Jerry Oppenheimer is a New York Times bestselling author whose latest book is The Kardashians: An American Drama. He has also published best-selling biographies of Hillary Clintn and Robert Kennedy.
No sooner had Hopes Hicks’ resignation been announced, a day after her ‘white lies’ testimony before the House Intelligence Committee, one of New York City’s most powerful publishing house editors was in contact.
He had an offer he hoped Hicks wouldn’t refuse: $10 million to write what was described exclusively to Daily Mail as a ‘candid, truthful, sensitive tell-all about her life in Trump Land—the good, the bad and the ugly.’
Soon after, the 29-year-old White House communications director – one of President Trump’s closest and longest serving advisors said to know him better than any other top White House aides – was contacted by a female Hollywood producer-screenwriter with platinum credentials.
Former Communications Director Hope Hicks has been offered a $10 million book deal upon her exit from the White House
Hicks, who turns 30 next October, revealed she was leaving the White House on Thursday. She is Trump’s longest surviving aide and helped guide his early shoestring campaign operation after working for the Trump Organization
A source familiar with the communication, who asked for anonymity, was told what the Hollywood big-shot had said:
‘What would it take to do your story as a mini-series or on the big screen? I can get the financing, like tomorrow, and make you rich and even more famous. You have an incredible story. Let’s talk!’
And since then Hick has been overwhelmed with messages offering millions of dollars in advances for book deals by major publishers, and offers from Hollywood to make biopics about her glamorous political and scandalous life.
As one publishing executive told DailyMail.com, ‘Next to Ivanka and Melania, Hope is the woman closest to the president, and knows all the secrets, all the foibles, all the quirks.
‘She’s also the most glamorous White House female since Jackie Kennedy. Her story will be a blockbuster. I have the authority to offer her an advance of $10 million, and we’re open to negotiate.’
High-powered New York literary agent Eric Myers told DailyMail.com that Hicks could easily get a $10 million advance, ‘If she really did promise to throw the office doors wide open and tell all.
‘However, that may not be likely as she is a longtime close friend and defender of Trump, and may not be inclined to do that. Plus, there would undoubtedly be matters of legality and national security to be weighed.
‘If a book were to happen, it would undoubtedly be the subject of an auction among the major publishers, which would be a key factor in driving up the amount of the advance.’
Another prestigious literary agent who has represented Pulitzer Prize-winning political journalists, among other high-profile, celebrity clients – and receives a fifteen percent commission on every book sold — told DailyMail.com: ‘Hope Hicks was a star Washington insider.
‘I always saw a book coming from her when the time was right. Now the time’s right. Overnight she’s become a potential goldmine.
Her departure comes weeks after DailyMail.com broke the story that she was romantically involved with another trusted key Trump aide, 38-year-old White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter
‘A $10 million advance is not out of the question for her to tell the true, untold, inside story about life in Donald Trump’s White House and inner circle. She probably knows more than the first lady – about that, I wouldn’t be surprised.
‘And I think everyone will be interested in the true story of her relationship with Trump. Is he a father figure to her – or something more? There’s just so much speculation about their relationship.
‘Look, here’s a gorgeous young woman with no political experience who suddenly becomes one of the most influential woman in the White House who has the president’s ear 24/7.
‘Michael Wolff with his unauthorized tell-all has sold something like 900,000 books, and it’s made him a millionaire, even though there’s been questions about some of his reporting.
But, the agent continued, Hope’s book would be the political blockbuster of the decade.
‘Believe me when I say that the publishing world and Hollywood are in a state of excitement over getting her to agree and sign on the dotted line. I’d kill to have her as my client.’
According to a White House insider, Hicks has been secretly keeping what was described as a ‘detailed diary of her White House work, and her interactions with the president.’
‘The thing is,’ the source tells Daily Mail, ‘Hope’s one of Donald Trump’s most loyal colleagues and friends. She’s not one to destroy that relationship.
‘And she is certainly under some sort of nondisclosure agreement. Moreover, the various investigations by the special counsel and congress could target her. So she has to be very careful about jumping into any deals.’
Still, others who have worked with Trump have already published books. The book by Corey Lewandowski, who had served as Trump’s chief political advisor and campaign manager – ‘Let Trump Be Trump: The Inside Story of His Rise to the Presidency,’ – was published in December and became a bestseller.
In February, after a dinner date at Washington DC’s Rosa Mexicano, Hicks and Porter were seen kissing in the back of a taxi cab
On the same night, Hicks was seen exiting the cab as Porter paid of the ride before they both entered Hicks’ DC apartment at the end of the evening
Another Trump longtime advisor, Roger Stone, has published ‘The Making of the President 2016: How Donald Trump Orchestrated a Revolution,’ in January.
And former White House press secretary Sean Spicer announced in December that he was penning a Trump White House tell-all, telling Fox News star Sean Hannity, ‘I’ve decided that this is incumbent on me to set the record straight.’
And more such books are expected.
One, which could have major implications for the president, is due to be published on April 17 – by one of Trump’s biggest enemies – the former FBI director whom he fired and who he has been highly critical of — James Comey. Comey got a a reported $2 million advance.
His book, ‘A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership,’ is already at or near the top of three of Amazon’s book categories, and is predicted to be a # 1 bestseller when it hits bookstores.
Comey also plans to teach a course on ethical leadership this coming fall at his alma mater, William & Mary, according to The Washington Post.
Meanwhile, Michael Wolff’s book, ‘Fire and Fury,’ is already set to become a TV series. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the book’s rights were purchased by Endeavor Content for seven figures
Hicks, who turns 30 years old next October, had already the subject of headline-making news just weeks before her testimony before the House Intelligence Committee.
In early February DailyMail.com broke the story that she was romantically involved with another trusted key Trump aide, 38-year-old White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter.
Hicks reportedly ended the relationship when DailyMail.com revealed that Porter had physically abused his ex-wives, forcing the disgraced official to also resign from his powerful White House job.
A photo of the ex-wife, one of her eyes blackened allegedly in an altercation with Porter, sparked outrage.
On Tuesday, Hicks made a nine-hour appearance before the House Intelligence Committee in the Russia probe
The scandal involving Hicks placed her into the headlines – a woman who previously rarely appeared on TV, or gave interviews to reporters.
She came to the job with no political experience, the same as her boss, the president. Since 2008, she has been a registered Republican. Trump once claimed to GQ that Hicks ‘was able to build experience quickly. She was very natural when it comes to picking it up, and a lot of people can’t pick it up, because it’s so fast-moving.’
GQ headlined the story, ‘The Mystifying Triumph of Hope Hicks, Donald Trump’s Right-Hand Woman.’
Before becoming Trump’s shadow and with a high-profile White House career, Hope Charlotte Hicks was a jock – rowing, swimming and lacrosse — growing up in tony Greenwich, Connecticut.
Her recent revelation about telling white lies for the president wasn’t the first time she goofed with words.
In her senior high school yearbook, she attributed words said by Eleanor Roosevelt to Jimmy Buffet — ‘The Future belongs to those who believe in the power of their dreams.’
In 2011, she got a job with a New York public relations firm, and began working with Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, which is how Hicks was introduced to Ivanka’s father, who later said, ‘I thought Hope was outstanding.’
Tall and gorgeous, she once was given the nickname ‘Hopesickle’ by one of Trump’s circle.
Her red carpet looks brought her to the attention of such magazines as Marieclaire and, in the wake of the scandals and resignation, Cosmopolitan.com.
Not surprisingly, Hicks, once told a local hometown publication that her sole desire in life was to become an actress – a job that she might now get if she takes one of the deals offered by Hollywood — the possibility of playing herself in a big money-deal biopic about her life and times in the Trump White House.