I’m not sure if she’s telling the truth, if she’s retconned her own memory, if she has Stockholm-syndrome, or if she’s lying to spin some sort of narrative.
But the thing that is easiest for me to picture is Donald leaning over her shoulder, breathing heavily, while rereading that People story, and insisting something like “You spoke with her? In the past?? Traitor!” Then she lies to placate him, but he demands evidence, so she writes People to perpetuate the lie.
The whole thing just skeeves me out. Make it stop.
