Bombshell witness Stormy Daniels testified that then-businessman Donald Trump brought up his daughter Ivanka Trump minutes after Daniels spanked Trump with a magazine, telling her she reminded him of his daughter.

Tuesday’s hush money-election interference trial featured hours of intense and at times shocking testimony from Daniels about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump. That includes the awkward moment Trump likened Daniels to his daughter.

In a court transcript that Mediaite has obtained, Daniels testified that moment took place shortly after the now-infamous spanking with a Forbes magazine:

Q Did there come a time during the discussion with him that he discussed being on the cover of some of his magazines?

A Of course.

Q Tell us about that.

A He would ask me questions and then not let me finish the answer. He kept cutting me off, and it was almost like he wanted to one-up me, which was just really hilarious when you think about it. He just wanted to talk about himself. And he said, have you seen my new magazines? Well, of course you couldn’t have seen it. I have a copy. So he pulled out a magazine, I don’t know if it was not released yet or just released, that he was on the cover of. It was not like I made a habit of reading financial magazines. I was just a 27-year-old stripper, but, yeah.

Q And what happened with respect to that discussion about magazines?

A At this point, I pretty much had enough of his arrogance and cutting me off and still not getting my dinner. So, I decided someone should take him on. So I said, are you always this rude, arrogant and

pompous? You don’t even know how to have a conversion, and I was pretty nasty. I snapped. And he seemed to be taken aback. And I said, someone should spank you with that. That’s the only interest I have in that magazine. Otherwise, I am leaving.

Q What happened?

A I don’t think he thought I would do it. So, he rolled it up and gave me the look that he dared me to do it. So, now I kind of had to.

Q So, what did you do?

A So, I took it from him and said, turn around. And I swatted him.

Q Where do you swat him?

A Right on the butt.

Q Right after that, did you continue to sit down and talk?

A Yes. And he was much more polite.

Q Did you have a discussion with him about The Apprentice?

A Yes. I think, like I said, we talked about numerous things. We talked about the golf course in Scotland, which to me was very interesting about the environment that was there. We talked about travel. Like I said, there was nothing weird about the conversations except that it wasn’t weird, it was like business questions and thought-out questions and thought-out answers, and how did you come up with ideas for my scripts and things like that.

And it was at that point he got really quiet, and he was thinking, and he told me he had an idea, that I should go on his television show.

Q Which show?

A The Apprentice.

Q Was it The Apprentice?

A I don’t remember the TV show. The Apprentice, I assume it’s Celebrity Apprentice. I don’t know, The Apprentice. And I said there is no way that they would ever let — there is no way NBC would ever let an adult actress on television. And I said, even you don’t have that much power. And he said that he did.

He said, you remind me of my daughter because she is smart and blond and beautiful and people under estimate her as well.

And the way he framed it did actually make perfect sense, because he is all about like PR things, the spin. And he was like, that will really shake things up, and you can go on the show and prove that you are not just a dumb bimbo, you are more than people think and he would get a lot of attention for having this crazy idea.

Daniels told this story in her Peacock documentary Stormy, in which she described Trump as acting like a “father figure.”

She told the story as well in a 60 Minutes interview with Anderson Cooper:

Anderson Cooper: He was showing you his own picture on the cover of a magazine.

Stormy Daniels: Right, right. And so I was like, “Does this– does this normally work for you?” And he looked very taken– taken back, like, he didn’t really understand what I was saying. Like, I was, “does, just, you know, talking about yourself normally work?” And I was like, “Someone should take that magazine and spank you with it.” (LAUGH) And I’ll never forget the look on his face. He was like —

Anderson Cooper: What — what was his look?

Stormy Daniels: Just, I don’t think anyone’s ever spoken to him like that, especially, you know, a young woman who looked like me. And I said, you know, “Give me that,” and I just remember him going, “You wouldn’t.” “Hand it over.” And — so he did, and I was like, “turn around, drop ’em.”

Anderson Cooper: You — you told Donald Trump to turn around and take off his pants.

Stormy Daniels: Yes.

Anderson Cooper: And did he?

Stormy Daniels: Yes. So he turned around and pulled his pants down a little — you know had underwear on and stuff and I just gave him a couple swats.

Anderson Cooper: This was done in a joking manner.

Stormy Daniels: Yes. And — from that moment on, he was a completely different person.

Anderson Cooper: How so?

Stormy Daniels: He quit talking about himself and he asked me things and I asked him things and it just became like more appropriate.

Anderson Cooper: It became more comfortable.

Stormy Daniels: Yeah. He was like, “Wow, you — you are special. You remind me of my daughter.” You know — he was like, “You’re smart and beautiful, and a woman to be reckoned with, and I like you. I like you.”

Watch above via 60 Minutes.

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