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Salma Hayek claims Donald Trump planted a tabloid story about her after she refused to date him

Salma Hayek attends The Women's Media Center 2016 Women's Media Awards at Capitale on September 29, 2016 in New York City. Steve Mack/FilmMagic

Salma Hayek opened up about Donald Trump during a Spanish-language interview on El Show del Mandril on Radio Centro 93.9 in Los Angeles on Oct.21.

The 50-year-old actress spoke about a negative personal experience she once had with the GOP nominee.

The Frida star claimed that when she first encountered Trump early on in her career in the ’90s, the now 70-year-old business man relentlessly tried to pursue her, despite rejecting his advances.

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“When I met that man, I had a boyfriend, and he tried to become his friend to get my home telephone number,” she revealed, as reported by Buzzfeed. “He got my number and he would call me to invite me out.”

She also alleged that when she ultimately refused his invitation for a date, Trump, or someone close to him, called the tabloids to try to tarnish her reputation.

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“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,” Hayek shared.
“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,” she explained, adding, “Later, he called and left me a message, [saying] ‘Can you believe 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.”

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This isn’t the first time Hayek has voiced her opinion about Trump. She previously called him out on Twitter after he confused 9/11 and 7-Eleven during a campaign speech in April.

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In July 2015, the Oscar nominee spoke to E News about Trump’s controversial stance on immigration.

“I’m aware that he would say anything to attract attention and create the publicity around him,” she said. “If something generates publicity, I would never be surprised about anything he does.”

In early October, Hayek starred in a Spanish-language PSA on behalf of Hillary Clinton urging Latino voters to cast their vote for her on Nov. 8.

https://youtu.be/wy2Eai0NHLk

Hayek is only one of a large number of Hollywood women who have stepped forward to share their disapproval of the Republican presidential candidate.

Trump has not publicly commented on Hayek’s remarks.

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