Donald Trump says 'putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing' in 1994 interview

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Billionaire made the controversial statement to ABC 's Nancy Collins
Highlighted what he believes are the perils of mixing marriage and work
Said putting first wife Ivana in a management position changed his views
Claimed her 'softness' vanished and she became 'an executive, not a wife'
During the interview he added that he'd turned his wives into stars

By Wills Robinson For Dailymail.com

Published: 23:24 EST, 1 June 2016 | Updated: 14:00 EST, 2 June 2016

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Donald Trump said putting a wife to work was 'very dangerous' during an interview alongside his second wife Marla.

The billionaire made the controversial statement to ABC's Nancy Collins in a 1994 edition of Primetime Live.

He highlighted what he believes are the perils of mixing marriage and work, insisting that putting his first wife Ivana into a management position at his casino ruined their relationship.

The Donald added that when Marla started work, he would go 'through the roof' if he got home and dinner wasn't ready.

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Donald Trump said putting a wife to work was 'very dangerous' during a 1994 interview with ABC

Speaking to Primetime Tonight host Nancy Collins, he highlighted what he believes are the perils of mixing marriage and work, insisting that putting his first wife Ivana into a management position at his casino ruined their relationship

'If you're in business for yourself, I really think it's a bad idea to put your wife working for you,' he said.

'I think it's a really bad idea. I think that was the single greatest cause of what happened to my marriage with Ivana.

'Ivana would get angry at somebody over the telephone, all of a sudden, who was at the casino, and she'd start shouting.

'And I'd say, "I don't want my wife shouting at somebody like that, I really don’t want that."'

He added: 'And a softness disappeared. There was a great softness to Ivana, and she still has that softness, but during this period of time, she became an executive not a wife.'

He appeared alongside his second wife Marla. The Donald talked about how he turned both his first and second wives into stars

The pair posed with their newborn daughter Tiffany in the grounds of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate during the long interview

Trump claimed his first wife Ivana (left with him in 1990) lost her softness when she started working for in and became 'an executive and not a wife'

Referring to employing both of his wives, he said: 'I love creating stars. And to a certain extent, I've done that with Ivana. To a certain extent, I've done that with Marla. And I like that.

'Unfortunately, after they're a star, the fun is over for me. It's like a creation process, it's almost like creating a building. It's pretty sad.'

'I have days where I think it's great. And then I have days where, if I come home -- and I don't want to sound too much like a chauvinist -- but when I come home and dinner's not ready, I go through the roof.'

During the interview, he also said that he one day wanted to be poor, just so he could see who would stay loyal to him.