President Donald Trump's personal life continues to cloud his presidency.
On Thursday night, former Playboy model Karen McDougal gave an in depth interview to CNN's Anderson Cooper about her alleged affair with Trump between 2006 and 2007. That is the same time period that porn star Stormy Daniels claims she, too, had an affair with Trump.
Watch the full interview with McDougal below:
Among the highlights of the CNN interview, McDougal said that Trump tried to offer her money the first time they had sex and they had sex without condoms numerous times.
McDougal, 47, said she was not aware that Trump was having an alleged affair with Daniels—real name Stephanie Clifford—around the same time.
Both women claim they began affairs with Trump shortly after the birth of his youngest son, Barron, age 12. First Lady Melania Trump gave birth to Barron in March 2006.
The affairs would have also begun just over a year after Trump married Melania, nee Knauss, in January 2005.
McDougal offered the first lady an apology for the affair, telling Cooper: "What can you say except, I'm sorry? I'm sorry. I wouldn't want it done to me."
News of McDougal's alleged affair with the president first broke in November 2016, just days before the presidential election. The Wall Street Journal reported that American Media Inc., publisher of the National Enquirer, paid $150,000 for her story about the affair—but never ran it. It's claimed the publisher was trying to bury the story to avoid damaging Trump's presidency.
Earlier this week, McDougal sued American Media to be released from an agreement that prohibits her from speaking about an alleged extramarital affair elsewhere.
This is the second big interview with an alleged Trump mistress this week for CNN's Cooper. On Sunday, CBS' 60 Minutes will air an interview with Stormy Daniels.
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