Sophie Gilbert

Yeah.

No, I do think her story is a fascinating one.

But again, it's hard to tell how much of what she says is actually reflective of what actually happened.

I mean, I think during Melania, the movie, she talks about her mother as a fashion designer, which is slightly, I think, overplaying her mother's actual job.

She was a pattern maker in a children's clothes factory, like a state-owned children's clothing factory in Slovenia.

So there's sort of the story that she tells, which is Trump often describes her as a supermodel.

There's this idea that she had this, you know, flourishing modeling career.

But in reality, I think she had this very 80s aesthetic during the 90s as a model.

And she didn't quite fit during the fashion moment.

So a lot of the ads that she got were commercials.

And she did an ad for Camel cigarettes.

And so she definitely worked as a model, but it wasn't the idea that she was up there, you know, with the Kate Mosses and the Naomi Campbells at the time is definitely not true.

But even in a deep dive analysis of the superficial aspects that she presents, that's why I find the fashion thing so fascinating.

The idea that she wears men's tailoring when she's angry at her husband.

She gives us so little, but there is definitely fodder to dig into in a more thorough and curious way.

But I think that's not what Melania the film is about.

Yeah, but it's funny, too, because I think they realize by the end of the movie that they really have given us nothing.

So there's this rush to kind of unfurl actual, you know, accomplishments.

But it's funny, too, because there's a scene in the film where she talks about her accomplishments as first lady.

She's like, oh, I renovated the rose garden, you know, which her husband turned into a patio.