Amber Rose "took a gamble" supporting Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention and now she's in "political purgatory."
The 40-year-old model sat down with conservative pundit Candace Owens in a lengthy video for the latter's eponymous podcast.
The pair shared their experiences as Black women who vote on the right and as a result have faced criticism from both sides of the political aisle.
Rose, who was previously a critic of Donald Trump when he was president, opened up on why she now was a vocal supporter of the MAGA movement and speaking at the RNC convention in July.
"I'm 40 now, and this is why I don't give a f*** anymore, like I don't care. I'm gonna speak at the RNC. I'm gonna speak on my Instagram and say how I feel about things and I'm not going to hold back anymore," she said.
Rose spoke about attempting to shed her image as a sexy model, but then getting pressured into doing OnlyFans or posing in her bikini to promote products.
"I still battle with those things and I don't want to get beat up by the Republicans. I'm already getting beat up enough by the left," she said, to which Owens replied: "You're basically in political purgatory."
Rose sparked fury in May when she posted a photo of herself with Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, at a black-tie event. Rose captioned the Instagram photo "Trump 2024." She later joined a coalition called "Black Americans for Trump."
The model revealed it was her ex-husband, rapper Wiz Khalifa, that convinced her to post the photo because she had been "living a lie" by not revealing her political leanings.
"I'm so unhappy, I'm starting to hate everyone and I was never like that... and I just want to be me," she said. "I'm kind of really into it [MAGA] and he's like, 'do that.' And he put a battery in my back and I was like, 'all right, I'm gonna do it.'"
Rose also explained that she rarely got into spats online with trolls but was sick of people speaking about her and making assumptions.
"It does take a toll after a while because you just want to scream from the rooftops, 'guys you don't know me at all, you don't know where I come from,'" she said.
While appearing at the RNC, Rose said she felt mostly accepted by others there.
"They were actually very receptive and loving, and made me feel really accepted at the RNC. Most people really, really great to me and they were really nice and I appreciate them very much," she said.
But then the TV star admitted, that she "took a gamble," by supporting Trump and MAGA, but by "doing that it was better than how I was living before."
"So that's just how I felt. I mean, I took the risk and I guess it worked but even if it didn't it would have been better than before," she said.
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