Stormy Daniels may be best known as the adult actress who helped bring down Donald Trump, but her personal life couldn’t be more different.
The 45-year-old recently gave evidence in the former US President’s hush money trial, telling the court they had a one night stand in his hotel suite in 2006. Despite facing constant daily abuse while on the stand – even wearing a bulletproof vest to attend court – defiant Stormy refused to back down
In the wake of Trump’s conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal payments he made to Stormy, she broke her silence to tell the Mirror she feels vindicated for “telling the truth”. However she’s now ready to put the case behind her and focus on her real life.
Stormy Daniels with her husband Barrett Blade
Stormy (real name Stephanie Clifford) lives on a ranch in Florida with her husband and daughter. The world may know her for her sexual past, but she prefers to focus on her roles as a mother, competitive horse rider and actress.
She told the Mirror: “My life now is my husband, daughter and competing with my horse, Leo. I’d like to bid for mainstream acting success, and I’m filming a thriller movie and a comedy series. It is thankfully a world away from the courtroom.
“It was so intimidating being in front of the jurors and lawyers all looking at me, but I’m glad the stuff I wanted came out in court. I wanted to prove I’d been telling the truth the entire time. I was telling the truth that I was not paid for sex. It was not a prostitution job. I was not an escort. I was not a prostitute. It was consensual. That was one of the biggest things for me, that I’m not a liar. All I did was give the REAL truth to the questions I was asked. Think about that for a moment. You had to hear me talk about it. I had to live it.”
Stormy takes real issue with Trump’s lawyer trying to bring the focus on her previous career in adult movies, far removed from her current life. She said she was appalled by her treatment at the hands of Trump attorney Susan Necheles, who tried to use her X-rated career to argue that she fabricated her vivid story of sex with the former president.