The conspiracy theory that Melania has a body double first surfaced in 2017.
This is not Melania. To think they would go this far & try & make us think its her on TV is mind blowing. Makes me wonder what else is a lie pic.twitter.com/JhPVmXdGit
— BuyLegalMeds.com (@JoeVargas) October 18, 2017
On a recent episode of The View, the hosts joked about the rumored Alabama Trump body double. “Some people think the first lady is using an impostor to stand in for her,” co-host Joy Behar said. “You mean there are two women who have to pretend they’re listening to [President Trump]?…When there’s a rumor like this, and memes all over the place, I think it catches on because there’s an element of truth to the idea that she doesn’t want to spend time with him.”
FAKE MELANIA CONSPIRACIES RETURN: The internet is buzzing again with theories that first lady Melania Trump is using an imposter to stand in for her — the co-hosts investigate. https://t.co/f8u2wc159S pic.twitter.com/XNYBT9U6S8
— The View (@TheView) March 11, 2019
FAKE MELANIA CONSPIRACIES RETURN: The internet is buzzing again with theories that first lady Melania Trump is using an imposter to stand in for her — the co-hosts investigate. https://t.co/f8u2wc159S pic.twitter.com/XNYBT9U6S8
— The View (@TheView) March 11, 2019
The First Lady’s team didn’t appreciate Melania being the punch line of any such jokes and issued a statement to USA Today to express their displeasure. “I’ve always found it sad that a group of women spend so much time attacking another woman, whose only goal is to help children,” Melania Trump’s representative, Stephanie Grisham, wrote in an email. “Yesterday’s show went beyond the petty, mean-girl spirit that we’ve grown accustomed to.”
Grisham also criticized the show for laughing “in the face of tragedy” while the Trumps “traveled to Alabama to pay their respects and comfort victims” of the recent devasting tornado. “People died, people lost family and people are hurting in Alabama,” Grisham said. “I watched the President and First Lady hug, listen to and comfort people who had lost everything. The ladies of The View really should consider devoting that air time to helping people.”