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Maples recalled she met Donald Trump for the first time in 1985, and they had an instant connection. However, she also said that the timing wasn’t right. They spent a lot of time talking on the telephone, though they didn’t meet in public. But as the years went by, Marla knew how she wanted her future to look.
“By ’88, I knew I truly loved this guy,” Maples said in a NewYork magazine interview.
How did Marla Maples meet Donald Trump?
Marla ran into Donald several times through the years, and eventually Ivana realized that something was up. Maples claimed she was led to believe there was a plan to end Donald’s marriage. However, at that point, she decided to lie low and not get in the middle of things.
She tried to stay away, but before long, the news outlet Page Six ran her photograph and name. In the New York Magazine story, Maples recalled a very uncomfortable meeting with Ivana in Colorado, after her name and photograph had appeared in newspapers across New York City.
“When we saw each other in Colorado, Ivana and I, it was just a moment of both of us wanting to know the truth,” Maples said.
“It was good that the truth became known, but that was also when the real pain began. I realized that we had both been deceived. You’re left in a very uncomfortable position – and the world knows about it.”
