In a remarkable twist, former White House aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman said Sunday she recorded her own firing by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly because she felt the need to protect her reputation.

NBC’s Meet the Press played a part of the tape, in which a man identified as Mr. Kelly discusses a way for Ms. Manigault-Newman to leave the White House in a “friendly departure” without any “type of difficulty in the future relative to your reputation.”

Ms. Manigault-Newman, who staunchly defended President Trump until her December firing, said she took that as a threat.

She also appears confused about the premise for her ousting, which Mr. Kelly describes as “integrity violations.”