{"id":185946,"date":"2025-08-09T17:47:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T17:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/09\/emma-thompson-talks-about-donald-trumps-1990s-dinner-invite-evoking-sliding-doors-possibilities\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T17:47:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T17:47:45","slug":"emma-thompson-talks-about-donald-trumps-1990s-dinner-invite-evoking-sliding-doors-possibilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/09\/emma-thompson-talks-about-donald-trumps-1990s-dinner-invite-evoking-sliding-doors-possibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Thompson Talks About Donald Trump&#8217;s 1990s Dinner Invite, Evoking Sliding Doors Possibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap\"><strong>Emma Thompson<\/strong>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/emma-thompson?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">career<\/a> has been dotted with moments of heroism, but a new revelation prompts speculation about the role she might have played in the life choices of <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>. According to the two-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/academy-awards?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Academy Award<\/a> winner, the real estate magnate tracked her down in the late 1990s, offering her a place to stay and proposing a dinner date. The big night didn\u2019t happen\u2026but what if it had?<\/p>\n<p>Thompson dropped this bombshell at Switzerland\u2019s <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.locarnofestival.ch\/home.html\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.locarnofestival.ch\/home.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.locarnofestival.ch\/home.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Locarno<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/film-festivals?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Film Festival<\/a> Saturday, during a free-to-attend \u201cin conversation\u201d event with documentarian and <em>Nocturno Cinema<\/em> founder <strong>Manlio Gomarasca<\/strong>. When asked about her role in the film adaptation of <strong>Joe Klein<\/strong>\u2019s novel <em>Primary Colors<\/em>, Thompson did not hold back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cIt feels like a long time ago now, doesn\u2019t it? Oh, if only we could just have a nice sex scandal and not all this stuff,\u201d <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/emma-thompson-donald-trump-call-harry-potter-sex-joke-1236340362\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/emma-thompson-donald-trump-call-harry-potter-sex-joke-1236340362\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/emma-thompson-donald-trump-call-harry-potter-sex-joke-1236340362\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a> quotes her as beginning, noting \u201cthe joke that was widely understood as a reference to U.S. President Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-fkZDUs kHRAYC asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eEeytc eRSvCP asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-zEXFr hdztbW responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cIfZLr fHIkTW asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cGZhnX jwYQWO AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cIfZLr fHIkTW asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jYrTxZ hvludv caption AssetEmbedCaption-fyuOdR iTyhpv asset-embed__caption\" data-testid=\"caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gzmcOU BaseText-eqOrNE CaptionText-brNLzD deqABF ijcmYY ixLsrW caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson at their wedding on August 20, 1989 in London, England. The couple announced their plans to divorce in 1995.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gzmcOU BaseText-eqOrNE CaptionCredit-eowWKH deqABF PwCDR kpuElq caption__credit\">Georges De Keerle\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cI was in my trailer one day while we were making that movie, and the phone rang, and it was Donald Trump,\u201d Thompson continued. \u201cI didn\u2019t know the number of the phone. No one had rung me on it before, and I said, \u2018Hello.\u2019 \u2018Hi, this is Donald Trump here,\u2019 and I thought it was a joke. And then I said, \u2018How can I help you?,\u2019 thinking maybe he needed directions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">According <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/awards\/news\/emma-thompson-donald-trump-asked-her-out-on-a-date-1236482993\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/awards\/news\/emma-thompson-donald-trump-asked-her-out-on-a-date-1236482993\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/awards\/news\/emma-thompson-donald-trump-asked-her-out-on-a-date-1236482993\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to <em>Variety<\/em><\/a>, Thompson\u2019s gentleman caller responded \u201cI\u2019d love you to come and stay at one of my beautiful places. Maybe we could have dinner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Thompson, surprised, politely responded \u201cWell, that\u2019s very sweet. Thank you so much. I\u2019ll get back to you,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-fkZDUs kHRAYC asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eEeytc eRSvCP asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-zEXFr hdztbW responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cIfZLr fHIkTW asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cGZhnX jwYQWO AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cIfZLr fHIkTW asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Donald Trump Marla Maples Clothing Formal Wear Suit Face Head Person Photography and Portrait\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eNxvmU cfBbTk responsive-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/689776f0e1c5dcdedc268551\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/484002200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/689776f0e1c5dcdedc268551\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/484002200 120w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/689776f0e1c5dcdedc268551\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/484002200 240w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/689776f0e1c5dcdedc268551\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/484002200 320w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/689776f0e1c5dcdedc268551\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/484002200 640w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/689776f0e1c5dcdedc268551\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/484002200 960w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/689776f0e1c5dcdedc268551\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/484002200 1280w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/689776f0e1c5dcdedc268551\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/484002200 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jYrTxZ hvludv caption AssetEmbedCaption-fyuOdR iTyhpv asset-embed__caption\" data-testid=\"caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gzmcOU BaseText-eqOrNE CaptionText-brNLzD deqABF ijcmYY ixLsrW caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump and Marla Maples at their wedding on December 20, 1993 in New York City. The couple would separate in 1997, with a divorce finalized in 1999.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gzmcOU BaseText-eqOrNE CaptionCredit-eowWKH deqABF PwCDR kpuElq caption__credit\">Sonia Moskowitz\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Initially, she was confused about why she received the casino owner\u2019s call. Then, she says, \u201cI realized that on that day, my divorce decree had come through,\u201d <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/emma-thompson-donald-trump-locarno-harry-potter-1236482904\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/emma-thompson-donald-trump-locarno-harry-potter-1236482904\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/emma-thompson-donald-trump-locarno-harry-potter-1236482904\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Deadline<\/em><\/a> reports. \u201cAnd I bet he\u2019s got people looking for suitable people he could take out on his arm. You know, a nice divorcee, that\u2019s what he was looking for. And he found the number in my trailer. I mean, that\u2019s stalking.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/emma-thompson-donald-trump-date-primary-colors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Thompson\u2019s career has been dotted with moments of heroism, but a new revelation prompts speculation about the role she might have played in the life choices of Donald Trump. According to the two-time Academy Award winner, the real estate magnate tracked her down in the late 1990s, offering her a place to stay and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":185947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[12089,3037,54,1896,1458,12087,12088,3293,8531,1791],"class_list":{"0":"post-185946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity","8":"tag-2016-presidential-election","9":"tag-barron-trump","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-emma-thompson","12":"tag-melania-trump","13":"tag-primary-colors","14":"tag-primary-colors-movie","15":"tag-trump","16":"tag-vanities","17":"tag-white-house"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}