On Friday, porn actress Stormy Daniels postponed a hotly-anticipated interview with Piers Morgan due to security concerns.
The postponement comes after news broke Thursday that former president Donald Trump would be indicted by a New York grand jury in connection with a hush money payment to Daniels. Trump is expected to surrender next week.
“Unfortunately, Stormy Daniels has had to suddenly postpone our interview tonight due to some security issues that have arisen,” explained Morgan in a tweet. “Hope she’s OK.”
Daniels was scheduled to appear on the program Piers Morgan Uncensored. It was originally scheduled to air on the British television station TalkTV at 4 p.m. Eastern Time and it would hit U.S. airwaves at 9 p.m. on Fox Nation.
“It’s the indictment that’s rocked the world,” Morgan’s program wrote in the build-up. “And tonight Piers Morgan interviews the former adult star at the centre of it all.”
It’s the indictment that’s rocked the world… and tonight Piers Morgan interviews the former adult star at the centre of it all.
Catch his world exclusive with Stormy Daniels at 9pm tonight on TalkTV.@piersmorgan | @StormyDaniels | @TalkTV | #PMU pic.twitter.com/kG8p0K9VkG
— Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) March 31, 2023
But the interview will not occur today and Morgan was not able to provide further explanation.
Morgan has been associated with Trump’s reality persona for years, having won the first edition of Celebrity Apprentice. However, since then, he has been a thorn in the president’s side.
The $130,000 hush-money payment was made to Daniels by former Trump personal attorney and “fixer” Michael Cohen. The indictment in connection with this payment reportedly consists of over 30 charges. However, it is still under seal. It is widely expected to revolve around the misdemeanor offense of falsifying business records, which can be upgraded to a felony if done to conceal or commit a second crime.
New York prosecutors previously declined to indict Trump, but there has been indication for weeks that Bragg had reversed course and an indictment was near. Cohen testified to the grand jury earlier this month and Daniels met with prosecutors. Trump was also offered the opportunity to testify, but declined.
The indictment news was met with widespread condemnation from the right and even some on the left are concerned the legal case behind the indictment is weak. Trump was cognizant of the looming indictment this month, posting on social media that he would be arrested imminently.
While he didn’t have to surrender in March, the former president will have to do so in April.