And other stories from the stranger side of life
Stormy Daniels has claimed that Donald Trump has been spanked, reported The Independent. The porn actress responded to a critic on Twitter amid the on-going investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office into the hush money she received from Trump’s then-fixer Michael Cohen in 2016. “Sex with Stormy Daniels is traumatic enough. Hasn’t President Trump been punished enough?” wrote a Twitter user. Daniels replied: “I think he needs another spanking”. She added that it is “common knowledge” that Trump has “been spanked”.
Zelensky team seize Grylls chocolate
Volodymyr Zelensky’s security officers “pounced” on chocolate offered to him by Bear Grylls over fears the survival expert could have been trying to poison the Ukrainian president, said The Telegraph. The broadcaster has shared food with other world leaders, including salmon caught by a bear with former US president Barack Obama. His documentary, Bear Grylls Meets President Zelensky, will be shown on Channel 4.
Bristol triplets win record
Three siblings from Bristol have broken a world record, reported The Times. Michaela White was 19 weeks pregnant when she was told that she would be having triplets. Three weeks later Rubi-Rose, Payton-Jane and Porscha-Mae Hopkins were born. They are the world’s most premature triplets to have survived after being born at 22 weeks and five days. With a combined weight of 1.28kg (2.8lbs) they were also the lightest triplets ever recorded with their mother saying their birth was “very traumatic”.
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