How Tiffany Trump Totally Toppled Expectations At Ivana Trump's Funeral

May 2024 ยท 2 minute read

Despite the harsh words from Ivana Trump, Marla Maples always maintained hopes that they could mend the relationship. In a 2016 interview with People, she reflected on Ivana's insistence that she would not forgive her. "It makes me sad because I wish her nothing but love and I've never had any intention of hurting her," Maples said. "I love her kids I'm still close to. I love and adore them ... 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."

Two years later, Maples appeared on the "Journeys of Faith" podcast with Paula Faris, where she offered further insight into her relationship with Ivana and provided details on her original intentions. "It was two people that came together and really loved each other ... There was something that was very real, and it was another time," she said. "There was something really pure to our relationship ... I never considered myself a mistress ... It was like, here's my plan, and this is who you are, and my parents were told, 'I'm going to marry your daughter.' 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, however, did not accompany her daughter to the funeral. 

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