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Mary Jordan

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Today, Explained
What Melania reveals

It's an abomination.

Today, Explained
What Melania reveals

It's an embarrassment.

Today, Explained
What Melania reveals

All right, what we have with Melania is a part documentary, part propaganda film, part Devil Wears Prada sequel without the lovable lead.

Today, Explained
What Melania reveals

And Rotten Tomatoes, you know, had 11, I gave it 11% out of a, in a scale of 100.

Today, Explained
What Melania reveals

So, but, you know, we've seen movies that people go to see and like that critics, you know, pan.

Today, Explained
What Melania reveals

So here we go again.

Today, Explained
What Melania reveals

Here we go again.

Today, Explained
What Melania reveals

I want to get into the meat also, but, you know, how did this movie even come to be?

Today, Explained
What Melania reveals

Like, give us the origin story of the Melania Trump documentary.

Today, Explained
What Melania reveals

Apparently there was a conversation that included Jeff Bezos, who not only is one of the richest men in the world, but he owns Amazon and he owns this studio.

Today, Explained
What Melania reveals

And there was talk and, you know, Melania wanted to do a movie and voila, a deal was made and he paid an extraordinary amount for it.

Today, Explained
What Melania reveals

At one point in the movie, Melania says, I intend to break norms as first lady.

Today, Explained
What Melania reveals

Well, the very first thing was the money she took.

Today, Explained
What Melania reveals

That broke all norms because typically you wait to leave public office to do these commercial ventures.

Today, Explained
What Melania reveals

Why?

Today, Explained
What Melania reveals

Because of the appearance of graft, of corruption.

Today, Explained
What Melania reveals

I mean, sure, rich guy, let's say like Jeff Bezos, who has government contracts, might like to curry favor with the president by throwing millions of dollars at his wife.

Today, Explained
What Melania reveals

I mean, that's why you don't do it.

Today, Explained
What Melania reveals

Onto the film in its substance, Melania Trump said that the movie was a never-before-seen look into her life.

Today, Explained
What Melania reveals

You mentioned this earlier, but I just want to ask it directly.