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60 Minutes Earns Highest Ratings Since 2008 On Stormy Daniels Interview

Christian Datoc Senior White House Correspondent
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CBS aired Stormy Daniels’ interview with Anderson Cooper on “60 Minutes” Sunday and earned the network’s highest ratings in 10 years.

According to Deadline, 24.5 million people tuned in to hear about the former porn star’s sexual relationship with President Donald Trump, the most since former President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama’s post-election segment in 2008.

POMPANO BEACH, FL - MARCH 09: The actress Stephanie Clifford, who uses the stage name Stormy Daniels, arrives to perform at the Solid Gold Fort Lauderdale strip club on March 9, 2018 in Pompano Beach, Florida. Stephanie Clifford who claims to have had an affair with President Trump has filed a suit against him in an attempt to nullify a nondisclosure deal with Trump attorney Michael Cohen days before Trump's 2016 presidential victory. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

POMPANO BEACH, FL – MARCH 09: The actress Stephanie Clifford, who uses the stage name Stormy Daniels, arrives to perform at the Solid Gold Fort Lauderdale strip club on March 9, 2018 in Pompano Beach, Florida. Stephanie Clifford who claims to have had an affair with President Trump has filed a suit against him in an attempt to nullify a nondisclosure deal with Trump attorney Michael Cohen days before Trump’s 2016 presidential victory. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

POMPANO BEACH, FL - MARCH 09: The actress Stephanie Clifford, who uses the stage name Stormy Daniels, arrives to perform at the Solid Gold Fort Lauderdale strip club on March 9, 2018 in Pompano Beach, Florida. Stephanie Clifford who claims to have had an affair with President Trump has filed a suit against him in an attempt to nullify a nondisclosure deal with Trump attorney Michael Cohen days before Trump's 2016 presidential victory. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

POMPANO BEACH, FL – MARCH 09: The actress Stephanie Clifford, who uses the stage name Stormy Daniels, arrives to perform at the Solid Gold Fort Lauderdale strip club on March 9, 2018 in Pompano Beach, Florida. Stephanie Clifford who claims to have had an affair with President Trump has filed a suit against him in an attempt to nullify a nondisclosure deal with Trump attorney Michael Cohen days before Trump’s 2016 presidential victory. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

In the interview, Daniels recalled spanking POTUS with a magazine, but claimed she doesn’t consider herself a “Me Too” victim.

On Monday, her attorney made the media rounds and claimed the 60 Minutes interview was “just the beginning.”

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