Back to the Future star Lea Thompson blasts ex Dennis Quaid for supporting Donald Trump
Lea Thompson slammed her ex-fiancé Dennis Quaid for supporting and endorsing Donald Trump.
The actress, 63, shared her reaction to a video on X, formerly Twitter, of Quaid at the former president’s campaign rally at Calhoun Ranch in Coachella, California.
The day after he took the stage and spoke at the rally on Saturday, she reposted the clip alongside a confused face emoji and wrote: “I was engaged to him.”
In her tweet, she also included the hashtags: “#VoteBlueToStopTheStupid” and “#CrimeIsActuallyDown.”
In the clip, the 70-year-old actor — who announced he would vote for Trump in May — took the stage to give a speech and told the audience to “pick a side.”
Lea Thompson, 63, slammed her ex-fiancé Dennis Quaid for supporting and endorsing Donald Trump; pictured on October 8 in New York City
The actress shared her reaction to a video on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday of Quaid, 70, at the former president’s campaign rally at Calhoun Ranch in Coachella, California.
During his speech, Quaid told the crowd: “Are we going to be a nation of law and order or wide open borders? Which one is it? Because it’s time to choose a side.’
Thompson’s tweet included a hashtag about how crime rates have dropped under the Biden and Harris administration.
Looking back, Thompson is now seemingly perplexed and may regret her previous engagement to Quaid.
Thompson previously dated Quaid for five years until they ended their engagement in 1987.
The Back to the Future star got engaged to Quaid in 1984 and would walk down the aisle to marry him until they split three years later.
The former couple’s romance dates back to 1982, after they met on the set of Jaws 3-D.
Thompson met her current husband, Howard Deutch, on the set of Some Kind of Wonderful in 1986.
After her engagement to Quaid ended in 1987, her friendship with Deutch, who is eleven years her senior, turned romantic.
The day after he took the stage and spoke at the rally on Saturday, she reposted the clip alongside a confused face emoji and wrote: ‘I was engaged to him’
The former couple’s romance dates back to 1982, after they met on the set of Jaws 3-D; pictured in 1986
Thompson previously dated Quaid for five years until they ended their engagement in 1987; pictured in 1986
She and the film director, 74, married in 1989 and welcomed two daughters together: Madelyn Deutch, now 33, and Zoey Deutch, now 29.
As for Quaid, he was married to PJ Soles from 1978 to 1983, to Meg Ryan from 1991 to 2001, and to Kimberly Quaid from 2004 to 2018. He married his current wife Laura Savoie, 31, in 2020.
At the location of the famous music festival, her ex had stated that this year’s presidential election is a vote between TikTok and the US Constitution.
“I’m here to tell you it’s time to pick a side,” he said. “Are we going to be a nation that stands for the Constitution or for TikTok?”
Quaid also lamented the loss of a nation that used to have “cheap money” and “exported oil to our allies and our friends.”
While on stage, he also spoke about his recent starring role and portraying the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, in the biographical drama titled Reagan, which was released on August 30.
He told the crowd that while Reagan was his favorite president of the 20th century, Trump is his favorite president of the 21st century.
California is not only known for voting blue, but is also the home state of Vice President Kamala Harris.
At the location of the famous music festival, her ex had stated that this year’s presidential election is a vote between TikTok and the US Constitution
The actor took the stage to deliver a speech at Trump’s campaign rally, telling the audience to ‘pick a side’
Quaid previously supported the Republican candidate during the press tour for his film Reagan in early September.
In May, he said he ultimately changed his mind and voted for Trump because of the “weaponization of the justice system” and his political record.
“I think I’m going to vote for him in the next election,” Quaid told host Piers Morgan of Piers Morgan Uncensored. “It just makes sense.”
He continued, “I was ready not to vote for Trump until I saw that, more than just politics, I see a weaponization of our justice system and a challenge to our Constitution.”
He also shared a story about his housekeeper Josie, who he said had been “staying here illegally for over a decade using her sister’s identification.”
He recalled that Josie “worked for us” and “lived in fear” that she would be deported during the many years she worked for him and his family.
Quaid addressed the crowd and stated that this year’s presidential election is a vote between TikTok and the U.S. Constitution
Quaid also lamented the loss of a nation that used to have “cheap money” and “exported oil to our allies and our friends.”
He told the crowd that while Ronald Reagan was his favorite president of the 20th century, Trump is his favorite president of the 21st century.
He recently portrayed the 40th President of the United States in the biographical drama titled Reagan, which was released on August 30.
Quaid depicted in a still of Reagan
Quaid said he only volunteered to sponsor her and help her become a U.S. citizen after Trump was elected.
During his speech, Quaid said that the “fairytale called Harris and Biden just doesn’t work right now.”
“Four years ago, peace in the world was not just a fairy tale,” he continued.
‘Peace in the Middle East – Trump was actually on the verge of realizing the Abraham Accords, which would have recognized Israel by Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries, and put us on the path to peace which we have been trying to achieve since the Biblical times of Ishmael and Isaac.”
Then, for the final stretch of his campaign, Trump will host a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City in the week leading up to November 5.