Trump responds after firing Guilfoyle: ‘She dated my son … but we didn’t like what we were reading’

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President Donald Trump has distanced himself from his son’s ex-fiancée, Kimberly Guilfoyle, after pushing her out as U.S. ambassador to Greece following her funds-for-access scandal.

Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, announced in her first press briefing Tuesday that the president asked Guilfoyle to resign, saying, “She has been a wonderful asset to the team, and we wish her well.”

It comes less than a week after news broke that Guilfoyle reportedly pleaded with a Trump donor, who was seeking access to the president, for $100,000 to pay off her American Express card. Guilfoyle has fiercely denied the allegations against her.

When asked about the misconduct allegations, the president said he “didn’t like what we were reading.”

“On Kimberly Guilfoyle, she was almost a member of your family. How surprised were you to learn about these allegations?” a reporter asked Trump.

“No, she wasn’t a member of my family. She, I guess, dated my son a long time ago,” Trump replied. “She went to Greece, she was doing a good job, but we didn’t like what we were reading.”

Guilfoyle and Trump Jr. were reportedly engaged for nearly four years until they called it quits in late 2024, shortly after his father won the presidency for the second time.

When dating rumors between Trump Jr. and his now-wife Bettina Anderson first began to swirl in December 2024, a source told People that it was “a friendly split between Kimberly and Don Jr.,” adding, “The Trump family is still enamored with” Guilfoyle.

Now, Trump appears to be severing ties with Guilfoyle following a bombshell report detailing text messages between her and the Trump donor.

Days before Guilfoyle’s Senate confirmation hearing for her role as U.S. ambassador to Greece on July 9, 2025, she allegedly begged Eric Deters, who was trying to get the Trump administration’s attention for personal tax and legal issues, to pay off her AMEX bill, according to The Wall Street Journal.

“Honey, please I need you to get this done for me today,” Guilfoyle said, according to a text message sent July 3, 2025, that was reviewed by the Journal.

Deters reportedly didn’t give Guilfoyle the money.

Guilfoyle said in her own statement that serving as the U.S. ambassador to Greece “has been the honor of a lifetime.”

She thanked Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio “for entrusting me with the extraordinary privilege of representing the greatest country in the history of the world,” and she again denied the misconduct allegations.

“These allegations are false, and I intend to vigorously defend my name, my reputation, and my integrity. I have dedicated my professional life to fighting for justice, standing up for what is right, and defending the values that make America exceptional,” Guilfoyle, who previously served as a prosecutor in California and a Fox News host, wrote on X.

“I will not allow false accusations to define my decades of public service.”

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