Video will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playAn engaged Lucy Lawless was forced to reject the direct advances of under-fire presidential candidate Donald Trump in 1997, it has been revealed. Lawless today confirmed a 1997 Herald report that suggested Trump had propositioned her but backed off when he discovered she was engaged. "I was staying in his hotel and the phone rang, and I thought that was a bit peculiar," Lawless said. Lawless, who is staunchly anti-Trump, said she wasn't tempted to take Trump up on his offer. Trump had separated from his second wife Marla Maples in May, 1997, several months before he made the move on Lawless.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 13, 2016 23:52 UTC