President Donald Trump has a fondness for watching Shark Week while being spanked with a magazine by aging porn stars, a report by Mother Jones claims.
While Discovery Channel’s annual programming homage to the toothy apex predator has spawned a menagerie of quirky viewing habits from complex drinking games to costumed binge parties, the president’s method of consumption quickly trended on social media.
The report details a previous interview with In Touch—originally done in 2011 but was only published this week—with pornstar Stormy Daniels, who’s real name is Stephanie Clifford. Daniels described Trump obsessively watching Shark Week in his hotel room during one of their visits.
The report alleges that Trump forced the the porn star, best known for her roles in “Banging Busty Blondes” and “Saturday Night Beaver,” to watch the shark-themed documentaries for hours at a time. In the In Touch interview, Stormy claims Trump was sprawled on the couch watching TV, wearing pajama pants when she arrived. The report goes on to describe Trump’s request to be spanked with a rolled up copy of Forbes Magazine in which the former reality television star appeared on the cover.
At the time of the alleged encounter, Trump was married to his third wife, Melania, who had recently given birth to their son, Barron.
Although Trump appears to have an infatuation with Shark Week, it does not appear that he holds the majestic predators in the highest regards.
“I donate to all these charities and I would never donate to any charity that helps sharks. I hope all the sharks die,” Trump is reported to have said.
Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal broke the news that Trump’s lawyer had made arrangements with Daniels to not speak publicly of the affair during the presidential election. She was paid $130,000 to keep quiet about the encounter by Michael Cohen, the top lawyer for the Trump Organization.
This isn’t the first time that Trump has mixed sharks with sexual encounters.
During his tour of Asia in November, President Donald Trump dined on shark fin soup at an official state dinner in Hanoi, Vietnam. Shark fin soup, which is sometimes served during wedding banquets, is believed to enhance sexual virility and cure impotence although no scientific evidence has been found to support this claim.
The White House did not make any official statement following the trip as to whether the soup achieved its purported libido-rising effect for the “The Donald.” Trump, who has previously referenced his genitalia on social media, was conspicuously silent on the matter on his Twitter account. The First Lady, Melania, however, appeared to have a “sour face” in many of the photographs documenting her husband’s diplomatic mission through Asia.