Viewers baffled by 'wild' election coverage as Stormy Daniels is sat next to Trump's former lawyer accused of paying her off

Viewers have been left shocked after Stormy Daniels was seated next to Donald Trump's former attorney on live TV.

The 45-year-old former adult star appeared on the UK's Channel 4 coverage of the unfolding 2024 Presidential Election results.

Stormy Daniels was involved in a hush money scandal. Credit: Drew Angerer / Getty

Back in 2018, the actress - whose full name is Stephanie A. Gregory Clifford - became publicly linked with former president Donald Trump after she was named in a legal dispute.

She accused Trump and his attorney Michael Cohen of paying her $130,000 in hush money to silence her about an affair she allegedly had with Trump in 2006, when she was 27 and the former leader was 60.

The Republican candidate denied the affair and accused Daniels of lying.

Trump, 78, was later charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal payments made to the Daniels and was found guilty on all counts on May 30, 2024.

Per BBC News, Cohen testified back in May that Trump directed him to pay off Daniels, telling him: "Just do it."

Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsified business records. Credit: Anna Moneymaker / Getty

On Election Day (November 5), Daniels appeared on live British TV as a panelist to candidly talk about Trump and his supporters.

Viewers quickly noticed that she was seated next to Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, and took to social media to share their stunned reactions.

"Astonishingly Michael Cohen, the lawyer who organized Trump’s hush money payment to former p**n star Stormy Daniels had never actually met her… until tonight on Channel 4’s US election show," one user wrote on X.

A second person shared: "Now they've got Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen, the Trump lawyer who paid her the hush money. This is the first time they've met in person and it turns out they're pals now. It's their alternative Christmas message approach applied to a presidential election. Next-level stuff."

"The #channel4 coverage of the US election has been absolutely bonkers. Stormy Daniel is on the panel and now, sitting next to her, is Donald Trump’s former attorney who paid her the hush money to shut her up. This is absolutely WILD," a third penned.

A fourth added: "The lineup on Channel 4’s coverage of the US presidential election is bonkers. Michael Cohen [and] Stormy Daniels."

Stormy Daniels. Credit: Nordin Catic / Getty

During her interview on Channel 4, the ex-film star spoke about how Trump's supporters behaved the last time she was publicly linked with the Republican.

"[Trump supporters] aren't hiding anymore. They're using their real screen names, they're using their real phone numbers," she said, per Daily Mail. "The threats are more graphic, more targeted, and as we all know when I testified back in May, Trump's attorneys 'accidentally' put a document on the screen of the courtroom that had nothing to do with the case that we were trying that day with my unredacted home address."

She revealed that she hasn't "been home since July" and has been "living in an RV and traveling," claiming that Trump supporters have been calling in threats to comedy shows she was hosting.

"Trump supporters were calling in droves and threatening club owners [with] burning down the clubs," she alleged.

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are the two top candidates. Credit: Win McNamee / Getty

The first polls have closed as Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump conclude their campaigns for the White House.

Texas and Florida have been called for Trump and New York for the 60-year-old Democratic candidate, while key battleground swing states Pennsylvania, Georgia, and North Carolina are still being counted.

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