EXCLUSIVE: ‘MELANIA’ MOVIE PROMPTS GOP BUYOUTS AS TICKET SALES STALL
WHY PARTY GROUPS ARE STEPPING IN TO FILL EMPTY SEATS
Hello, hello, hello!
Darlings, when a movie can’t fill theaters on its own, politics doesn’t just comment — it intervenes.
Sources tell Naughty But Nice that with ticket sales for Melania lagging badly ahead of release, Republican clubs across several conservative-leaning areas have quietly begun buying out screenings — not out of enthusiasm, but out of sheer necessity.
“This isn’t organic demand,” one insider tells me. “It’s about optics. Empty theaters look terrible.”
According to multiple sources, party groups are reserving large blocks of seats — sometimes entire showings — then offering tickets free or at steep discounts to members and guests. In some cases, tickets are even being distributed through GOP-affiliated websites instead of traditional box office channels.
And even then? Attendance is thin.
“They’re struggling to give the tickets away,” another source admits. “Some screenings barely sell unless the party steps in.”
In a few locations, insiders say attendees are being asked to provide personal information — including employer and occupation — when reserving seats, raising eyebrows even among loyal supporters.
“It feels less like a movie night and more like a loyalty check,” one source quips.
The buyouts, I’m told, have less to do with celebrating Melania Trump and more to do with avoiding the embarrassment of visibly empty theaters during opening weekend.
As one insider put it bluntly: “If the GOP didn’t buy the seats, no one would.”
And remember… if you’re going to be naughty, you’ve got to be nice.
Cheers,
Rob Shuter
#NaughtyButNice
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Likely this is the same for every movie that comes out. Let us know what it looks like streaming. That’ll be a better gage of reactions.
Melania ....is mostly invisible...until Trump requests she show up or say something. So now she wants us to go see her movie....yeah....No. I remember trumps first term, when Melania went to the border to inspect immigration conditions, when she wore her now infamous jean jacket, that on the back said....."I really don't care ...do you?" So now she has empty theater seats......" I really don't care ....do you?". Let her go eat ...one piece of chicken, one piece of broccoli, one corn tortilla and one other thing that I don't remember.....