\n“Can you believe it? Can you believe it? She was on the cover of Vogue before she met me,” he responded. “But once I said I’m running for president, that was, that was the end of the cover.”<\/p>\n
\nHe added, “And it’s so sad. But she doesn’t care. She’s been on the cover of the magazines for a long time, and she was on the cover of Vogue before. And she was actually very friendly with [Vogue editor] Anna Wintour. But once I ran for politics, that was the end of that. And that’s OK.”<\/p>\n
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WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 14: U.S. First Lady Melania Trump arrives at a roundtable on sickle cell disease in the State Dining Room of the White House on September 14, 2020 in Washington, DC. The First Lady held the event “to support those affected by Sickle Cell Disease, and to reaffirm our goal of finding a cure.” (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n \nThere’s a lot to unpack here, so let’s break it down individually.<\/p>\n \nFor those who don’t remember, Vogue typically makes political figures like the First Lady be on the cover of their magazine, but they were on hiatus with this tradition when the Trumps were in office, officially snubbing Melania. While Vogue editor Anna Wintour never publicly stated why Melania was never on the cover, she’s briefly talked about it, and Melania even called the publication out for being “biased.” Per People, she said, “They have likes and dislikes, and it’s so obvious.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Related story <\/p>\n Salma Hayek Detailed the Scathing Response She Had When Donald Trump Asked Her Out<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n \nGoing off of this, did Melania not care? That’s still heavily debated. But Melaina was secretly recorded by former aide, author of Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady<\/em><\/em> Stephanie Winston Wolkoff. Melania was recorded saying, per Newsweek, “Vogue said like, oh, we want to do a profile. Profile? F* you, profile. I don’t need no profile. Yeah, what I need another profile?” It might be a cover. I’m like, might be a cover? I don’t give a f* about Vogue and any magazine.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/salma.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\")
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