Lea Thompson sewage affectional erstwhile asked astir her ex-fiancé Dennis Quaid’s support for President-elect Donald Trump pursuing his historical win.
The “Back to nan Future” actress, 63, was engaged to Quaid, 70, successful 1984. The exes dated for 5 years earlier calling it quits successful 1987.
Thompson collapsed down successful tears erstwhile asked astir her erstwhile flame’s endorsement of Trump hours aft his triumph complete antiauthoritarian nominee Kamala Harris.
She antecedently addressed Quaid’s endorsement aft he said astatine a Trump rally successful Calif. past month, encouraging her followers to “stop nan stupid.”
“You precocious said up astir your ex, Dennis Quaid and his ties pinch Donald Trump. You’ve been a champion for women forever, yesterday, didn’t activity out. How do we move guardant from today?” Thompson was asked by Daily Mail successful an article published connected Thursday.
According to nan outlet, she paused and began to cry. “I don’t know. I’m sorry,” she responded.
When asked if she was “hopeful,” Thompson replied, “I don’t consciousness truthful hopeful. I feel… scared. I person daughters.”
The star, struggling to incorporate her emotions, elaborated, “I don’t cognize if it will impact you aliases me, but I americium a mom and cognize group that person been very affected by having babies that person died.
“It just, I consciousness really bad for them. But America’s spoken,” Thompson added.
Quaid’s ex, who has 2 daughters — actresses Madelyn, 33, and Zoey Deutch, 29 — pinch her husband, head Howard Deutch, further explained, “We conflict nan fights. We conflict to conflict and nan battles that we want to carry. It’s conscionable not a batch of nosy correct now.”
Thompson managed to muster a joke astatine nan extremity of nan interview, teasing that America needs nan DeLorean from “Back to nan Future” to clip recreation for illustration Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox’s characters, Dr. Emmett Brown and Marty McFly, did successful nan 1985 film.
“We request that,” she laughed. “We request to get connected that.”
The Post reached retired to Quaid’s rep for comment.
Her comments travel conscionable weeks aft she blasted Quaid for riding Trump’s MAGA wave.
Reposting a video of “The Parent Trap” character each fired up while addressing nan assemblage astatine Donald’s campaign rally successful Coachella, Calif., successful Oct., Thompson wrote, “I was engaged to him.” She besides added a reasoning emoji and told her followers, “#VoteBlueToStopTheStupid #crimeisactuallydown.”
Following Trump’s victory, Thompson shared quotes astir heartbreak and despair connected her threads profile.
Trump wasted nary clip basking successful his landslide win, hitting nan shape for his triumph reside astatine a Mar-a-Lago statement astatine 2:30 a.m. ET connected Wednesday. Harris disappointed nan crowd astatine her alma mater, Howard University, by choosing not to speak connected predetermination night.
The vice president broke her silence early Wednesday evening, telling her supporters it’s “going to beryllium okay” aft nan blowout predetermination loss.