Melania’s Birther Blast: Resurfaced 2011 Interview Reignites Conspiracy Theories and Internet Fury

The internet’s memory is long and often unforgiving. A decade-old interview clip featuring then-future First Lady Melania Trump engaging directly in the infamous “birther” conspiracy against Barack Obama has gone viral, dragging her past—and her critics—back into the spotlight.

The segment, which aired in 2011 on The Joy Behar Show, shows Melania not just defending her husband Donald Trump’s obsession with the conspiracy, but actively pushing the false narrative herself.

The ‘Certificate of Live Birth’ Defense

When grilled by host Joy Behar about the “birth certificate obsession,” Melania didn’t back down. Instead, she fired a question that put the issue back on Obama: “Do you not want to see President Obama’s birth certificate or not?”

When Behar asserted that she had seen it, Melania doubled down on the central birther lie, insisting the document released was merely a “certificate of live birth,” not a real birth certificate. Behar immediately defended Obama, noting that the document was the standard one issued to all people born in Hawaii, but Melania’s participation in promoting the false theory was cemented on camera.

Here’s the time Melania Trump pushed the birther lie about President Obama. Bold move for a Slovenian who came to the USA on a tourist visa, lied about her education, worked as an escort, then snagged her orange sugar daddy through notorious child sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein. pic.twitter.com/VMRn2ZnUPO

— Canada Hates Trump (@AntiTrumpCanada) August 15, 2025

The Internet Unleashes Personal Attacks

The resurfacing of the clip has ignited a wave of outrage and highly personal attacks on social media platforms like X. Critics are now using the video to link Melania to the ugly origins of her husband’s political rise, while simultaneously attacking her own background.

The user who shared the clip set the tone, unleashing a series of personal accusations against her immigration history, former career, and even her connection to Jeffrey Epstein:

“Here’s the time Melania Trump pushed the birther lie about President Obama. Bold move for a Slovenian who came to the USA on a tourist visa, lied about her education, worked as an escort, then snagged her orange sugar daddy through notorious child sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein.”

Other users quickly piled on with similarly pointed attacks:

• Immigration Scrutiny: “As an American citizen, generations deep, I don’t need a Slovenian nude model arguing about the birth of an American veteran’s grandson who was born in Hawaii… How did she get her green card? We need to see it.” (Note: Melania Trump has publicly defended her immigration status, and the Daily Mail paid her damages for retracting a story that claimed she worked as an escort).
• Worse Than Her Husband: “She’s just as awful as her husband. Both are mean, cruel, and low-quality human beings. Our worst First Lady, ever.”

The 2011 clip is a stark reminder that the controversial claims the Trumps once made—and later abandoned, with Donald Trump eventually admitting Obama was born in the U.S. after years of promoting the lie—will continue to haunt their public image. For Melania, a moment from over a decade ago is now defining her legacy for a new generation of critics.