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Stormy Daniels Brings Trump Trial Baggage, Stand-Up Act to Greenville in December

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Published on October 07, 2026
Stormy Daniels Brings Trump Trial Baggage, Stand-Up Act to Greenville in DecemberSource: Daniel X. O'Neil / Wikimedia Commons

Stormy Daniels is bringing her stand-up act to Greenville on December 16, with a set that mixes her adult-film career, family life, and the political scandal that made her a household name. The Comedy Zone Greenville has booked the show at its new home inside the Revel Event Center on East Stone Avenue, with doors opening at 6 p.m. ahead of a 7 p.m. start.

The venue's ticketing page lists a tiered structure for the night, including a Gold VIP package that includes a 5:30 p.m. pre-show meet-and-greet, preferred seating, a photo with Daniels, a signed poster, and a gift bag, according to The Comedy Zone Greenville. A Silver tier lets holders skip the line for a post-show photo. The venue's listing also notes the show will close with a live audience Q&A and a meet-and-greet, giving fans a chance to interact with Daniels directly after the set.

As first reported by FOX Carolina, Daniels' set draws on material about her career in adult entertainment, her family life, and the scandal and trial that thrust her into national politics. She first gained widespread attention after saying she had a 2006 encounter with Donald Trump, a claim that eventually became the centerpiece of a criminal case against the former president nearly two decades later.

A Stop on a Cross-Country Tour

The Greenville date is one stop on a 14-date run billed as The Unicorn in the Kitchen Tour, which kicked off October 6 in Gainesville, Florida, and wraps in Greenville, per the tour listings tracked by Hypebot. Between those two bookends, the tour makes stops across Nebraska, Washington, Alaska, North Carolina, and South Carolina, spanning 12 cities in all. The material onstage leans heavily on her 2018 memoir, Full Disclosure, published by St. Martin's Press, which chronicled her Louisiana childhood, her adult-film career, and the encounter with Trump, according to her official website.

Her entertainment résumé extends beyond politics and film sets. Daniels has been inducted into the AVN, XRCO, and NightMoves Halls of Fame for her adult film work and currently hosts OutTV's reality dating series For the Love of DILFs, with her live shows blending motherhood stories and industry commentary.

The Trial That Made Her a Household Name

The scandal that put Daniels in front of national television cameras culminated in a Manhattan courtroom in May 2024, when a jury convicted Donald Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records tied to a $130,000 hush-money payment made to Daniels before the 2016 election. The Manhattan District Attorney's Office said prosecutors established that Trump reimbursed attorney Michael Cohen through a shell company to secure her silence, and Daniels delivered central testimony for the prosecution during the trial.

Her life amid that fallout became the subject of a feature documentary, Stormy, directed by Sarah Gibson and executive-produced by Judd Apatow and Erin Lee Carr. The film premiered at South by Southwest before streaming on Peacock in March 2024, covering her life as a mother, artist, and advocate.

Years of Costly Legal Battles

Daniels' rise to political prominence has come with steep financial costs tied to a separate defamation case. In April 2023, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered her to pay Trump more than $121,000 in legal fees after her federal defamation lawsuit against him was dismissed, bringing her total court-ordered obligations to Trump above $600,000 after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review her case in 2021, according to the Associated Press. The suit was thrown out in 2018.

That defamation suit was originally filed by her then-attorney Michael Avenatti, whose own legal career later collapsed. Avenatti was convicted in 2022 of stealing nearly $297,500 from Daniels' book advance payments and was transferred from federal prison to a Los Angeles halfway house in April 2026, as Hoodline reported.

A New Home for Greenville Comedy

The Comedy Zone Greenville's move to the Revel Event Center came earlier in 2026, according to the Revel Event Center.