends with McDougal tearfully apologizing to Melania Trump. "I wouldn't want it done to me. I'm sorry."
@atrupar Why would someone so pretty want to be so petty?
@atrupar @kelly2277 She obviously did't take Trump 101 in school