Donald Trump Relationship Advice Viewed More Than 14M Times

A video of Donald Trump giving relationship advice on The Wendy Williams Show has resurfaced—and it's gone viral in the process.

When the daytime talk show was still running, Williams would share her opinionated take on the latest pop culture and entertainment headlines. During the "Ask Wendy" segment, she would offer advice to audience members seeking solutions to their problems.

In one episode, Trump joined her for a special edition of the segment, which they called "Ask Wendy and the Donald." According to The Wendy Williams Archive on YouTube, the episode's air date was May 17, 2013.

A clip from the episode has since been uploaded to X, formerly Twitter, of a woman telling Williams and Trump that because she works long hours, her boyfriend had started to think she was cheating on him.

"How do I assure him that when I'm at work I'm actually doing work and not someone else," the audience member asked during the clip.

"Now Donald I'm going to let you answer first, and your wife is a businesswoman so I'm sure she works late sometimes as well," Williams said before Trump shared his thoughts on the situation.

"But I think if he has that in the back of his mind—I mean, do you love him that much?" Trump asked.

When the woman responded "absolutely," Trump then asked if she could "live without him," to which she said she couldn't.

Trump continued: "Because if he has that now in the back of his mind, then it could be trouble for the future I'm saying."

Williams added: "It's only going to get worse."

When the woman shared that she was 32 years old and she had been with her partner for 12 years, Trump asked why he was only a "boyfriend."

"That's for another show," she responded.

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Donald Trump at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on March 4, 2023 in National Harbor, Maryland. An old video of him on "The Wendy Williams Show" has gone viral online. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

"Here's what I would suggest," Williams said. "You tell him that you're working late and he better not, to prove his point, roll up at the job and do something embarrassing like 'Where is she, where is she,' or cruise the parking lot. If he can't take your word for it then you know what, after 12 years maybe this is not the guy for you. And if we have to have another show on why it is you want to get married and he hasn't married you, then maybe, they need to break up."

"And you know what? I'm looking at you, you'll have no trouble getting guys," Trump added as the audience applauded him.

"Why was this kind of his calling," a caption for the video on X reads. At the time of writing, it had been viewed 14.7 million times.

Newsweek emailed a spokesperson for Trump for comment on Monday.

People commended Trump in the comment section, with many saying they wish he had stuck to the entertainment industry instead of venturing into politics.

"He honestly should've stuck to comedy/reality tv smh he could've just been a funny icon!!!" one person wrote.

"Y'all got to remember he's a businessman (cons-man), he always know show to sell something," said another.

"Can we just offer this guy a show and get him outnof politics. He was really entertaining before he tried to destroy our democracy," someone else commented.

"The mistake he made was running for President instead of just becoming the world's greatest show host and entertainer. He wouldn't have nearly as much trouble as he has in his life if he'd stayed in his actual lane," a fourth X user wrote.

A fifth added: "They can never make me hate trump."

On July 1, the Supreme Court ruled that former presidents have immunity for official acts conducted while in office, but not for unofficial acts. The ruling was related to the Department of Justice's election interference case, in which Trump is accused of attempting to overturn the 2020 general election.

Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, has denied any wrongdoing and has repeatedly said the case is part of a political witch hunt aimed at derailing his presidential bid.

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