It was really only a matter of time before Don Jr.’s impending divorce from his wife Vanessa gave way to speculations about Don Jr.’s extramarital activities. First, there were the creepy direct messages to former model Melissa Stetten (which were strangely bacon-centric). Then came were the allegations that Don Jr. had participated in a full-fledged affair with former Danity Kane bandmember and Celebrity Apprentice contestant Aubrey O’Day.
While neither party has confirmed the affair, O’Day’s colorful social media presence from the time period of the rumored affair (2011-2012) certainly says a mouthful.
Perhaps the most telling piece of social media evidence is a Twitter photo from March of 2012, which features O’Day playing footsies with an unidentified man whom she refers to as “my babe.”
My babe is protecting my feet from bunion attacks! True Love Feet. pic.twitter.com/zeNRyp47
— Aubrey O’Day (@AubreyODay) March 24, 2012
While it would honestly make more sense to simply muse about this photo and its potential implications about the affair, the Daily Mail did a full-on deep-dive investigation of Donald Trump Jr.’s feet in an attempt to cinch the theory. The publication pored over photos of Don Jr.’s feet from various past photos and even went so far as to include a photo slider for comparison.
To the Daily Mail‘s credit, the side-by-sides certainly don’t seem to lie, and it’s perfectly feasible that Don Jr.’s feet are in the aforementioned photo.
But, as Digg editor Dan Fallon points out, nobody’s really a winner in this situation: “Worst case? The Mail got it totally wrong, that’s not Trump Jr. in O’Day’s tweet, and we just spent a bunch of time looking at blown-up photos of some guy’s feet. Best case: It is Trump Jr. and we still just spent a bunch of time looking at blown-up pictures of his feet.”
Either way, I don’t think this piece of “evidence” is sufficient enough to close the case on this alleged affair — although it’s certainly a step in the right direction.
(Get it? “Step”? FEET?? Okay, goodbye forever.)