Before marrying Melania Knavs, Donald Trump lived for several years with Marla Maples, his second wife, whom he divorced in 1999. Since then, the former host has led a discreet life, far from the spotlight.
At the Trumps, a day without controversy is not worth living. Eight days before the US 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 stand-in for his wife when traveling. Hearsay that 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 good 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 has been an absentee since her divorce from the businessman. Unlike her predecessor Ivana Trump – who has multiplied reality TV shows – Marla Maples has decided to settle down. It must be said that his divorce with the real estate mogul was bloody financially. Married in 1993, the same year as the birth of their daughter Tiffany, the couple signed the divorce papers in 1999. However, 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 mogul, who at the time shouted under the roofs the extent of his immense fortune, left him "only" a million dollars in compensation, thanks to a finely crafted marriage contract. , and pledged to pay "only" $100,000 in annual support to their daughter until she turns 21.
Discreet since his divorce
If her relationship with Donald Trump made headlines during the 1990s, Marla Maples chose to raise her daughter Tiffany away from the gossip of New York. The animator by profession, then 36 years old at the time of her divorce, left to settle in 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 took part in an off-Broadway production, entitled Love, Loss and What I Wore. If she is discreet, she does not completely disappear from the radar, since she participated in particular in 2013 in an Oprah Winfrey program, "What have they become?". Above all, she is making her big 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 the viewers, since she was eliminated at the end of the fourth week.
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 his daughter Ivanka. "They really doubled it," revealed the same source. "They forced her not to write the book." After this failed attempt, Marla Maples seems to be done with the one who abused 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 out of my ex-husband's status as president," she said in 2018.
