Emma Thompson Recalls Trump’s 1990s Dinner Invitation

Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson revealed at the Locarno Film Festival that Donald Trump called her in the late 1990s to invite her to dinner and to stay at one of his properties, coinciding with the day her divorce from Kenneth Branagh was finalized. Thompson recounted her surprise at the call, initially believing it to be a prank, and speculated that Trump, who had also recently divorced, may have had people searching for eligible divorcees. She humorously suggested that accepting the invitation might have changed the course of American history. Thompson described Trump's ability to find her trailer number as 'stalking.' She never followed up with Trump and went on to marry actor Greg Wise in 2003. The anecdote highlights the intersection of celebrity, politics, and personal life during that era.