Stormy Daniels attacks Trump at documentary premiere at SXSW

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Stormy Daniels skipped the red carpet on Friday but took the stage briefly after the documentary's screening windy, which premiered at SXSW on the opening night of the festival. She was emotional, often wiping her tears, as she hugged director Sarah Gibson and talked about how important the film was to her. But she also sounded a challenge to her brand, concluding with a parting shot — “And fuck Trump.”

“Thank you Sarah for doing this with me and telling this amazing story,” she said. “As a director, your transformations were amazing. And you didn't use a lot of shots that made me look fat. So thank you.”

Judd Apatow is executive producer of the film, which will premiere on Peacock later this month.

“I met Judd, I think it was in 2004. Not a lot of people know this story, but I stood in line and I auditioned for a little part in a movie called 40 year old virginShe got the role but there was a death in the family so she couldn't do it. “I was expecting them to replace me. Instead, Judd Apatow rearranged the entire shooting schedule and sent flowers” to the funeral.

Apatow, who spoke briefly before the show, said it's important to realize that there are “real people” behind these kinds of clicks.

The doc follows a former adult film star whose life is turned upside down after his involvement with Donald Trump. She said — as did Michael Cohen, Trump's former fixer — that he paid her $130,000 to keep quiet about an affair. Since the push came in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, some have called it electoral fraud. The Manhattan District Attorney is currently preparing for trial in the secret money case against Trump.

When the existence of these payments was revealed, Trump called Daniels a liar. She sued him for defamation and lost, ending up on the hook for $300,000 to cover his legal expenses. The attorney who initially took and defended her case, Michael Avenatti, was convicted of defrauding her and in 2022 was sentenced to four years in prison for wire fraud and identity theft after stealing book contract proceeds from Daniels by forging her signature on a letter to her agent.

windy This is her story with new details. The film is produced by Erin Lee Carr, with executive producer Sarah Bernstein.