Oscar-winning British actress Emma Thompson has revealed that she received a phone call from Donald Trump on the very day her divorce from actor Kenneth Branagh was finalised.
Joking about Trump "stalking" her after the now-US President called her to ask her on a date while she was filming the 1998 dramedy 'Primary Colors', the 66-year-old actress said she could have "changed the course of American history," had she accepted his offer.
Thompson was speaking at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, where she received the Leopard Club Award for her career achievements.
Thompson, who played Professor Sybill Trelawney in the ‘Harry Potter’ series, said she was in her trailer when the phone rang, and answering, she heard him say, "Hello, this is Donald Trump."
"I thought it was a joke and asked, 'How can I help you?,'" Thompson said.
She added that Trump then invited her, saying, "I'd love you to come and stay at one of my beautiful places. Maybe, we could have dinner."
Her response was, "Well, that's very sweet. Thank you so much. I'll get back to you."
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Thompson said, "I realised that on that day, my divorce decree had come through. And I bet he's got people looking for suitable people he could take out on his arm. You know, a nice divorcee, that's what he was looking for."
She added, "And he found the number in my trailer. I mean, that's stalking."
Thompson was married to Kenneth Branagh from 1989 to 1995. After her divorce, she married Greg Wise in 2003. Trump and his second wife, Marla Maples, had separated around the same time and he later married Melania Trump in 2005.
Notably, actress Salma Hayek had previously shared a similar story of Trump asking her out while she was in a relationship.
Hayek described how Trump got her phone number after an encounter where he draped his coat over her shoulders at an event. Despite her boyfriend at the time being present there, Trump asked her out. "He's asking me out, and I said, 'What about my boyfriend? Are you crazy?'" she recalled. Trump allegedly replied, "He's not good enough for you. You should go out with me."
Salma Hayek is now married to French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault.
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