Stormy Daniels has been called an ‘attention whore, gold-digger and liar’ since it was revealed that she was paid to stay silent over a night she claims to have spent with Donald Trump. In an exclusive interview, the adult film star explains why, despite intimidation, legal battles and death threats, she won’t back down

There are two types of people in the world, according to Stormy Daniels. ‘There’s the people who own their choices, and there’s the people who try to blame someone else.’ She elucidates with a scenario. ‘You got really drunk, went home with somebody from a bar. You wake up the next morning, realise you cheated on your boyfriend and you’re ashamed. So you’re like, “He must have slipped something in my drink.”’ Then, she says, ‘There’s the other set, that are, like, “Oh f—. I did too many dollar shots and woke up with an ugly dude. My bad. Now, can I get out of here without waking him up?”’

For the record, the 39-year-old adult-film actor and director Daniels would like you to know that she’s one of those who ‘owns’ her choices – for better or worse. The scenario she paints, however, is purely fictitious. By contrast, when, according to her claims, she had sex in a Nevada hotel room with Donald Trump in 2006, there were no dollar shots – she didn’t even drink. ‘I regretted it, and if I could go back I would say no,’ she admits of the alleged two-time tryst. ‘But it’s no one’s fault.’