Colman Domingo jokes as Wolff says Melania may go rogue
Author Michael Wolff says White House aides fear first lady Melania Trump could go rogue, while guest host Colman Domingo joked she is as unpredictable as Dracula. Wolff claims the marriage is at a low point and staff worry about her next moves. The White House called Wolff a liar.
Key Takeaways
- Michael Wolff writes that White House staffers fear Melania Trump's power and unpredictability.
- He claims the Trumps are barely speaking and she largely lives in New York, not the White House.
- Colman Domingo, guest-hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live!, joked that Melania is like Dracula and urged her to "live your truth."
- A June 30 ethics disclosure showed the Trumps earned millions from Melania's Amazon documentary deal.
- White House spokesman Davis Ingle dismissed Wolff as a liar.
What did Michael Wolff claim about Melania Trump?
In a Substack column for HOWL, author Michael Wolff argued that Melania Trump is the one force neither President Donald Trump nor his staff can control. "Everybody in the White House is afraid of Melania Trump and her power—that is, if she chooses to use it," he wrote, according to The Daily Beast.
Wolff said aides are especially uneasy after Melania's public address denying any relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. He added that staff largely hope she will not use her influence in a way that threatens the administration—but they cannot be sure.
Why did Colman Domingo compare Melania to Dracula?
Guest host Colman Domingo seized on Wolff's reporting during a July 21 monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live! He joked that White House fears of Melania "going rogue" make sense, quipping that the last time anyone met "a wealthy, ageless European who was that cold and emotionless, it was Dracula."
Domingo also teased her fashion unpredictability—black, beige, or "an even crazier hat"—then addressed her directly: "Live your truth. Do it, girl." The late-night bit turned a political whisper campaign into viral comedy, a lane we also track on our Future Tech & AI Wonders hub.
Are Donald and Melania Trump barely speaking?
Wolff alleges their relationship is "probably at its lowest point since the Stormy Daniels trial," and that "Trump and his wife barely speak." He wrote there is "hardly even the pretense that she lives in the White House," with reports she spends most of her time in New York rather than Washington.
He also claimed White House alarm over Melania's next business moves outweighs concern about other Trump family deals. "It's okay to make money in the Trump White House… not so okay to make yourself the main event," Wolff wrote. A U.S. Office of Government Ethics disclosure released June 30 found the Trumps received about $10.71 million from Amazon MGM Studios' $75 million license for her documentary Melania, which grossed roughly $16.7 million worldwide; Melania also earned a reported $521,000 from her 2024 memoir.
When asked for comment, White House spokesman Davis Ingle replied that "Michael Wolff is a lying piece of s--t." Wolff still cast Melania as a "wild card" almost nobody—including Trump—can predict until she acts.