Trump Grants Oval Office Meeting to TMZ Founder -
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUMMARCH 7, 2017
Since Inauguration Day, President Trump has spent his time meeting with heads of
state, titans of industry, economic advisers and public health specialists.
But he and Mr. Levin have some history: The TMZ chieftain interviewed Mr. Trump
for a Fox News special, “Objectified: Donald Trump,” that aired last fall.
Mr. Levin, according to two people with direct knowledge of the visit, broached the possibility of Mr. Trump
sitting for another interview on his new Fox News series, “Objectified,” a spinoff from last fall’s special.
Mr. Trump, in a meeting last Wednesday that went unmentioned on his public schedule, spent about an hour in the Oval Office chatting with Harvey Levin, the tabloid emperor whose Los Angeles-based news site
and television show are leading purveyors of gossip and scandal.
One of Mr. Levin’s ideal guests is Tom Brady, the New England Patriots quarterback
and a friend of Mr. Trump, and Mr. Levin planned to ask the president if he would help secure the athlete’s participation, according to one of the people who described the visit.