Former PEOPLE writer #NatashaStoynoff speaks after Trump controversy: ‘We cannot be silent anymore’ https://t.co/wKwqlzkQuI pic.twitter.com/ECceZqPgYF
— People Magazine (@people) October 18, 2016
This ^^ is a current photo of People Magazine journalist Natasha Stoynoff. Stoynoff is the woman who told her story last week, a story about being sexually assaulted, harassed and forcibly kissed by Donald Trump back in 2005. Stoynoff was at Mar-a-Lago in a professional capacity, to cover Trump’s wedding to Melania. After Stoyoff told her story, Donald Trump told his supporters to go to Stoynoff’s Facebook and “look at her” and then said “I don’t think so.” As in, Trump said she wasn’t pretty enough to assault, because Jesus Christ, that’s where we are in this election. So in the new issue of People, Stoynoff has a new interview about everything that’s gone down in the past week and a half.
One week after accusing Donald Trump of forcing himself on her, former PEOPLE writer Natasha Stoynoff is breaking her silence.
“I am doing okay,” she says in the new issue of PEOPLE after revealing the GOP nominee forced his tongue down her throat and pushed her against the wall while his then-pregnant wife Melania was upstairs at their Florida mansion in December 2005 – 11 months after the couple’s wedding. “Women are talking about this, and they need to,” Stoynoff says. “We cannot be silent anymore. I didn’t tell my story for politics, I told it for women.”
After Stoynoff’s story was made public, the 70-year-old presidential candidate vehemently denied her allegations, and said during Friday’s Florida rally that they are “all 100 percent, totally and completely fabricated,” adding, “She lies! Look at her, I don’t think so.” When reached for comment, a spokesperson for Trump previously said, “This never happened. There is no merit or veracity to this fabricated story.”
But speaking to PEOPLE Stoynoff responds: “I was obviously good-looking enough for him at the time to force-kiss me and insist that we were going to have an affair.”
In the past week, new accusations of sexual misconduct at the hands of the mogul unfurled, with a total of ten women alleging that Trump groped them in the past.
“It’s possible he just doesn’t remember it,” Stoynoff says. “It was over 10 years ago and I assume I am one of many, many women.”
On Monday evening, Melania defended her husband in a CNN interview with Anderson Cooper, during which she denied Stoynoff’s account. “The story that came out in PEOPLE magazine, the writer she said my husband took her to the room and started kissing her, she wrote in the same story about me that she saw me on 5th avenue, and I said to her ‘Natasha, how come we don’t see you anymore?’ I was never friends with her, I would not recognize her,” the 46-year-old mother of one said in Monday’s sit-down interview.
But PEOPLE Editor in Chief Jess Cagle says in a statement about Stoynoff’s piece, “In this week’s issue of PEOPLE (which hits newsstands in New York on Wednesday), we feature a story that includes named sources who can corroborate Natasha Stoynoff’s account – including one woman (a friend of Natasha’s) who was actually with her when she bumped into Melania Trump on Fifth Ave., as outlined in her story.”
LOL, People Mag coming in with some receipts! It’s such a sidebar to the main show of Donald Trump’s deplorablness, but the fact that Melania Trump thinks that Stoynoff’s story has been disproven because Melania doesn’t remember meeting her on the street is amazing. Like, out of Stoynoff’s whole story, Melania took issue with the idea that she would warmly greet a People journalist she had met (by her own admission) three previous times. Those are Melania’s nonsensical receipts. People Mag’s receipts are “here’s a witness to Melania greeting Stoynoff.” As for what Stoynoff has to say… I feel so sorry for her, and I feel sorry for all of the women who have come forward with Trump stories.
Oh, and Trump tried to kiss a little girl on the mouth last night and she dodged his kiss. This is being discussed like it’s funny, but I found it so disturbing.
From tonight's Trump rally: pic.twitter.com/g1MtfIAvFV
— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) October 18, 2016
Photos courtesy of WENN, People.
Whenever he interacts with an African American child it is like he is handling a prop. “Look at me I’m not racist!”
Yes! ” I don’t dislike negroes…I mean The African Americans. See, I’m even touching one. ” 😑
Exactly. I keep saying I can’t engage anymore, but, I can’t stop myself. He’s the biggest POS that ever shat. His family, too. And the Reps that won’t denounce him. And his racist, misogynistic, homophobic troglodytic acolytes.
I loved it in the second debate when he talked about making the inner cities safer for “the African American citizens, that are so great.” So cringe-worthy.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! My eyes are stinging from seeing that GIF. That was fucking gross. Sorry for swearing, but geez, given the context of the past couple of weeks, maybe trying to put your gross wet sleazy lips on a little girl you have trapped in your predatory orange grasp wasn’t the best PR move.
And that kid has great instincts.
Right!?!
Ew he’s so gross and why did he try to kiss a little girl he doesn’t even know on the mouth after all the “assault” talk?
How has it come to this in our country?!?
And who the hell is letting this monster hold their innocent child? I wouldn’t let the Donald within twenty feet of my precious son. Besides, he would think my son isn’t fit to hold certain careers when he grows up, because my son is half hispanic and apparently, as far as Trump is concerned, that is disqualifying. Goddam this can NOT be the country our children grown up in!!! I’m so enraged. As usual.
+1
Not only would your son be pigeon-holed as no better than a ‘servant’, depending what city or area he might be in, he would be susceptible to the ‘stop and frisk’ method Trump so adamantly defends and plans to put in motion full throttle if he takes office.
+1
oh look a racist and a pervert! here, hold my child
nope
Side note, Natasha Stoynoff is gorgeous and very brave.
I applaud her courage to speak her truth.
Who would allow their child to be a prop for him???
Oh.my.god.that.moment. That poor girl.
That poor kid is, like, “Get away from me!” Look at those little legs kicking.
I have the worst feeling in my stomach for a million reasons. Watching him hold up that little girl like a prop and then sloppy kissing her. He is a morally vacant shell of a human and the volume of his supporters makes me fear for our future.
Further evidence that he sees women only as subhuman playthings and he has a right to do what he wants to any of them that cross his path. He’s a monster.
Also, I’m staying off social media until the election is over. I. Just. Can’t. With all the trolls on there anymore.
I’ve stopped checking the trending topics on Twitter. It just ends in rage.
That gif makes me sick
Oh, God.. this is frightening. Poor kid!
I’m trying not to comment anymore on Trump as I got into a fight with one of his supporters on another site and I no longer have any desire to even think about this vile creature. I just want this election to be over and for him to disappear.
Me too. I made a comment on Facebook that Trump hates women, POC, LGBT, basically everyone that is not a straight white male. He has shown it with actions AND words. And he has been this way his entire life so at 70 years old, he is not going to suddenly change and stop hating everyone that is not a straight, white male. And people went HAM on me but the only argument was that I must be stupid for thinking that. SMDH. So no more until the election is over.
I said the same thing, shared an article about how most of his supporters are not in fact economically disadvantaged but are instead motivated by racism. I’ve already weeded out most Trump supporters on my facebook.
But one dumbass came at me saying “so if I vote for Trump I’m racist?” And I said “yup, basically, what other motivation could you have at this point?” Because I have NO F*CKS LEFT TO GIVE!! Of course she had no answer. She called me ignorant and I laughed so hard and then unfriended her. I don’t want any Trump-apologizing, racist assholes seeing me and my proudly racially mixed family on Facebook. These people make me feel unasafe.
I really think that his ego is so YUGE that he truly believes he god’s gift to womankind; and that any woman he makes advances on would be flattered. So if he is comes on to someone, even if they may demur; in their heart of hearts, they are actually into it. Therefore, in his mind; no harm, no foul.
That was disturbing to me. Poor little girl.
This election has brought out some bad memories. A man tried to forcibly kiss me when I was in college many years ago. We were discussing some classwork in a student study area, next thing I know he grabbed me by my arms hard, pulled me to him and tried to kiss me. He was older and stronger than he appeared so it took a bit of strength to pull away from him. I was so upset I grabbed my stuff and left the room. I told someone what he did a couple days later and was told with a shrug, yeah he’s done it before. I never let myself be alone with him ever again and tried my hardest to avoid him after all that.
This account is true, it happened over 20 years ago.
I’m so sorry that happened to you AT!
What’s really interesting is that after that terrible little girl moment he calls up a little boy and he’s noticeably less pushy with his affections and intrusions onto the boys personal space & seems more comfortable with him.
He still goes in for the kiss 😝😝 but there’s a difference between how he treats the little boy & how he is with the girl.
It’s a pet peeve of mine when people treat kids as if they have no say in being hugged/kissed as part of social niceties, totally disrespectful.
And when parents of the child say “give ____a hug/kiss ” , it’s so dishonoring of their childs boundaries and natural instincts about who they want in their personal space .
This is the guy who “joked” he would date a little girl in ten years,presumably when the little girl becomes 18.
Ugh
Read the book ‘The Narcissist You Know’ by Joseph Burgo. He identified Trump as a narcissist before he even ran for office. True narcissism is the inability to feel emphathy and to have to win at all costs. They don’t even understand the concept of love. It’s not that they hate, but they view the world in a loser/winner sense. It is an actual personality disorder.
Dear Americans, don’t gamble your future on someone like this.
I believe Natasha. Melania Trump’s defense of the desiccated jack-o-lantern was really thin at best. I watched and thought this is the best Trump’s spin doctors can do? Billy Bush made him do it and I don’t remember insignificant magazine reporter?? Pathetic. Trump is guilty as all hell. Out of his own mouth. Guilty!
Oh my god, why is he so disgusting?? He tries to kiss a little girl (UGH) to make him look good (UUGHHHH).
Please just take him away.