The Independent reported that Theroux called Trump a “prisoner”, saying: “You would sort of film with her in this kind of gilded cage that she inhabits,” he said.

It’s not the first time a comment like this has been made about Trump. Following a trip to the United States, Brigitte Macron, the First Lady of France, expressed surprise at how “Melania cannot do anything” and is trapped in the White House. And the internet has also long been fascinated with the idea of Trump as a victim, using clips of her refusing to hold hands (again) with her husband or a smile slipping off her face after President Trump looks away from her as evidence. Then there was the time the First Lady’s official Twitter account liked a tweet that belittled the Trumps’ marriage. All of these have led to many questions about Trump, and it’s those questions that Theroux wants to answer.

He said the documentary would address whether Trump could “have known what she was signing on for” and said: “Did she just think she was marrying a billionaire, who she thought was perhaps quite funny, and interesting?”

Louis Theroux wants to make a documentary about “prisoner” Melania Trump