Lea Thompson blasted her ex-fiancé Dennis Quaid for endorsing and supporting 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 gave a speech 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 crowd to ‘pick a side.’
Lea Thompson, 63, blasted her ex-fiancé Dennis Quaid for endorsing and supporting Donald Trump; pictured October 8 in New York City
The actress shared her reaction to a video on X, formerly Twitter, of Quaid, 70, at the former president’s campaign rally at Calhoun Ranch in Coachella, California on Saturday
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During his speech, Quaid said to the crowd: ‘Are we going to be a nation of law and order or wide, open borders? Which is it? Because it’s time to pick a side.’
Thompson’s tweet included a hashtag about how crime rates have decreased under the Biden and Harris administration.
Looking back, Thompson is now seemingly perplexed and perhaps regretting her past engagement to Quaid.
Thompson was previously in a relationship with Quaid for five years until they ended their engagement in 1987.
The Back to the Future star got engaged to Quaid in 1984 and was set to 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 now-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 11 years her senior, turned romantic.
The day after he took the stage and gave a speech 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 was previously in a relationship with Quaid for five years until they ended their engagement in 1987; pictured in 1986
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She and the film director, 74, went on to tie the knot in 1989 and welcomed two daughters together — Madelyn Deutch, now 33, and Zoey Deutch, now 29.
As for Quaid, he was married to P J Soles from 1978 to 1983, Meg Ryan from 1991 to 2001 and Kimberly Quaid from 2004 and 2018. He married his current wife Laura Savoie, 31, in 2020.
At the location of the famed music festival, her ex had declared that the presidential election is a vote between TikTok and the United States Constitution this year.
‘I’m here to tell you that 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 cash’ and was ‘exporting 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 in 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.
California is not only typically known to vote blue, but is also Vice President Kamala Harris’ home state.
At the location of the famed music festival, her ex had declared that the presidential election is a vote between TikTok and the United States Constitution this year
The actor took the stage to give a speech at Trump’s campaign rally and told the crowd to ‘pick a side’
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Previously, Quaid endorsed the Republican candidate during the press tour for his movie Reagan in early September.
Back in May, he said he ultimately changed his mind and decided to vote for Trump because of the ‘weaponization of the justice system’ and his policy record.
‘I think I’m gonna 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 what I saw is, more than 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 was ‘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 spoke to the crowd and declared the presidential election this year is a vote between TikTok and the United States Constitution
Quaid also lamented the loss of a nation that used to have ‘cheap cash’ and was ‘exporting 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
He recently portrayed the 40th president of the United States in the biographical drama titled Reagan, which was released in August 30
Quaid pictured in a still from Reagan
Quaid said that he volunteered to sponsor her and help her become a U.S. citizen only after Trump was elected.
During his speech, Quaid said that the ‘fairy tale called Harris and Biden now just doesn’t work.’
‘Four years ago, peace in the world was not just some kind of fairy tale either,’ he continued.
‘Peace in the Middle East — Trump actually was right on the verge of accomplishing the Abraham Accords, that would have recognized Israel by Saudi Arabia and other Middle East nations, and would have had us on the road to peace that we have been so trying to get to since the Biblical times of Ishmael and Isaac.’
Up next, for the final stretch of his campaign, Trump will be hosting a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City in the week leading up to November 5.