Her popularity and profits seemed to get a boost with news of Trump’s indictment on Thursday in a case involving a $130,000 ($NZ207,000) silent payment she received in the twilight of his 2016 election campaign.
“Thank you to everyone for your support and love!” she posted on Twitter after news of the criminal charges broke. “#Teamstormy merch/signature orders are pouring in.”
Daniels is an author, director and media personality. The 44-year-old launched her own reality TV show, Spooky cutiesin which she searches haunted houses as a “psychic investigator”, and once flirted with a U.S. Senate bid as a Democrat-turned-Republican.
When a Twitter user asked what “the whore” was doing one day this week, Daniels replied, “I’m not sure why you’re curious, but… I just fed my horse and mucked out stables, taking pictures and #teamstormy shirts signed and mailed, booking crew/location for a music video I’m directing, floating in my pool and then my live show.”
“Basically the usual,” she added.
She’s not shy about capitalizing on the attention surrounding her connection to Trump. She points out that he has done the same, but has received far less criticism in her view.
“Take the opportunity,” Daniels said during a Wednesday live stream on OnlyFans, an online subscription platform known for adult content, according to a report from the British newspaper. The independent. “Isn’t that what America is all about?”
Trump has raised more than $2 million for his legal defense since predicting on March 18 that he would soon be arrested, according to his campaign. A Trump fundraising group sent an email asking supporters for more contributions following his indictment.
After he announced his impending arrest, searches for Daniels on the website Pornhub jumped 21,655%, according to the site’s research and analytics division.
A spokesperson for Daniels could not be reached for comment.
‘JUSTIFICATION’
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is married to another adult film star and has a young daughter and a horse ranch, according to her social media profiles.
Her childhood was marred by sexual assault and poverty. Growing up in Louisiana with a single mom, “we were just trash. And my mom was a train wreck and my clothes didn’t fit, and I was poor and I smelled,” Daniels told Vice News in 2021.
Daniels said she had been a straight-A student and editor of her high school newspaper when she left home and began stripping for a living.
She continued to work in adult entertainment after graduating from high school and started her career in adult films in 2002, according to the interview with Vice News. Daniels soon began winning industry awards and landed roles in TV shows and movies such as The 40-year-old virgin And whipped up.
Daniels has said she received the hush money in exchange for keeping quiet about a sexual encounter she had with Trump in 2006.
Trump has denied having the affair and initially denied knowing anything about the payment.
It is unclear what charges he will face, and he has indicated that he will continue his bid for the 2024 presidency as he fights the case.
In an interview with Great Britain Time In Friday’s paper, Daniels called the charge “justification” and referenced a vulgar remark Trump made in a 2005 recording in which he bragged about forcing himself on women.
“But it’s bittersweet,” she said. “He’s done so much worse that he should have been taken down sooner. I’m fully aware of the insanity of being a porn star. But it’s also poetic; this pussy grabbed back.”