--- title: Donald Trump Calls Bette Midler 'Washed Up Psycho' description: The actress apologized for attributing a quote saying that Republicans are dumb to Trump, then he called her a "washed up psycho" on Twitter canonical: https://time.com/5601079/donald-trump-bette-midler-washed-up-psycho/ author: Amy Gunia article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-06-05T03:14:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T23:39:57.726Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Trump Calls Bette Midler a 'Washed Up Psycho' og:description: After the actress apologized for sharing a fake quote on social media og:url: https://time.com/5601079/donald-trump-bette-midler-washed-up-psycho/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6f60f6553619ba1/69894ac786f68ee69b6ebf8c/bette-midler-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Bette-Midler-Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Calls Bette Midler a 'Washed Up Psycho' twitter:description: After the actress apologized for sharing a fake quote on social media twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6f60f6553619ba1/69894ac786f68ee69b6ebf8c/bette-midler-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Calls Bette Midler a 'Washed Up Psycho' After She Shared a Fake Quote by [Amy Gunia](/author/amy-gunia/) ## Amy Gunia Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong. Jun 5, 2019 3:14 AM CUT  Honoree Bette Midler attends Variety's Power of Women: New York presented by Lifetime at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York on April 5, 2019. Honoree Bette Midler attends Variety's Power of Women: New York presented by Lifetime at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York on April 5, 2019.Evan Agostini—Invision/AP by [Amy Gunia](/author/amy-gunia/) ## Amy Gunia Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong. Jun 5, 2019 3:14 AM CUT President Donald Trump took to Twitter Tuesday to call Bette Midler a “washed up psycho” after the actress tweeted a quote falsely attributed to him. Midler had earlier apologized on Twitter for sharing the fake quote, which called Republicans “the dumbest group of voters in the country.” > [](https://twitter.com/BetteMidler/status/1135590981921837056) Trump responded on Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1136067842879709184) Midler hit back after Trump insulted her, saying that Trump is responsible for spreading lies. > [](https://twitter.com/BetteMidler/status/1135643035138777088) **Read More:** [_Bette Midler Has Some Very Good Advice for All of Us_](http://time.com/4606079/bette-midler-interview/ "undefined") Midler continued to blast the president in a series of Tweets after the exchange. She Tweeted about the poor fit of the tuxedo he wore while meeting the Queen of England on Monday, praised [London’s mayor Sadiq Khan](http://time.com/5599773/president-trump-sadiq-khan-loser/ "undefined"), with whom Trump had a public Twitter feud earlier in the week, and accused Trump of lying about [the crowds](https://time.com/5600472/protest-trump-state-visit-uk/ "undefined") he met on his visit to the [U.K.](http://time.com/5599661/trump-uk-visit-queen-elizabeth-d-day-protests/ "undefined") this week. It’s not the first time Trump has insulted the actress. He has in the past called her “extremely [unattractive](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/447002-trump-rips-washed-up-psycho-bette-midler-over-tweet "undefined")” and said that she “sucked.” Midler has been a [vocal critic](http://time.com/4903006/donald-trump-charloteesville-press-conference-celebrity-reactions/ "undefined") of Trump throughout his term, and has often taken to Twitter to share her opinions. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5601079/donald-trump-bette-midler-washed-up-psycho/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5601079/donald-trump-bette-midler-washed-up-psycho/"},"headline":"President Trump Calls Bette Midler a 'Washed Up Psycho' After She Shared a Fake Quote","datePublished":"2019-06-05T03:14:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T23:39:57.726Z","description":"After the actress apologized for sharing a fake quote on social media","url":"https://time.com/5601079/donald-trump-bette-midler-washed-up-psycho/","keywords":["Donald Trump","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6f60f6553619ba1/69894ac786f68ee69b6ebf8c/bette-midler-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amy Gunia","jobTitle":"Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong.","url":"https://time.com/author/amy-gunia/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6f60f6553619ba1/69894ac786f68ee69b6ebf8c/bette-midler-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bette-Midler-Trump","caption":"Bette Midler Trump","creditText":"Evan Agostini—Invision/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5601079/donald-trump-bette-midler-washed-up-psycho/","name":"President Trump Calls Bette Midler a 'Washed Up Psycho' After She Shared a Fake Quote"}}]}] ```