“Never miss the opportunity to have sex or be on television, as Gore Vidal said,” Mr. Stone said, sitting in a black leather Corbusier chair in the one-bedroom apartment on the Upper East Side where he stays when he is in New York.
He split with Mr. Trump in the wake of the Aug. 6 Republican presidential debate, soon after he said he strongly advised Mr. Trump to stop attacking the popular Fox anchor Megyn Kelly, who was a moderator at the Cleveland event.
Mr. Trump said he fired Mr. Stone. Mr. Stone said he quit.
The breakup made for good copy in the political press — here were two gunslingers, facing each other in the news-media glare — and it turned Mr. Stone into something of a hot property rather than just another ho-hum talking head.
Aside from giving him a forum to rail against Mr. Trump’s many political foes, the talk-show rounds have allowed Mr. Stone to display his highly developed sense of style.
“It’s given me a chance to show off an extraordinary wardrobe,” said Mr. Stone, who turned 64 on Thursday. “I’ve worn seersucker twice on CNN!”