India, Aug. 10 -- British actor Emma Thompson was asked out on a date by Donald Trump the same day she divorced from her husband, the Oscar-winner has claimed.

Thompson, 66, was being honored for her career achievements at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, when she revealed that the now-president asked her out the same day her split with Kenneth Branagh was finalized.

The actor said she was on set for the 1998 movie Primary Colors, when her phone rang, and Donald Trump was on the other end. "Hello, this is Donald Trump," the actor recalled him say, as per The Telegraph.

She went on to describe the rest of the call, including how she'd thought it to be a joke. "I thought it was a joke and asked, 'How can I help you?' Maybe he ne...