In an interview with Israel’s La’Isha, Meital Dohan, 40, called the 79-year-old star “elderly” and said he “didn’t like to spend money.”

But in a new interview, she says she was kidding. “Any woman who dates a powerful man, they’ll say she’s a gold digger. It’s another stereotype, and people can think of me what they want,” she told the Daily Mail.

“What happened between us was bigger than materialistic things like flowers or chocolates or diamonds or cars.”

They dated for two years. She said the split came down to different life stages and her wanting kids.