These days, when it comes to Donald Trump, most people focus on his politics. That’s understandable: as the most powerful man in the world, his political decisions affect literally everyone. However, we still like Trump from before his major political ambitions. You know, back when he was a famous New York playboy whose sexual exploits always dominated the tabloids.
For younger people, it’s almost impossible to overstate how wild Donald Trump’s love life has been over the years. Back when Trump was the most eligible bachelor in the country, he dated celebrities, supermodels, Playboy bunnies, and so much more. Just how crazy did this future president’s dance card get in the ‘80s, ‘90s, and beyond? Keep reading to find out!
Donald Trump dated a future TV star
At this point, it’s fair to say that Donald Trump has a type: he loves supermodels, which is how he met and eventually married Melania. But back in the day, the future president liked to keep his romantic prospects open, which is how he ended up dating the most unlikely women of them all: Candice Bergen!
In an interview with Harry Connick, Jr., Bergen revealed how it all went down: “It was like a blind date, he called me in the dorm, and I was bored,” she said. “So, he picked me up, he was wearing a burgundy three-piece suit with burgundy patent leather boots, and he was in a burgundy limousine, so it was very color-coordinated.” All of this style is peak Trump, but it didn’t impress Bergen, who claimed she was “home by nine. It was a very short dinner.”
In retrospect, the funniest part of this story is how their lives later went in drastically different directions. Bergen later became the star of Murphy Brown, a TV show that specialized in criticizing conservative politics. Meanwhile, Donald Trump went on to become the face of a new conservative movement, riding the groundswell of their support into two different presidential election victories.
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Rumors of dating a sports legend between marriages
While Donald Trump loves to be front-page news, that doesn’t mean he always wants everyone to know about his business. Therefore, he’s been known to play his cards pretty close to the vest when it comes to romance. That’s why nobody has ever been able to confirm that he ever dated Argentinian tennis star Gabriela Sabatini. However, the early ‘90s rumor mill was constantly buzzing with breathless reports that the 43-year-old Trump was dating the 19-year-old sports legend, though she would deny this rumor many years later.
What made this rumor so juicy was that Donald Trump was still married to Ivana Trump at the time. Furthermore, this was when he was reportedly having an affair with Marla Maples, the woman who would become his second wife. The story goes that Trump was on a break with Maples and decided to date Sabatini. If that’s true, this legendary lothario was juggling a current wife, a future wife, and a sports icon, all at once!
A fling with a Playboy Bunny
Donald Trump reportedly divorced his first wife, Ivana, amid an affair with Marla Maples. Does that mean he stayed completely faithful to the woman who would become his second wife? According to one woman, Trump actually had an affair with her when he was still engaged to Maples!
The woman in question is Barbara Moore, who is best known for being a Playboy Playmate. In an interview with the Daily Mail, she claimed that she met Trump at a private cocktail party after a Playboy Fashion show. There were other models there, but she claims that he couldn’t stop staring at her, calling Moore “beautiful” and “classy.” She alleged that they had a night of torrid passion in his private suite and that they met up for later trysts, including a five-day romance-a-thon at Mar-a-Lago, where she claims they made love in front of another woman.
Trump never confirmed this affair, but that didn’t keep Barbara Moore from giving him a very favorable review to the Daily Mail. “He was a great lover and a gentleman,” she said.
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The weirdest love triangle of the ‘90s
As you might expect, there are plenty of women who claim to have slept with Donald Trump, but their stories haven’t been verified. The most famous of them is Stormy Daniels, who made explosive claims about having sex with Trump while Melania was giving birth to their child, Barron. But in one crazy instance from the ‘90s, things are the other way around: Trump is bragging about a romantic conquest while the woman in question denies everything!
In 1991, Carla Bruni had just ended things with Mick Jagger, and her affair with the iconic rocker is why she ended up separating from her boyfriend, Jerry Hall. Suddenly, Trump declared that he was dating this buxom beauty, calling her his “new one.” However, as People reports, Bruni immediately denied this claim, saying that “obviously a lunatic. It’s so untrue, and I’m deeply embarrassed by it all. I’ve only ever met him once, about a year ago, at a big charity party in New York.”
We may never know the truth about this bizarre love triangle involving Mick Jagger, Carla Bruni, and Donald Trump. However, things ended up working out for the best: Trump, obviously, went on to become president. Bruni, meanwhile, became First Lady of a different country when she ended up marrying French President Nicolas Sarkozy!