Despite predictions she'd no-show, Tiffany Trump attended Ivana Trump's funeral.
What family tensions led to the belief Tiffany wouldn't be there?
And did Tiffany's mom, Marla Maples, ever make amends with Ivana? Keep watching.
Following the death of Ivana Trump, former president Donald Trump's first wife,
the public quickly looked to the high-profile family for reactions, even putting pressure
on members to speak up. Donald Trump Jr., for example, was ridiculed on Twitter for
his delayed response to the news, although he eventually posted an Instagram tribute.
The public was also dismayed because planned depositions of Donald Trump,
Ivanka Trump, and Donald Trump Jr. in the New York Attorney General Office's investigation of Trump
Organization business dealings were delayed as a result of the socialite's death. The delays even
led to wild conspiracy theories that Ivana's death had somehow been planned. Needless to say, many
people were following news about Ivana's funeral, and curious about who would be in attendance.
Tiffany Trump, the only daughter of Donald and his second wife, Marla Maples, lacked
a blood relation to Ivana, and also allegedly has a strained relationship with her father.
According to People, Tiffany and Donald occasionally went months without speaking.
So some assumed she might skip Ivana's July 20 funeral. But she was there.
Tiffany made no public statements about the death of her half-siblings' mother,
but she did support them by attending the funeral. She was accompanied by Michael Boulos, her fiancé.
But she did not appear to join the rest of the Trump children at the ceremony where Ivana
Trump's remains were prepared; she and Boulos appeared to only attend the church portion.
28-year-old Tiffany is the second-youngest of Donald Trump's children. After Ivana
and Donald's 1992 divorce, Donald married Tiffany's mother, Marla Maples, in 1993.
Tiffany was born shortly before the wedding. People notes that Donald
was alleged to have had an affair with Maples during his marriage to Ivana.
Even so, Ivana maintained a good relationship with Donald.
She has said that she was offered the opportunity to serve as the American
ambassador to the Czech Republic during her ex-husband's presidency, but she turned it down.
"Donald said, 'If you want to take the position, I give it to you.'
But I said, 'I would not have my freedom.'"
Her relationship to Maples, on the other hand, was a different story.
In an interview with "CBS Sunday Morning," Ivana refused to give Maples much of her time.
"I don't want to talk about her. She's a showgirl. Never achieve anything in her life."
In her 2017 memoir, Ivana reflected on how she found out about the affair.
"This young blonde woman approached me out of the blue and said 'I'm Marla and
I love your husband. Do you?' I was in shock."
Despite the harsh words from Ivana, Maples always maintained hope that the two women
could mend the relationship. In a 2016 interview with People,
she reflected on Ivana's insistence that she would not forgive her, saying,
"It makes me sad because I wish her nothing but love and I've never had any intention
of hurting her. [...] I hope that if she's holding any kind of resentment toward me,
I really hope, for her sake, that she can forgive me and just love her life."
In 2018, Maples appeared on the "Journeys of Faith" podcast with Paula Faris,
where she offered further insight on her relationship with Donald. She said,
"It was two people that came together and really loved each other. [...] There was something that
was very real, and it was another time. There was something really pure to our relationship. [...] I
never considered myself a mistress. [...] Every step of the way I was praying,
'God, please be in this. I do not want to be a part of breaking up anything that has a chance.'"
Maples did not accompany her daughter to Ivana's funeral.
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