Real Housewives star Siggy Flicker opens up about life in Trump’s trusted circle – and his antics behind the scenes

Siggy Flicker was an instant hit on The Real Housewives of New Jersey. 

But after quitting the show in 2017, the straight-talking glamour puss retreated from the chaos of limelight. 

The housewives dismissed her with nasty put-downs and a public shunning. She was admonished and mocked when it emerged she had voted for Donald Trump in 2016. 

Now, she’s in the brightest spotlight of them all. 

‘Siggy, one of the greatest people in the world. Just look at her – we love her,’ Trump said during an August speech. 

Flicker, 54, has been by Trump’s side on his campaign plane and at Mar-a-Lago. 

She was seen dancing with him to the songs ‘Trump won’ and ‘Hold On, I’m Coming’, as he plotted his return to victory, with her happy husband dancing along next to them.  

She was at Mar-a-Lago to greet him on Tuesday night before the result was known. 

‘You got this,’ she was seen telling him in a video from the event. On a quieter night in the summer, Trump beckoned her over for a hug. 

Donald Trump embraces Siggy Flicker – who he calls ‘one of the greatest people in the world’ – at Mar-a-Lago 

Flicker makes no apologies for her unwavering support of Trump or her ‘idol’, Melania. 

‘We saved America from communism. Am I Happy? Are you kidding me? This is BIBLICAL!’ she tells DailyMail.com.  

Flicker was at the center of the action on Tuesday when the result was called. 

‘It was magical beyond magical at Mar-a-Lago. There was champagne for everybody, there was sushi, lobster, shrimp the size of your head.

‘It was so warm and welcoming. Everyone there is treated like family.’

In her years as one of the few allowed into the Trumps’ inner circle, Flicker has had a front row seat to the moments the media doesn’t get to see.

Trump stopped as he made his way through the Mar-a-Lago crowd on election night to greet Flicker (left). She is regularly by his side at the Florida members club, seen (right) during another meal this year 

Flicker says she was edited to look ‘crazy’ on The Real Housewives of New Jersey after coming out in support of Trump in 2016

Trump mouths a kiss towards Flicker at another appearance. ‘If you think I’m going to turn my back on the greatest president of the greatest country in the world – you’ve got the wrong housewife’ she said 

‘No one ever talks about his relationship with Melania, really. Behind the scenes, all the little moments, people don’t get to see.

‘He is in total admiration of her and he is so respectful of her. He will listen to her before anyone else – and she is no joke.

‘She is the calm to his storm. That’s what nobody gets. He is always holding her hand and complimenting her, he is so proud of her.’

The man himself is kind, jovial – and never nervous, she says.

‘He is always holding her hand and complimenting her, he is so proud of her. She is the calm to his storm,’ Flicker says of Melania Trump – her ‘idol’ 

‘He absolutely loves music, so we watch music videos sometimes on YouTube. He loves opera, Phantom of the Opera, and he loves the song November Rain – Guns and Roses. He LOVES that video.

‘He loves Sinead O’Connor, Nothing Compares To You, and he loves James Brown and Elvis Presley. The only thing he loves more than Melania and his family is music.

‘One of the things I love about him is that he doesn’t drink – not ever. Always a Diet Coke.

‘And the idea that he is unrelatable because he is a billionaire is just ridiculous…he is the most relatable person.

‘You can talk to him about politics, and about Israel… but you can also talk to him about music, food, and Diet Coke. You can talk to him about anything.’

Flicker first met Trump through her best friend, his lawyer Alina Habba. 

By then, Siggy had been exiled from the Bravo universe. She says she was shunned for her support of Trump. 

‘The producers came to my house and saw my MAGA hats, they asked me “do you really support this anti-Semite?” They said that to me – the daughter of a Holocaust survivor and the only Jew on the cast at the time. It was unbelievable.

Trump smiles at Flicker as they dance to the song ‘Trump Won’ at Mar-a-Lago with his lawyer Alina Habba and Flicker’s husband Michael Campanella. It was Habba who introduced Flicker to the president-elect

Flicker starred on RHONJ for two seasons before quitting in 2017 due to her issues with how producers edited her. She is seen, far right, in a promotional photo for the show 

‘Suddenly the editing changed and I looked crazy. I related to Mr. Trump because the media was doing the same thing to him.’ 

Bravo has never gone on record to explain why Siggy left the show. 

‘When I first met him, I told him: “Mr. Trump, I work for you and you don’t even know it or know me.” And he said his family had loved me on the housewives… we became friends. 

In the years since, Flicker and her family have been by the Trumps’ side, traveling with him frequently as he toured the country, and drumming up support for him. 

‘It’s funny because in the beginning, they all thought I was crazy. And then when the result came in, I got about 5,000 messages from people saying: “Siggy, I am sorry.” 

‘The country has well and truly turned.’ 

Flicker’s entire family are proud Trump supporters. 

Her daughter rubbed shoulders with Elon Musk – ‘the nicest man, he brought his baby and it was so cute’ – and her husband, Michael Campanella, is as much of a fan as she is. 

Her mother has joined her at Mar-a-Lago with Trump. The family moved to the US from Israel when she was a child. 

‘I am an immigrant – but I came through the front door,’ she says. 

Flicker with her husband Michael Campanella. ‘Mr. Trump always tells him, I don’t know how you do it – being married to this woman. She has more energy than anyone!’ 

Flicker and Campanella on ‘Trump Force Two’ – his campaign plane – on their way to a February rally 

Campanella’s son, Tyler, was among January 6 rioters who were arrested. 

It’s unclear if he – and the others – will now be pardoned for their part in the chaotic day. She is hopeful that he will. 

‘I think all of that will be resolved, all of the cases. His own, included. He is going to unite the country again.’  

Flicker and Campanella ditched New Jersey for balmy Boca Raton six years ago. 

They now split their time between Florida and the Hamptons. 

They, like the millions of other Americans who voted for Trump, are  excited about what comes next. Despite her closeness to him, she will not hold any kind of formal role in the administration.

‘The thing [the Democrats] are most scared of is the fact that he’s the man who can’t be bought or sold,’ Flicker says of Trump 

‘I am happy to support him and will always work behind the scenes for Republican Jews and for our country. 

‘He is going to make it great again and I am honored to know him.  

‘The Trump family jokes, they call me “the IDF” because they know I will protect them. I would die for them. 

‘The thing [the Democrats] are most scared of is the fact that he’s the man who can’t be bought or sold. He doesn’t need any of this, but he loves our country and sees how broken it is from within. 

‘Now, he’s going to repair it, and they are terrified.’