Lea Thompson breaks down when asked about ex-fiancé Dennis Quaid's support for Donald Trump

Lea Thompson broke down successful tears aft being questioned astir her ex-fiancé's enactment for Donald Trump, conscionable hours aft the Republican defeated Kamala Harris to instrumentality backmost the White House.

Thompson, 63, said she was ‘scared’ for her daughters and admitted she does not cognize however to ‘move forward’ successful the aftermath of Trump’s victory, during an exclusive interrogation with DailyMail.com.

The Back to the Future histrion struggled to combat backmost tears erstwhile asked astir her recent disapproval of Dennis Quaid, 70, who endorsed Trump, 78, astatine a California rally successful October.

‘You precocious spoke up astir your ex, Dennis Quaid and his ties with Donald Trump,’ she was asked. ‘You've been a champion for women forever, yesterday, didn't enactment out. How bash we determination guardant from today?’

Thompson fell soundless and started to outcry earlier offering the dejected response: ‘I don't know.’

Struggling to incorporate her emotions she continued: ‘I don't know. I'm sorry.’

Asked if determination was immoderate crushed to beryllium ‘hopeful’ she replied: ‘I don't consciousness truthful hopeful. I feel... scared. I person daughters.

‘I don't cognize if it volition impact you oregon me, but I americium a ma and cognize radical that person been precise affected by having babies that person died.

‘It just, I consciousness truly atrocious for them. But America's spoken.’

She continued: ‘We combat the fights. We combat to combat and the battles that we privation to carry. It's conscionable not a batch of amusive close now.’

Finishing with a motion to Back to the Future, she joked that America needs a DeLorean – the clip travelling instrumentality utilized by Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox’s Dr Emmett Brown and Marty McFly.

‘We request that,’ she said. ‘We request to get connected that.’

Thompson’s comments travel weeks aft she appeared to marque her ex, Quaid, ‘stupid.’

The Parent Trap histrion publically announced successful May that helium would beryllium voting for Trump due to the fact that of the 'weaponization of the justness system.’

He past joined the erstwhile President astatine a run rally held astatine Calhoun Ranch successful Coachella, California past month.

'I'm present to archer you that it's clip to prime a side,' helium said successful a fiery speech. 'Are we going to beryllium a federation that stands for the Constitution oregon for TikTok?'

Thompson shared a video of Quaid connected signifier astatine the lawsuit and wrote connected X: ‘I was engaged to him.'

She besides included the hashtags '#VoteBlueToStopTheStupid' and '#CrimeIsActuallyDown.'

The couple, who met connected the acceptable of Jaws 3-D successful 1982, dated for 5 years until their divided successful 1987.

They got engaged successful 1984.

Thompson met her now-husband, Howard Deutch, connected the acceptable of Some Kind of Wonderful successful 1986.

After her engagement to Quaid ended, her relationship with Deutch, who is 11 years her senior, blossomed into a romance.

She and the movie director, present 74, went connected to necktie the knot successful 1989. They are parents to daughters Madelyn, 33, and Zoey, 29.

Quaid, who was joined to P J Soles from 1978 to 1983, went connected to necktie the knot with Meg Ryan successful the aftermath of his divided from Thompson.

The mates were unneurotic for a decennary from 1991 earlier finalizing their divorce. They stock son Jack, 32.

The Perfect Storm histrion was past joined to Kimberly Quaid from 2004 until 2018. They welcomed twins Daisy and Thomas, present 16, successful 2007.

He joined his existent woman Laura Savoie, 31, successful 2020.

Thompson had been speaking astatine the opening nighttime of Back To The Future - the Musical astatine Hollywood Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles connected Wednesday night.

The actress, who played Lorraine McFly successful the fashionable sci-fi comedy, joins a big of female celebrities who person addressed the aboriginal of women's reproductive rights aft Trump was named President-elect successful the aboriginal hours of Wednesday morning.

Billie Eilish described his triumph arsenic 'a warfare connected women' portion Lili Reinhart said her bosom 'absolutely breaks' for the women who saw 'millions of radical ballot for their abuser.' 

Hailey Bieber wrote connected Instagram: 'Supporting a convicted felon implicit a pistillate is f***ing insane. That's truly each determination is to say.'

Jamie Lee Curtis encouraged Harris supporters to proceed to 'fight against tyranny, 1 time astatine a time.'