Stormy Daniels reveals the bizarre reason she became a porn star in Daily Mail podcast Everything I Know About Me

Stormy Daniels admitted her sordid past extends far beyond her tryst with Donald Trump, as she revealed her bizarre motivations for going into adult entertainment. 

The porn star, 45, said she never planned on ever starting her career as a stripper, but she did so for the first time in 1996 'in order to be able to feed my horse.' 

'I made more money in two songs than I did in a week of shoveling horse manure,' she said, revealing all in Daily Mail's exclusive podcast, Everything I Know About Me. 

Daniels, fresh off her testimony in Trump's historic hush money trial, offers an unflinching account of her life in the industry, from watching a fellow stripper get set on fire to convincing her daughter she was a spy. 

The hit series looks into the lives of the world’s most famous faces, with Daniels the first to be featured in the U.S. 

In the first episode, which aired on June 11, Stormy revealed why she believes Melania 'knows I'm telling the truth' about her affair with Trump. 

She also lifted the lid on her role in the trial, and her frustrations with the many misconceptions that came from it. 

Daniels - real name Stephanie Clifford - has unexpectedly found herself to be one of the most famous women in America, as a key witness to the first ever criminal prosecution of a former president. 

She told the jury how she was paid $130,000 by Trump's campaign to keep quiet about her affair during the 2016 election. 

At the time of their alleged affair, Trump was a reality TV star and billionaire property developer, and was preparing to become a father for the fifth time as Melania was heavily pregnant with son Barron. 

While Trump denies ever meeting Daniels, she says they encountered each other first at a celebrity golf tournament in 2006, before he invited her to his penthouse suite for dinner. 

Daniels claims she regretfully slept with Trump, but says she blocked out the memory and described it in her blockbuster testimony as leaving her 'staring at the ceiling.' 

Daniels is now trying to set the record straight with her side of the story, and a raw retelling of how she became one of the most divisive figures in the U.S.