While Donald Trump continues to make headlines long after his presidency, especially with the public hearings of the January 6 committee, there’s probably no one who knows what the former president is like behind closed doors better than his current and former wives.
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After 15 years of marriage to his first wife, Czech-American businesswoman and former model Ivana Trump, all the lessons learned during their time together still weren’t enough for a successful second marriage.
Donald’s second wife — American actress, model, and singer, Marla Maples – made headlines in the ’90s with the messy beginnings of their affair turned relationship that played out while Donald was still married to Ivana. The incessant media coverage only ramped up when news of a Maples and Trump split hit the airwaves.
Six years together, almost four years of marriage, and one kid later, the former It couple still have sleuths trying to crack the story on what went wrong between the two. Here’s what we know to be the truth behind why Donald Trump and Marla Maples called it quits.
Marla Maples and Donald Trump came from different worlds
Even at the peak of their relationship, Marla Maples acknowledged she and Donald Trump led different lifestyles. Maples was born in 1963 in Cohutta, Georgia, which reported a population of 700 people in 2020 — the highest recorded number since the town’s beginnings. “I’m like, of the soil, of the country, of a solid, firm belief in God,” Maples said in 1990 to Vanity Fair.
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Maples also told Maximum Ink that her childhood was simple, marked by climbing trees, wading through streams and pastures, and chasing cattle. The small town beauty pageant queen was the polar opposite of Trump, a native of New York, born 18 years earlier than she was.
Trump’s father, Fred Trump, was a businessman himself, who had his own real estate empire that raked in millions for Donald and his siblings. Maples never even saw the streets of New York until she moved there in 1985. Although she had ambitious career aspirations, Maples didn’t know that type of wealth.
“I would be happier living out on a farm away from everyone and not being in this concrete world, and here he is representing everything that some people think is very materialistic,” she added.
Trump wasn’t happy with Maples’ pregnancy
Donald Trump’s first daughter, Ivanka Trump, has famously been paraded around by her father, who referred to her as his favorite in an interview with New York Magazine.
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After acknowledging the favorite-playing when it comes to “Daddy’s little girl,” Donald remembered his second daughter, Tiffany Trump, born 12 years after Ivanka in 1993. Tiffany is the fourth child of Donald, and the only child of Marla Maples.
“You know I have another daughter, with Marla, named Tiffany? She’s just a beautiful great kid also. But it’s very separate. When you have separate wives, it’s sort of … separate,” he told the magazine.
Donald revealed his true feelings about Maples’ pregnancy while chatting with controversial radio host, Howard Stern, on the “Howard Stern Show” in 2004 (via Factba.se).
“Honestly, I’m glad it happened. I have a great little daughter, Tiffany,” he started. “But, you know at the time it was like, ‘Excuse me, what happened?’ And then I said, ‘Well, what are we going to do about this?’ She [Maples] said, ‘Are you serious? It’s the most beautiful day of our lives.’ I said, ‘Oh, great.'”
