Melania Trump’s former top aide, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, is determined to not be defined by her unceremonious White House departure.
“Melania was one chapter of my life. It’s not my story,” Vogue alum Wolkoff, who penned a memoir about their friendship and the FLO-TUS rift, told Page Six.
She has moved on to her next act: producing TV shows.
Wolkoff recently produced “Gunslingers,” and her latest project is executive producing “The Trouble with Billy,” a fictionalized TV show based on and starring ’90s heartthrob William McNamara, as well as Billy Baldwin and her brother Randall Batinkoff, who brought her on to the project. McNamara lost everything at the height of his fame, primarily due to alcohol and drug abuse.
“I know something about rebuilding life after your worst chapter, and I know no one should be defined by a single moment,” she said.
The fashion insider was a confidant of Trump’s before her husband, Donald Trump, ran for office, and she joined her in the East Wing as an adviser. But Wolkoff got the boot after it was revealed her firm received some $26 million for helping plan Donald’s first inauguration. Wolkoff claimed she was a “scapegoat” and that she only personally received a fraction of that sum.
She’s been making the rounds in NYC to get the word out about the show, which streams on Red Coral Universe. She and McNamara were spotted at Eliut Rivera’s salon earlier last week, where they linked up with Hilaria Baldwin.
Last Thursday, they hosted a joint party with Noel Ashman at Aquarelle to celebrate his birthday and the premiere of their show.
“I don’t want to be defined by politics or betrayal. I want to spend my time creating stories that remind us to look beyond the headline, believe in second chances and never lose sight of the person behind the public image,’ she said.
