Stormy Daniels is praising “The View” co-host Meghan McCain Meghan Marguerite McCainKasich to Meghan McCain: Concern over abortion 'dwarfed' by need to beat Trump Meghan McCain says she believes report Trump called fallen soldiers 'losers' Meghan McCain hits Ivanka Trump's defense of president's Twitter: It's not a 'communication style,' it's 'cruelty' MORE to the New York Times Magazine for going off-script in a 2018 interview with her.

During Daniels's April 2018 appearance on the show, in which she displayed a hand-drawn sketch she said depicted a man who threatened her on behalf of President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE, McCain pressed the adult film star on the motivations behind her media appearances, saying they “seem[ed] like a publicity stunt on some level” and that “I’m sure you’re making a lot of money.”

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Daniels said producers had told McCain not to pursue this line of questioning but that she herself considered them “perfectly valid” and that they “allowed me the opportunity to answer, and she listened — open-minded, openhearted — and really understood what I was saying.”

“She probably earned more respect from me than any other person that interviewed me,” Daniels told the Times Magazine.

McCain responded to the quotes on Twitter Wednesday, tweeting “Thank you for the kind words about me in New York Times Magazine @StormyDaniels - very kind of you.”