Watch: Trump slams all his lawyers as they stare at him awkwardly

Trump described the interaction quite differently: “She said I was on a commercial flight with her in 1979 and … we became very close,” the former president said.

While telling the story, Trump interrupted himself and said, “I was famous then, too. I've been famous for a long time,” completely out of context. Trump later attempted to return to this point by dismissing the claims by saying, “It's very funny, when you're rich and famous, a lot of people come with a lot of stories.” Taken together, Trump's remarks sounded eerily similar to his infamous Access to Hollywood On the tape, he claimed that “as a star” one could have one’s genitals touched.

While explaining the allegedly “completely made-up story,” Trump insisted that he did not know exactly when their interaction took place, pointing out that it probably happened “a long time ago,” in 1979.