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Melania Pitched Her Documentary to Jeff Bezos Over Dinner at Mar-a-Lago

Julia Ornedo
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: First Lady Melania Trump at the Commander-in-Chief Ball on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.  President Trump attends some of the inaugural balls after taking the oath as the 47th president. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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It turns out it wasn’t just Donald Trump who had an agenda when Amazon founder Jeff Bezos met with the president-elect and his wife Melania at Mar-a-Lago last December.

Melania pitched her documentary idea to the tech billionaire and his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez over dinner at Trump’s estate, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The future first lady was looking for a buyer for a documentary—which she will executive produce—about her return to the White House. The film will be directed by Brett Ratner, who was been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women. Ratner has denied the allegations.

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Melania’s agent had reportedly pitched the film to a number of studios, including one owned by Amazon. She sought Ratner’s advice on how to sell the idea to Bezos and delivered her pitch at dinner.

In January, Amazon announced it agreed to pay $40 million to secure the licensing rights to Melania’s documentary. The company also gained the rights to a follow-up docuseries that will have two or three episodes.

Melania’s cut is more than 70 percent of the $40 million deal, according to the Journal. Her agent has reportedly been trying to sell sponsorships for the film starting at $10 million to other CEOs and billionaires who, like Bezos, attended Trump’s inauguration.

From left, Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos and Sundar Pichai arrive before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States takes place inside the Capitol Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Monday, January 20, 2025. / Kenny Holston / via REUTERS
From left, Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos and Sundar Pichai arrive before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States takes place inside the Capitol Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Monday, January 20, 2025. / Kenny Holston / via REUTERS

The film will have a small theatrical run before it becomes available on Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service.

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Amazon said the project will offer an “unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look at First Lady Melania Trump.”

Melania earlier told Fox News that production began in November.

“So it’s a day-to-day life, what I’m doing, what kind of responsibilities I have,” she said. “People, they don’t really know and they will see it. It’s day to day, from transition team to moving to the White House, packing, establishing my team, the First Lady office, moving into the White House, what it takes to make the residence your home, to hire the people that you need.”

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