Salma Hayek says Donald Trump planted National Enquirer story about her height after she refused to date him
The actor revealed the details in a Spanish language radio show
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Your support makes all the difference.Actor Salma Hayek revealed that she refused an offer to go on a date with Donald Trump, so he planted a story about her height in the tabloids and claimed she was too short to go out with.
On a Spanish radio show on Friday, the Hillary Clinton supporter said Mr Trump was bad for the Latino community.
The host of the El Show del Mandril on Radio Centro 93.9 in Los Angeles then asked the Ugly Betty star whether she believed the numerous claims of sexual assault against the party nominee.
She said she did, and described meeting the real estate mogul earlier in her career.
"When I met that man, I had a boyfriend, and he tried to become his friend to get my home telephone number. He got my number and he would call me to invite me out.
“When I told him I wouldn’t go out with him even if I didn’t have a boyfriend, [which he took as disrespectful], he called — well, he wouldn’t say he called, but someone told the National Enquirer,” she added, as reported by Buzzfeed.
“Someone told the National Enquirer — I’m not going to say who, because you know that whatever he wants to come out comes out in the National Enquirer. It said that he wouldn’t go out with me because I was too short.
“Later, he called and left me a message. ‘Can you believe this? Who would say this? I don’t want people to think this about you.’
“He thought that I would try to go out with him so people wouldn’t think that’s why he wouldn’t go out with me.”
As shown by tax records, Mr Trump reportedly spent $120,000 of Trump Foundation money to buy a luxury trip, including a dinner with Ms Hayek, at a charity auction in 2008. He did not go on the trip.
The Republican is battling accusations of groping and sexual assault from more than 10 women, including former Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos, and Miss Teen USA contestants who said he used to “stroll in” to their dressing room while they were getting changed.
The Trump campaign did not respond immediately for comment.
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