Emma Thompson has reshared a story about a telephone name she acquired years in the past from President Donald Trump.
While attending the Locarno movie pageant in Switzerland to obtain the Leopard Club award, Thompson reportedly talked in regards to the day round 1997, when she says a then-private citizen Trump asked her out on a date.
Thompson mentioned she was filming the film “Primary Colors” on the time, a movie primarily based on the novel by Joe Klein which fictionalized the rise of President Bill Clinton. The telephone in her on-set trailer rang, she recalled, and “it was Donald Trump.”
“I thought it was a joke and asked: ‘How can I help you?’ Maybe he needed directions from someone,” Thompson instructed the group.
“Then he said: ‘I’d love you to come and stay at one of my beautiful places. Maybe we could have dinner,’” Thompson continued. “I said: ‘Well, that’s very sweet. Thank you so much. I’ll get back to you.’”
The “Love Actually” star mentioned she later realized what day it was.
“I realized my divorce decree had come through that day,” she mentioned. “I bet he’s got people looking for a nice divorcee to take out on his arm.”
Thompson had gone by way of a lengthy divorce from her first husband, actor Kenneth Branagh.
The story is one Thompson had shared earlier than.
During an look on “The Graham Norton Show” in 2017, she talked to the host in regards to the invite she mentioned she acquired from Trump years prior.
“I could have changed the course of history,” Thompson joked.