LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Karen McDougal, an ex-Playboy model, alleges that she had an affair with Donald Trump prior to his triumphant 2016 campaign. However, in a recent interview, she maintains that she ended the relationship after crossing paths with actor Bruce Willis, whom she subsequently entered into a romantic relationship with.
"A family member came to town and we went to a bar and I met a lovely man named Bruce," McDougal told Daily Mail. "Bruce", here allegedly being Bruce Willis, the renowned actor famous for his role in the 'Die-Hard' film series. McDougal was captured in photographs alongside him, hand-in-hand, while on a vacation in Italy a few months later in 2007.
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'Why would I stay with a married man'
The Playboy star clarified that she was not "cheating" on Trump, who has been married to Melania since 2005. She explained that she had been in frequent communication with Willis, who had already divorced Demi Moore and did not marry his current wife Emma Heming until 2009. "I wasn't cheating on Trump but Bruce and I were talking on the phone a lot already so that made it easier to end it. Why would I stay with a married man when Bruce was a nice guy, and single?" McDougal reasons.
McDougal alleges that she had a ten-month affair with Trump in 2006. McDougal, along with Stormy Daniels, is one of two women who claim to have been involved in relationships with the married multi-millionaire before his victorious 2016 election campaign. Her story was also reportedly bought for around $150,000 and allegedly hidden by a tabloid through a strategy called "catch and kill" before the election. Unlike Stormy Daniels, who openly expresses her dislike for Trump and describes their alleged sexual encounter as the "worst 90 seconds of my life," McDougal insists that their relationship was real and loving.
'I ended it'
According to her, their relationship was not a casual affair and she strongly maintains that they were in love. "His people have denied it, but he's never denied it," she said. "A reporter asked him, 'Did you have an affair with Karen McDougal?' and all he said was, 'I've done nothing wrong.' He knows I'm telling the truth."
She further added, "I was in love with him. He was in love with me. I know that because he told me all the time. He'd say 'You're my baby and I love you'. He showed me off to his friends."
McDougal insisted that Trump did not dump her, but it was the other way around. "I'm portrayed as the disgruntled woman, but I am not that woman. I ended it," she said. She said she was looking for a way out of that relationship just when she met Bruce Willis, whom she then allegedly dated for six months.