Ivanka Trump is 'trying to distance herself from her father's campaign and asked him not to use an ad she starred in' - but that hasn't stopped her hitting the trail today

  • Ivanka asked her father's campaign not to promote an ad she stars in aimed at appealing to female voters, a report claims
  • Move comes in the wake of a growing boycott against her clothing brand
  • Boycott is against her continued support of Donald Trump following his 'grab them by the p***y' comments and sex assault allegations against him 
  • Ivanka has decided to try and distance herself from her father's campaign, a report claims
  • But she was still spotted on the trail for him today at a stop in Michigan 
  • She and her sister Tiffany flew to Hudsonville on Monday to lead a Women in Business roundtable discussion during the campaign stop

Ivanka Trump is trying to distance herself from her father's campaign amidst growing threats to boycott her brand, a new report claims.

The businesswoman recently dismissed the boycott against her line over her support for Donald Trump in the light of his now infamous 'grab them by the p***y' comments and multiple sexual assault allegations against him.

But privately, she has discouraged his campaign from running an ad she starred in, aimed at appealing to female voters, the New York Times reports.

'If it's possible to be famous and yet not really well known, that describes the father who raised me,' Trump says in the ad. 

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Ivanka Trump is trying to distance herself from her father's campaign amidst growing threats to boycott her brand, a new report claims (file picture) 

Ivanka Trump (pictured today at an event during a campaign stop with sister Tiffany)  recently dismissed the boycott against her line over her support for Donald Trump in the light of his now infamous 'grab them by the p***y' comments and multiple sexual assault allegations against him

'My father not only has the strength and ability necessary to be our next president but also the kindness and the greatness of heart that will enable him to be the leader that the country needs.'

The Times reports that Ivanka had asked the campaign not to promote the ad for fear that it would damage her business.

That has not stopped Ivanka hitting the campaign trail for her father again today in Michigan.

She and her sister Tiffany flew to Hudsonville on Monday to lead a Women in Business roundtable discussion during the campaign stop as Michigan has become the focus for both Donald and Hillary Clinton.

Ivanka has discouraged his campaign from running an ad she starred in (pictured) aimed at appealing to female voters, according to new reports

And while the pressure is mounting ahead of Tuesday's election, Ivanka, 35, and Tiffany, 23, still managed to have plenty of fun on the campaign trail as they reached out to female voters. 

The sisters also answered questions about how their father's presidency will affect millennials at a public forum held in Hudsonville during one of Ivanka's many campaign stops. 

But it appears that Ivanka is painfully aware of the damage that her support for father is having on her business.

'There was a tipping point with Ivanka Trump — it was right after the Billy Bush tape came out and she went back on the campaign trail,' said Shannon Coulter, a marketing executive who started the #GrabYourWallet, to boycott retailers that carry her brand.

It was in direct response to Donald's Access Hollywood comments, and Ivanka's support of her father and defense of his misogynistic remarks in the past, even though she did call what he said on Access Hollywood 'offensive.' 

A growing group of women are boycotting Ivanka Trump's eponymous line of clothing

Shoppers are boycotting Ivanka's brand ofclothing, jewelry, perfume and accessories sold as part of the Ivanka Trump Collection

'It was a feeling of recoiling. It was emotional, visceral. Then I had a pounding headache for a few days. I was filled with nausea,' said Coulter of hearing Donald's words on the audio from his hot mic.

During a recent conference, Ivanka had attempted to separate her women-centered brands from her father's campaign.

'I've always tried to maintain complete separation between [my brand] and the campaign,' Ivanka said.

But many women feel they can no longer do the same.

As Coulter explained in an interview with Cosmopolitan, '[women] were ready to give Ivanka a pass because she’s his [Trump's] daughter and it’s hard to be objective about your dad.'

However, after the tape, women took particular offense 'to the fact that Ivanka tries to make feminism a part of her brand but is standing by, as an official campaign surrogate, a guy who is an alleged serial sexual assaulter of women,' according to Coulter.

Moving on: Ivanka Trump addressed the boycott of her brands by women upset by her father's misogynistic comments and allegations of sexual assault

Criticism: 'People who are seeking to politicize it because they may disagree with the politics of my father, there's nothing I can do to change that,' said Ivanka

'The disconnect was too big. And they were ready to speak up about it and flex their consumer power about it,' the San Francisco-based brand and digital strategist said. 

The boycott campaign also seems to be working as experts say they have reduced search traffic for Ivanka's brand since mid-October - the beginning of the boycott.

Trump broke her silence about the push by some to boycott her brands on Good Morning America last month, revealing she has no desire to try and speak with or communicate with those women.

'The beauty of America is that people can do what they like, but I'd prefer to talk to the millions, tens of millions of American women who are inspired by the brand,' said Ivanka on Thursday morning as she and her siblings appeared on Good Morning America.

'The message that I've created - my advocacy of women, trying to empower them in all aspects of their life - started long before this presidential campaign did. I've never politicized that message.'

That has not stopped Ivanka hitting the campaign trail for her father again today in Michigan  (Ivanka, pictured on the campaign trail on Monday)

Ivanka Trump, right, answers a question at a public forum during a campaign stop for her father, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, at the Pinnacle Center in Hudsonville, Michigan

On her way: Ivanka appeared at the Laconia Middle School in New Hampshire early Sunday

Ivanka then added: 'People who are seeking to politicize it because they may disagree with the politics of my father, there's nothing I can do to change that.'

She did not however acknowledge the fact that the boycott is not in response to her father's political beliefs, but rather his alleged sexual assault of over 10 women and the comments he made in a 2005 Access Hollywood interview with Billy Bush.

Ivanka said at the top of the interview how happy she was for her father as they neared the election, saying: 'We are very proud of our father and what he's accomplished. He's amazing.'

She and her brothers Eric and Donald Jr. also said they would stay on at Trump even if their father wins the election.

The talk also turned to the possible problems facing the family's own brand in the wake of this election, with some reports claiming Donald's political views have angered and upset many of his upscale and wealthy customers.

Donald dismissed the concerns, saying: 'I think the brand is hotter than it's ever been but it doesn't matter to me. It doesn't matter to me, I don't care. I don't care about the brand, I care about the country.'  

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