Melania Trump slammed as ex-aide reveals former FLOTUS' scheme of licensing personal photos for profit

WASHINGTON, DC: Melania Trump's former aide recently took to social media to expose the control the former first lady kept over private photos and how she licensed them off for profit.

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, who served as a former senior advisor to Melania, made the revelations in response to a clip from her recent interview on Fox News, where she gushed about her life as a working mother.

Ex-aide calls out Melania Trump for gushing about photo portraying her as a working mother

During the interview, host Ainsley Earhardt referred to a picture of Melania Trump and her son, Barron Trump, who earlier this month started off college at New York University.

The Fox News host praised the picture that showed the former first lady sitting behind a table with papers scattered around her while she was having a conversation with a young Barron, who was playing.

Earhardt said that the picture depicted a working mother's life, which everyone could relate to because the surroundings looked hectic and chaotic but "so much fun." She then asked what was happening at that moment from the picture.

Melania responded, "When I saw it, that was the time I did the QVC collection and my jewelry... I was there playing with Barron. It's very important that we show our children that we are working too to give them an example of how life is."

Sharing the interview clip on X (formerly Twitter), Melania's ex-aide Wolkoff claimed her former boss had full control over what she wanted the public to see and how she profited from the private images.

"THIS IS LAUGHABLE," wrote Wolkoff, adding, "Melania Trump has a PERSONAL photographer who takes PHOTOS of Melania in locations around the world. Melania approves the photos she wants the public to see and then she LICENSES them to Getty Images to make a PROFIT." 

Melania, who has kept a low profile throughout her husband Donald Trump's third presidential bid, has been actively promoting her upcoming memoir 'Melania', which is set to hit the stores on October 8. The book already topped Amazon's best-seller list.

The memoir offers the readers a glimpse into Melania's childhood in Slovenia, her career in fashion, meeting and courting the former president, and her White House days.

Wolkoff has previously accused Melania of "staging" her actions, as per OK Magazine. During Trump's New York hush money trial, the ex-aide claimed, "Melania is Melania's own person."

She added, "I do not see her supporting him this way ... I think you can feel that humiliation without having to put yourself in front of the cameras. Everything Melania does is staged."

Internet slams Melania Trump over Stephanie Winston Wolkoff's revelations

Netizens joined Stephanie Winston Wolkoff in slamming Melania Trump for "grifting off" her personal photos and displaying herself as a working mother.

One wrote, "All about the marketing grift," and another said, "She's nothing but a big phony."

A person remarked, "She is a self absorbed person. No idea what a real working mom goes through. An insult to working moms."

"What a juggle and struggle Melania had as a 'working' from home mother of one with a household staff and unlimited funds. So relatable to every woman, especially those of us w/ multiple children, a long commute, inflexible hours and low pay," sarcastically wrote an individual. 

"She is paid to lie!" declared someone else, while one more added, "WHAT A JOKE SHE IS……."

"I feel her book is garbage. Probably written by someone else just in time to make it seem like DonOld and her like each other. She hasn’t got a clue how real mothers juggle work and kids. Not a single clue," read another comment. 

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