Stormy Daniels, the adult film star at the center of Donald Trump's recent hush-money trial, has launched a comedy tour, performing near the White House and delivering material that frequently targets the former president.
Daniels' stand-up show, titled 'Unicorns in the Kitchen,' features jokes about Trump, including giving him a new nickname, 'Voldemort.' She also described his cabinet as a 'junk drawer' and quipped that America is the 'hottest country in the world' because Trump 'burned everything down.'
During her performance, as sirens blared and a motorcade passed the comedy club, Daniels responded to an audience member's question about whether Trump was aware of her proximity. "I don't know, you'd have to ask him. I don't think he knows where HE is..." she said.
At the time of her performance, Trump was approximately a mile away, attending a private dinner in the White House Rose Garden with Speaker Mike Johnson and other members of Congress.
Daniels, who became a public figure in 2018 following revelations of a claimed 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, testified in his New York criminal trial earlier this year. Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 payment made by his former attorney, Michael Cohen, before the 2016 election.
Now retired from the adult entertainment industry, Daniels is embracing her new career as a comedian. She stated that her decision to testify against Trump in court was because it was the 'right thing to do' and because she was subpoenaed. When asked if she would ever run for political office, she replied, 'For the last decade I've been running from the president. No!'
Despite her past and her association with Trump, Daniels revealed that she still identifies as a Republican and expressed a shared dislike for bureaucracy and red tape, drawing a parallel to her experiences as a director of adult movies and Trump's potential views on such matters.
Her audience, composed largely of middle-aged men and women, appeared to be drawn to her fame stemming from the political and legal controversies rather than her adult film career. This was evident in the nature of questions posed by attendees at the end of her set.