Eric Trump speaks out amid rumors family does not like Don Jr.'s fiance Kimberly Guilfoyle
Eric Trump has hit back at claims the Trumps don't like Don Jr.'s fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle - after Ivanka skipped the couple's holiday party weeks after cropping her soon-to-be sister-in-law from a photo on Instagram.
This week, Don Jr., 44, and his fiancée Kimberly, 53, hosted a fundraiser holiday party for the charity Toys For Tots attended by more than 300 people at their $9.7 million Palm Beach mansion, DJ'd by Kid Rock.
Eric attended with his wife Lara, and Donald Trump made an appearance for 30 minutes before leaving for another event. But Ivanka and her husband Jared, while invited, did not attend - because it was Shabbos, the Jewish Sabbath.
A source told Page Six: 'The vibe is that the family doesn’t like Kim. She is trying too hard to be in the family.'
But Don Jr.'s brother Eric hit back at the suggestion, telling the publication: 'I completely disagree with the narrative and happen to think the world of Kimberly.
'I am best friends with Don and had an absolute blast at the party.'
No rift: Eric Trump (pictured left with his wife Lara) hit back at rumors the Trump family doesn't like his future sister-in-law Kimberly Guilfoyle (right, with her fiancé Don Jr.) Eric said: 'I completely disagree with the narrative and happen to think the world of Kimberly'
'They have a good relationship. It’s just the rumor mill,' a source said.
Claims Guilfoyle isn't liked, but the Trump family began circulating when Ivanka cropped her out of an Instagram photo taken at youngest sibling Tiffany's wedding.
Tiffany Trump, 29, married Michael Boulos, 25, at the family's Mar-a-Lago Club on November 12 in Palm Beach, Florida.
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ShareIn a photo posted to Instagram, Ivanka cropped Kimberly from the line-up of Trump women posing with the bride, prompting a flurry of rumors about internal politics in the family.
The original photo - which she posted to her Stories later in acknowledgment of her social media faux pas - showed Ivanka, her step-mother Melania, Tiffany, her mother Marla Maples and their sister-in-law Lara, all in pastel hues, with Kimberly at the end dressed in black.
Ivanka did not delete the original post or story, which she followed up with some footage of the former President giving her golf lessons, simply posting the original photo on her Instagram stories four hours later.
When Melania Trump's ex-aide, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff learned about the cropping picture fiasco she told Page Six the entire Trump clan was 'a heartless, mean-spirited, and divided family … that doesn’t care about one another or anyone else.'
Don Jr. and Guilfoyle held a party at their $9.7 million Palm Beach mansion this week, with rapper Kid Rock as DJ and more than 300 guests. Donald Trump attended but only stayed for half an hour, with Eric Trump and his wife, Lara, also making an appearance. Ivanka and her husband Jared, however, were absent
Rapper Kid Rock DJ's the party at the couple's mega Palm Beach mansion for Toys for Tots
Rapper Kid Rock got into the music and mixed the beats at the event that had 300 guests
View this post on InstagramView this post on InstagramDuring the night's festivities, Don Jr. went on Instagram to share footage of Kid Rock entertaining partygoers.
The video went viral, spreading across YouTube and social media. Commenters joked that it appeared the Kid Rock ‘struggled to figure out the DJ equipment.’
At one point, Don Jr. says to the camera: 'Kid Rock taking over the DJ booth folks,' as Al Green's 1970s' classic song 'Let's Stay Together,' plays on.
It is not clear how long Don Jr. and Kid Rock have been friends, but the Detroit rapper held a campaign rally in his home state of Michigan when Trump was running for President in 2020.
During that event, Don Jr. was at the 'Make American Great Again' rally alongside his girlfriend Guilfoyle.
A former prosecuting attorney and Fox News host, 53-year-old Guilfoyle became an adviser to the 45th President of the United States during his term in office.
Don Jr., who serves as an executive vice president of the Trump Organization alongside his brother Eric, began dating Guilfoyle in 2018 and the pair got engaged in 2020.
The couple live in Florida only 80 miles from Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner.
Ivanka and Kushner are building a home in Indian Creek near Miami, while Trump Jr and Guilfoyle bought a $9.7million house in Jupiter, north of West Palm Beach.
ORIGINAL: The former First Daughter shared a cropped photo on Twitter, with the black-wearing Guilfoyle cropped out
REPOST: Ivanka rectified her 'terrible mistake' of cropping Kimberly Guilfoyle out of her gallery of pictures on Instagram by posting a story of the full line-up four hours later with a series of heart emojis
Guilfoyle and Don Jr. are highly active on the campaign scene, believed to be encouraging Trump to go for a second term.
Ivanka and her husband, meanwhile, are reportedly taking a back seat from Washington DC, and have no intention of returning to the White House if Trump runs again and wins.
Guilfoyle was married to California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom and filed for divorce in January 2005.
She claimed the strain of a bi-coastal relationship took a toll on their marriage after she moved to New York City in 2004 to work in broadcast television, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Newsom told People in a September 2022 interview that he and his ex no longer speak.
In May 2006, Guilfoyle went onto marry furniture heir Eric Villency, ,multi-million dollar company. His grandfather was the furniture titan Scottish-born Maurice Villency.
The couple had a child six months later - October 4, 2006 - a son named Ronan Anthony. The couple divorced in 2009.
Kimberly Guilfoyle and Gavin Newsom, who was Mayor of San Francisco before he became Democratic Governor of California are seem at the TV and Radio Correspondents Dinner on March 24, 2004 in Washington, DC. In January 2005, the couple divorced
In May 2006, Guilfoyle went onto marry furniture heir Eric Villency, his grandfather was the furniture titan Scottish-born Maurice Villency. The couple seen here attend The Four Seasons restaurant 50th Anniversary on June 11, 2009 in New York City
On Mother's Day, May 9, 2021, Donald Trump Jr. posts a selection of photos, including his ex-wife Vanessa Trump (far right), brother Eric, sister Ivanka, late mother Ivana, Lara Trump, daughter Chloe and Ivana's mother Marie Zelnickova
Eric Trump with his wife Lara, pictured with former Majority Leader of the US Senate, Senator Bob Dole, his wife Elizabeth Dole, brother Don Jr. and his fiancee Kimberly Guilfoyle. Eric defending his Guilfoyle hit back at the suggestion, telling the publication: 'I completely disagree with the narrative and happen to think the world of Kimberly. 'I am best friends with Don and had an absolute blast at the party'
According to The Washington Post, Guilfoyle and Don Jr. became friends when her son, Ronan, attended the same private school in Manhattan as his oldest daughter, Kai.
The pair started dating around March 2018 around the same time his ex-wife, Vanessa, filed for divorce.
Don Jr. was married to model Vanessa Haydon in 2005, the couple share five children.
The former Fox News host was a senior Trump campaign advisor and fundraiser and she and Don Jr., became a GOP power couple.
In 2021, the couple purchased a $9.7 million, 11,300-square-foot estate in Jupiter, Florida, about a 20-minute drive from Mar-a-Lago.
In January 2022, they made their engagement public.
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