Donald Trump received a basket from Emma Thompson.
In the year 1998, during the filming of the political comedy "Primary Colours," Emma Thompson received an unexpected call from a notable figure - Donald Trump. The call came on a significant day for Thompson, as it was the exact day her divorce from actor Kenneth Branagh was finalised.
Trump, who was then separated from his second wife, Marla Maples, extended an invitation for Thompson to stay at one of his properties and have dinner. Thompson, initially thinking the call was a joke, later suspected that Trump might have been looking for a "suitable" divorcee to approach.
Thompson politely declined the offer, telling Trump she'd "get back to you," but never did. She described Trump finding her trailer number as "stalking," as he had managed to track her down while she was on set.
The anecdote was reported by The Telegraph and Thompson revealed it at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland. Despite the invitation, Thompson never met Trump in person and later married actor Greg Wise in 2003.
Humorously speculating on what could have been, Thompson stated that she could have potentially "changed the course of American history" if she had accepted Trump's invitation. This intriguing encounter remains a fascinating footnote in the lives of both Thompson and Trump.
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[1] Emma Thompson, finding herself without a partner after her divorce from Kenneth Branagh, received an unexpected invitation for dinner from celebreity Donald Trump in 1998, amidst the filming of "Primary Colors." [2] In an interview, Thompson mused that if she had accepted Trump's offer, she might have "changed the course of American history" by entering the entertainment world filled with pop-culture icons.
