Love? Actually, no: Emma Thompson reveals Donald Trump asked her on a date

Media | The Guardian · Matthew Pearce · last updated August 10, 2025 – 4:00 AM

Actor said Trump phoned her to make the offer on the day her divorce from Kenneth Branagh was confirmed in 1998

Emma Thompson has accepted Academy Awards, Baftas and even a damehood over a glittering career, but there was one offer she had to turn down.

The actor says she once got asked out on a date by Donald Trump on the same day her divorced was confirmed.

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