--- title: Donald Trump: Clinton Campaign Mocks Playboy Film Appearance description: Hillary Clinton's campaign mocked Donald Trump over revelations that he appeared in a Playboy adult film in 2000 canonical: https://time.com/4515691/donald-trump-playboy-adult-film/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-01T14:49:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:33.070Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton's Campaign Mocks Donald Trump's Appearance in Playboy Video og:description: "Only one adult film has emerged today and its star is Donald Trump" og:url: https://time.com/4515691/donald-trump-playboy-adult-film/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt460f9c403d46fdf0/6988a84ff887dc2eade97a14/trump-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: APTOPIX Campaign 2016 Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton's Campaign Mocks Donald Trump's Appearance in Playboy Video twitter:description: "Only one adult film has emerged today and its star is Donald Trump" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt460f9c403d46fdf0/6988a84ff887dc2eade97a14/trump-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton's Campaign Mocks Donald Trump's Appearance in Playboy Video > Sponsored content. 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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Sept. 28, 2016.John Locher—AP  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Oct 1, 2016 2:49 PM UTC Hillary Clinton’s campaign mocked Donald Trump over [revelations](https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/donald-trump-appeared-in-a-2000-playboy-softcore-porn?utm%5Fterm=.tx8PedqXw#.bhk1JbEkw) that he appeared in a Playboy adult film in 2000, after he berated [former Miss Universe Alicia Machado](http://time.com/4514684/alicia-machado-donald-trump-hilary-clinton/) on Friday and [told people](http://time.com/4514358/donald-trump-alicia-machado-feud/) to watch her alleged “sex tape.” “There’s been a lot of talk about sex tapes today and in a strange turn of events only one adult film has emerged today and its star is Donald Trump,” said Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill. BuzzFeed [first reported](https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/donald-trump-appeared-in-a-2000-playboy-softcore-porn?utm%5Fterm=.tx8PedqXw#.bhk1JbEkw) Friday on Trump’s brief appearance in the explicit video, in which he welcomes several Playboy Playmates to New York City and pops open a bottle of champagne. “Beauty is beauty, and let’s see what happens with New York,” Trump said. Clinton [criticized Trump](http://time.com/4515348/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-tweets/) on Friday for his [early-morning Twitter tirade](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/781784161044553728) against Machado, with whom he has sparred all week. Clinton mentioned Machado during Monday’s presidential debate, slamming the way Trump treated her in the 1990s after Machado was crowned Miss Universe and gained weight. 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