{"id":443418,"date":"2026-02-01T20:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/443418\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T20:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:18:11","slug":"we-found-the-hidden-gems-from-the-melania-cutting-room-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/443418\/","title":{"rendered":"We Found the Hidden Gems From the \u2018Melania\u2019 Cutting Room Floor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Director Brett Ratner spent 20 days shooting Melania Trump, then trimmed the footage down to a running time of an hour and 44 minutes\u2014only 10 minutes shorter than Leni Riefenstahl\u2019s 1935 documentary Triumph of the Will.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The trailer of Melania: Twenty Days to History promises audiences that they will \u201cwitness history in the making\u201d while offering tantalizing glimpses of the first lady cooing over oversized red envelopes and contemplating her image in a mirror. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Brett Ratner\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ESB26EZWKRCJRILFQTV6XFDEB4.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Brett Ratner (yes, that Brett Ratner, findable in the Epstein Files) had the task of directing Melania. This is what he cut. Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Propaganda depends on presenting a curated image so, obviously, any scenes of the first lady looking less than glamorous were ditched. So what didn\u2019t make the cut?<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Here are 15 scenes that you will not see in this \u201cMUST WATCH\u201d movie (<a onclick=\"_sendArticleBodyInlineLinkClickAnalytics(&#039;https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump&#039;)\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump\" rel=\"nofollow\">according to her husband<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">1. Sitting alone in her pink Mar-a-Lago tower, Melania flosses her teeth while singing along to Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cthis is me trying\u201d from Folklore before breaking down into sobs as she gets to the lyric, \u201cI was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere\/Fell behind all my classmates, and I ended up here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Reason cut: Difficult to secure rights to song since the first lady\u2019s husband posted: \u201cI HATE TAYLOR SWIFT\u201d in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Melania pulling a prank with a tic tac.\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MEJA6HVOB5BYRI4MPN6IPKJ2ZM.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/>Plot twist: This scene didn&#8217;t make the cut for a reason SCOTUS created. Getty Images\/Victoria Sunday\/The Daily Beast <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">2. At the Naval Observatory a few months ago, Melania sneaks into the second lady\u2019s bathroom and replaces Usha Vance\u2019s birth control pills with Tic Tacs. So fun! Who knew the first lady was such a prankster?<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Reason cut: Raises legal issues and currently only the president has total immunity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">3. In a steamy locker room shower, Melania and Mark Carney recreate their favorite scene from Heated Rivalry. She plays \u201cIvan\u201d (the hockey player with the thick Eastern European accent) and he\u2019s \u201cShane,\u201d the squeaky-clean Canadian phenom. Their love is forbidden but the sexual attraction is undeniable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Reason cut: Tariffs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">4. Practicing acceptance speech in the mirror for Best Documentary Film from FIFA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Reason cut: She might decide to bully Ken Burns into giving her one of his actual Oscars. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Melania enjoying a warm bonfire.\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WI25HFNGVRBU7KP4RKCL3QGNJU.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/>Life&#8217;s a beach in this scene which revealed some very special Melania skills. Getty Images\/Victoria Sunday\/The Daily Beast <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">5. On the beach, burning the cord she used to strangle Jeffrey Epstein in a bonfire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Reason cut: Blows the first lady\u2019s cover as a trained assassin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">6. Spending 20 minutes on The New York Times Spelling Bee before finding a word.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Reason cut:  Too nerdy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">7. Taping an Orwellian video for 5-year olds being held in Detention Centers where she intones over and over, \u201cBe Best.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Reason cut: Her hair looked flat in the video.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Melania reacts to all the gold.\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/R2HZVIWXQ5ADVLSTTDDPZIA62M.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/>How could there be a Trump movie without gold? Well, there was one reason&#8230; Getty Images\/Victoria Sunday\/The Daily Beast <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">8. Visiting Fort Knox and leaving with a visibly weighed-down pocketbook.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Reason cut: Not news-y. What first lady doesn\u2019t help herself to a few bricks of gold?<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">9. Watching K-Pop Demon Hunters and practicing the soda pop dance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Reason cut: Amazon did not want to promote a Netflix movie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">10. At the pharmacy buying men\u2019s adult diapers XXL with odor guard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Reason cut: Not glamorous enough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">11. Pushing Ivana Trump down the stairs of her Upper East Side townhouse in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Reason cut: Blows the first lady\u2019s cover as a trained assassin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">12. Stress-eating mice (not the rodent, but the traditional <a onclick=\"_sendArticleBodyInlineLinkClickAnalytics(&#039;https:\/\/www.tasteslovenia.si\/en\/taste-slovenia\/slovenian-gastronomy\/famous-slovenian-desserts\/&#039;)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteslovenia.si\/en\/taste-slovenia\/slovenian-gastronomy\/famous-slovenian-desserts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slovenian dessert <\/a>of sweet fried dough with a mouse-like shape)<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Reason cut: Not right for the doc, but perfect for TikTok as a \u201cMelania Mukbang\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Melania smiling in funeral attire.\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/22SLZW2NZRA7DHKGLMKBKNAVJY.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/>This outfit and the scenes around it didn&#8217;t make the cut but keep your eyes peeled. Getty Images\/Victoria Sunday\/The Daily Beast <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">13. Planning a \u201cvery special funeral\u201d that may\u2013or may not\u2013happen soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Reason cut: Saving for the sequel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">14. A quiet moment between the first lady and the president in bed where she settles in his arms and coos, \u201cI\u2019m so happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Reason cut: Even with dimmed lighting, it was obvious that the woman in bed was Fake Melania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">15. Archival footage from Slovenia of a 16-year-old Melania wishing on a desiccated monkey\u2019s paw to one day become a world-famous movie star.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Reason cut: Scared little children (and Eric Trump) in test screening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Director Brett Ratner spent 20 days shooting Melania Trump, then trimmed the footage down to a running time&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443419,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[960,236,1072,88,163617,7182],"class_list":{"0":"post-443418","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-amazon","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-donald-j-trump","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-melania","13":"tag-melania-trump"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}