--- title: Alicia Silverstone Has Donald Trump's Phone Number Saved description: 'Clueless' star Alicia Silverstone explains the surprising reason why she has Donald Trump's number saved in her phone. canonical: https://time.com/5309815/alicia-silverstone-trump-number/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-12T15:41:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:16.224Z og:title: Alicia Silverstone Has Donald Trump's Phone Number Saved og:description: It's a funny story og:url: https://time.com/5309815/alicia-silverstone-trump-number/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfc9e31aba80f8043/698932de97cdff58e46b57a5/aliciasilverstonetrumpnumberoncolbert.jpeg?branch=production&width=1191&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1191 og:image:height: 670 og:image:alt: AliciaSilverstoneTrumpNumberonColbert og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Alicia Silverstone Has Donald Trump's Phone Number Saved twitter:description: It's a funny story twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfc9e31aba80f8043/698932de97cdff58e46b57a5/aliciasilverstonetrumpnumberoncolbert.jpeg?branch=production&width=1191&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Surprising Reason Why Alicia Silverstone Has Trump's Number Saved in Her Phone > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=55d6d80c-4a1a-4fee-b5b5-aeeed7eb49d0&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: 5 Ways to Lower Your Utility Bills [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Ways to Lower Your Utility Bills](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ZG9bsVnH.m3u8) (1:42)  _Published 2018-03-29. 5 Ways to Lower Your Utility Bills_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 12, 2018 3:41 PM UTC   by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 12, 2018 3:41 PM UTC In addition to being the star of _American Woman_ and [an avowed vegan](https://www.self.com/story/alicia-silverstone-son-vegan), [Alicia Silverstone](http://time.com/4993270/chrissy-teigen-alicia-silverstone-clueless/) was also once an “ecoadvisor” to [Donald Trump](http://time.com/5307992/g7-trump-reaction-media/), a brief role that led to the [_Clueless_ ](http://time.com/4797891/alicia-silverstone-clueless-whatever/)actress having Trump’s number saved in her phone. During an appearance on _The Late Show with Stephen Colbert_, Silverstone revealed that she met with Trump before he was president, about ten years ago, to talk about solar panels. “I was on one of the other talk shows in the daytime talking about solar panels and silk milk,” Silverstone said. “And he \[Trump\] said he was really interested and we exchanged numbers so that we could continue this conversation about solar panels. So I met with him.” Silverstone said it was “worth it to take the meeting because if I could get him to have every building to have solar panels on it, wouldn’t that be a great accomplishment? 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