George Clooney Says ‘I Don’t Care’ if Trump Calls Me a ‘Fake Movie Actor’ Because ‘My Job Is Not to Please the President of the United States’
George Clooney is not bothered by Donald Trump slamming him. Appearing on “CBS Mornings” to promote his Broadway debut in “Good Night and Good Luck,” the Oscar winner was asked by host Gayle King about the time Trump branded him a “fake movie actor” on Truth Social.
“I don’t care,” Clooney said. “I’ve known Donald Trump for a long time. My job is not to please the President of the United States. My job is to try and tell the truth when I can and when I have the opportunity. I am well aware of the idea that people will not like that. … People will criticize that. Elon Musk has weighed in [about me]. That is their right. It’s my right to say the other side.”
Trump launched a social media attack on Clooney last summer after the actor published an op-ed for The New York Times in which...
“I don’t care,” Clooney said. “I’ve known Donald Trump for a long time. My job is not to please the President of the United States. My job is to try and tell the truth when I can and when I have the opportunity. I am well aware of the idea that people will not like that. … People will criticize that. Elon Musk has weighed in [about me]. That is their right. It’s my right to say the other side.”
Trump launched a social media attack on Clooney last summer after the actor published an op-ed for The New York Times in which...
- 4/21/2025
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- Variety Film + TV
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