Donald Trump: what becomes of Marla Maples, his ex-wife before Melania?
Before marrying Melania Knavs, Donald Trump lived for several years with Marla Maples, his second wife, from whom he divorced in 1999. Since then, the former host has led a discreet life, far from the spotlight.
Among the Trumps, a day without controversy is not worth living. Eight days before the American presidential elections, the couple formed by Donald and Melania Trump must once again wipe the dust of a crazy rumor. Some accuse the President of the United States of having used a liner for his wife when traveling. Hearsay which should continue to feed the "legend" of the businessman. And if, in this game of pawns, his daughter Ivanka and his wife Melania seem to play a beautiful role, it is not the same for certain figures of the past. In this ocean of vulgarity inspired by the family dynasty, one woman seems to be an exception: Marla Maples.
Donald Trump's second wife is subscribed to absent subscribers since his divorce from the businessman. Unlike her predecessor Ivana Trump - who has multiplied reality TV shows - Marla Maples has decided to side with. It must be said that his divorce from the real estate mogul was bloody financially. Married in 1993, the same year their daughter Tiffany was born, the couple signed the divorce papers in 1999. Yet it was two years before that Donald Trump left his second wife in the worst possible way: by sending her a FedEx. An electric shock for Marla Maples, who found herself cheated. Indeed, the real estate magnate, who shouted at the time under the roofs the extent of his immense fortune, left him "only" a million dollars in compensation, thanks to a finely executed marriage contract. , and pledged to pay their daughter "only" $ 100,000 in annual pension until she turned 21.
Discreet since her divorce
If her relationship with Donald Trump hit the headlines during the 1990s, Marla Maples made the choice to raise her daughter Tiffany away from the bad tongues of New York. The host by profession, then 36 years old at the time of her divorce, moved to California, where she appeared in several films, including Happiness (1998), Black and White (1999) or even more recently A Nanny for Christmas (2010). In 2011, she returned to New York and participated in an off-Broadway production, entitled Love, Loss and What I Wore. If it is discreet, it does not disappear completely from the radars, since it takes part in particular in 2013 in a program of Oprah Winfrey, "What are they become?". Above all, she is making her comeback on the small screen by signing for the 22nd season of the American version of Dancing with the stars. Unfortunately, Marla Maples' pas de deux did not convince viewers, as she was eliminated after week four.
Discreet, Marla Maples would still have considered speaking during Donald Trump's presidential campaign in 2016, according to a source interviewed by Vanity Fair in 2019. She would have spoken to an editor, before being overtaken by Donald Trump and her daughter Ivanka. "They really doubled it", revealed the same source. "They made her not to write the book." After this failed attempt, Marla Maples seems to be done with the one who manhandled her for several years. "I think the silence was really important for a while, to let people know that I never wanted to get any publicity about my ex-husband's status as president," she said in 2018.
