George Clooney says he was ‘Irritated’ when Quentin Tarantino Said He Wasn’t a Movie Star’

Clooney is a lot shallower than he purports to be. Imagine being offended because someone said you're not really a movie star.

Clooney has never really been that great of an actor, quite honestly.

He bought himself a beard like old Hollywood movie star and he wants to be treated like one.

He was in that shitty Batman movie in the last millennium.

He was a shitty Batman.

He peaked at ER.

Maybe Quentin is irritated that Clooney's beard comes from an arms dealing family who supply Hamas and Hezbollah. The beard's uncle is notorious arms dealer Ziad Takieddine.

Quentin is married to an Israeli woman and lives part of the year in Israel.

Maybe Quentin knows that Clooney makes movies, but he doesn't think of him as a "star."

Quentin is just irritated George is not as pretty as he is.

He is NOT a star.

And he imagines himself as having the intelligence or experience to write an OP about Biden's health. Friend of Obama. Hoping his new movie bombs and that he can contemplate the end of his movie star career.

George wants Quentin to give him the RESPECT that he’s ENTITLED TO!!!!!

I must say he was always a mediocre "Hollywood star." I never saw him as handsome as everyone else and he was never in a dramatic role that deserved praise. He was okay in Ocean's 11 and a couple of other films. That's it.

I had to check IMBD to see his list of credits I barely ever remember seeing him in a movie.

He doesn't have much screen charisma. I did like one of his earlier films 1998 Out of Sight and had forgotten he was in Gravity.

I saw him in The Descendants in which I thought he gave a good performance

But most of the movies listed on IMDB: The American, The Ides of March, The Monuments Men, Tomorrowland, Hail Caesar, Money Monster, The Midnight Sky, Ticket to Paradise, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Leatherheads, The Good German, Intolerable Cruelty, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Oh Brother Where Art Thou . . .seem negligible.

He just tilts and bobs his head in every film.

Just a supporting winner.

Monuments Men was a good movie.

I'll second and third what r14 said: that's really the extent of his charm.

Wow, he sure looks leathery.

I don't think I've ever heard anyone say, "I'm going to see that new George Clooney movie." Tarantino has a point. Clooney is a TV actor who made a nice transition to film, but he never became a movie star like Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise.

George Clooney is a movie star however he is a dumb cunt for going on record about this because it got more press than the original Tarantino quote. Queen Bey never responds to any haters. Clooney could learn a thing or two.

Tarantino is the greatest film director of all time.

It's surprising that someone who is as obsessed with movies as Tarantino would forget about Ocean's 11, Michael Clayton and Burn After Reading.

Isn’t Quentin a big ole queen? I’ve heard he’s jealous of Clooney…

The comment is ridiculous but Clooney has been mostly absent from any major production for the last couple of years or so, so there is a sort of has-been,whatever happened to him, vibe.

[quote] It's surprising that someone who is as obsessed with movies as Tarantino would forget about Ocean's 11, Michael Clayton and Burn After Reading.

Or Brother Where Art Thou? Then again, Tarantino was always envious of the Coen Brothers, so it doesn't surprise me he neglects to mention the films Clooney made with them.

Meh, I don’t mind Clooney. I am a huge Tarantino fan, however.

Clooney's movies get a lot of hype ahead of time and then immediately flop at the box office.

His flops are just vehicles for him to direct young men in their underwear (Boys on the Boat) and for his beard to preen in couture gowns on red carpets as stipulated in her contract. Fluff movies like that Paradise movie with Julia Roberts are just extra cash to offset the cost of the ongoing medical care of the Italian twink he maimed.

Given that Tarantino isn't a top shelf director, I'm on team No One.

[quote] Clooney has been mostly absent from any major production for the last couple of years or so,

He did have a supporting role in Takedown of a President in 2024.

[quote]Tarantino is the greatest film director of all time.

In a world that has produced Vertov, Tarkovsky, Parajanov, Pasolini, Fellini, Buñuel, Bergman, Kurosawa, Dreyer, Eisenstein, Godard, Ophüls .... et al?

No.

My hunch is that Quentin meant George's contributions to movies is slight, which I would have to agree with. He said that same thing about Cate Blanchett, basically that her movies will be forgotten.

Agree it's most revealing that George is insecure about this. He must equate all his Oceans 11 films as being a great accomplishment.

The second Ocean's 11 movie was just an excuse for the actors to party in Europe on the studio's dime.

It's obvious to me after all these years, that while Clooney is intelligent, and charming, he has a huge ego and very thing skin.I don't see him as an affable warm person, and in the film community he picks and chooses who he calls friends. Like Bill Murray, who isa drunken pig in his personal life. He strikes me as someone who has to look down on people, doesn't want to get close to people he considers "peers."

I've heard about this "Italian twink maiming" for years here, but I've never seen a link to a story about what actually happened, nor did I hear about it in the press/media. Anybody have a link so I can get more info?

The Ides of March is a good movie and he played the villain but that was more Ryan Gosling's film in my opinion.

I always feel like he's putting on an act/playing a role in the press and public appearances he does. This sort of explains a lot about him...

In middle school, Clooney developed Bell's palsy, a medical condition that partially paralyzes the face. The malady went away within a year. In an interview with Larry King, he stated that "yes, it goes away. It takes about nine months to go away. It was the first year of high school, which was a bad time for having half your face paralyzed." He also described one positive outcome of the condition: "It's probably a great thing that it happened to me because it forced me to engage in a series of making fun of myself. And I think that's an important part of being famous. The practical jokes have to be aimed at you."

George is always acting since he’s gay in real life.

R31 It’s made 370 mil and over double its budget you dumb cunt. Clooney has had just as many hits as he has flops including a recent hit with Julia Roberts.

R36 But he has been married twice and has children.

r37 it was still just an excuse for them to party.

R39 ???? Do you have some juicy tea

[quote]nor did I hear about it in the press/media.

Of course you didn't hear anything about it in the media since his high-powered Fixers from Sunshine Sachs (same fixers Weinstein used for years) buried the story. As an added layer of protection, his barrister beard got him a Super Injunction which prevents British media aka the daily mail from reporting on it.

For those who dismiss the blind, note that the incident happened in 2013 and the blind wasn't even published until 2016. The blind site just took info that had already been circulating for a couple of years and corroborated by locals on Como and added a couple of red herrings to cover their ass (jewelry is a red herring) and got themselves some clicks.

Maybe the twink was being mouthy? Did he die?

^No he didn't die.

Clooney is a tv star, nothing more.

R43 ok then. Was Clooney drunk when he beat him? Lucky twink.

I mainly remember his tv roles

As already mentioned but bears repeating, he just tilts and bobs his head and does wide eyed mugging for the camera.

I can do that. Pay me bazillions.

Tarantino looks to have had a lot of cosmetic laser resurfacing. He might not want to ever go outside in the sun again, or his face could form a giant keloid.

Michael Clayton is a great film, highly recommended. Clooney was awesome in it, but Tilda Swinton and Tom Wilkinson were the real standouts. Swinton rightfully deserved the Oscar.

It was a party so probably drunk. Didn't beat him. Lost his footing climbing up and away in the dark.

Let Clooney show him what a REAL movie star's feet look like

I've only heard the Lake Como twink story on DL and nowhere else. I doubt it happened.

An entire site was shut down ca. 2017 when the victim was doxxed....

Fuck Clooney-has been who never was -HANDSOME-HACK

He never showed his dick-he is no movie star!

Didn't he show his ass in Gravity? Or so I hear. I didn't see the movie.

R56 no he did not. Who told you that. There in space suits.

I worked with Mr. Clooney on the set of UITA in 2007/2008. Let me just say that he gives excellent shoulder rubs!

This injustice has to stop!!

George Clooney is the most beautiful bisexual daddy bear ever.

I hate George Clooney

I stand corrected r57, he didn't show his ass in Gravity, he showed it in Solaris.

Mea culpa.

Maybe Quentin considers him an old TV star who had some movie success in the 1990s, but is not an enduring movie star. I can respect that assessment.

I forgot they did From Dusk til Dawn together. Tarantino is a cunt. George Clooney is very much a movie star. The orchestrate of hits vs flops does not constitute what makes one a movie star.

Joe Biden stepped down didn’t he.

R41, you’ve been on here for years now over this maimed twink shit.

Isn’t it highly likely the twink just got drunk/high AF, & slipped & fell over the banister, & down the hill?

What on earth makes you think Clooney threw him over intentionally? Why the heck would he do that? The man has been in the industry for decades, & it’s not easy to believe he’d risk it all, & intentionally hurt anyone- IF this even happened.

He was a full grown adult when this ALLEGEDLY occurred, not some careless teenager.

I know crazy shit happens, and that fixers fix, but this story makes little sense to me.

Poor George. If you have to tell people you are a movie star, maybe you aren’t.

He gave me lots of invaluable career advice. During the UITA shooting, I was at my lowest after having been blackballed by Julia Roberts and Kirstie Alley for getting bigger laughs than them on a few film shoots. At the time I was even having trouble finding EDITORs to put together sizzle reels for me due to the nasty gossip JR and KA were spreading around Hollywood about me. I don’t want to be dramatic, but Mr. Clooney really resuscitated my career and gave me back my confidence. Plus those neck rubs 🤗

[quote] There in space suits.

[quote] The orchestrate of hits vs flops

Clooney did well in "Up in the Air."

Yes, agreed. I like Up in the Air, Descendants and Ocean’s 11

Michael Clayton and Out of Sight are the two best things he’s ever done.

Clooney was once a television star who did a few movies.

Now he's sort of a self-proclaimed or self-imagined "industry statesman/authority."

^^Yes, very true. Consider his ridiculous Clooney Foundation for Justice.

He has an entitled attitude. Ugh.

Hollywood has emboldened Tarantino and his ego to talk shit about people in interviews. He recently called Truffaut a "bumbling amateur." Yes, Francois Truffaut, a filmmaker Tarantino quoted numerous times throughout his films, was a "bumbling amateur."

You would never hear Scorsese, DePalma, Coppola, or Spielberg speak recklessly about legendary filmmakers who paved the way for them, like Tarantino. Tarantino even dissed John Ford when he released Django.

I like his movies, but I don't like his personality. He has this sarcasm thing and a certain arrogance I don't care for.

He's not as charismatic as some of the other male stars.

I'm surprised he even commented. He should have just remained silent. Now I'm even more convinced that his marriage is a sham. He only cares about his image.

George Clooney is very close to an industry plant.

He was able to do everything a movie star does except sell tickets. Aside from “Ocean’s Eleven” and a few other movies, he never really had any hits.

I feel like he was the first actor to be famous and put on the A-List without being able to back it up.

Kind of like Chris Hemsworth today. All his movies outside of Thor are flops but the media loves him so he’s treated A-List.

From nepo baby to a limited release Apple film.

Clooney's good in 'Ides Of March', 'Michael Clayton' and 'Up In The Air', where his limitations suit the questionable characters' flaws. (Rather like Cruise being plausible in 'Collateral' and "Magnolia'.)

Otherwise he's a workmanlike empty suit, over-promoted due to supposed gorgeousness. Even in ER he was like a 'heart-throb' from an earlier TV era, ill-suited to the grit and pace of that watchable show.

I really think that r6 has nailed it.

Because George Clooney is not only a movie star; he's famously considered a throwback to Cary Grant. He's been a television star and transitioned to the lead in two film franchises, including movies with Brad Pitt and Matt Damon.

What does QT want?

Tarantino just wants anal from Amal.

[quote]It's surprising that someone who is as obsessed with movies as Tarantino would forget about Ocean's 11, Michael Clayton and Burn After Reading.

I've seen each of these (all on airplanes) but they were passable fare and Clooney passably good.

O Brother, Where Art Thou? I would say I'd his best film and best performance. He coasts by as a silver-haired guy who looks good in a suit, a Cary Grant type without Cary Grant's talent and polish and persona that saw him fit into roles as easily as he buttoned or unbuttoned his perfectly fitting suits. Clooney was a poor man's Cary Grant-lite for an inelegant time, for a former mugging, mop-headed "star" of Facts of Life," for fuck's sake.

Geena Davis read with four actors for the Brad Pitt role in Thelma & Louise -- Pitt, Grant Show, Mark Ruffalo and Clooney. George was so unremarkable that Davis had no memory of him when they "met" years later while seated next to each other on an airplane.

I don't know if the Como scary story is true or not, but the posters that say that it van't be true because it has not been reported in media is either an idiot or pretending to be naive.

When did you read about Weinstein or Cosby in the media before their downfall. Weinstein was called: "wonderful human being and dear friend" by Michelle Obama just few years before it came out out he was a serial rapist. Where did you read about Hollywood pedophiles. Nowhere.

You don't because people that own media are close to people in Hollywood.

And not only Hollywood. Rich, famous and powerful are protected and things get hushed from the police to the courts to the media.

pedo murderer!

R33 you won’t see it because his PR bots and legal team have it removed wherever possible.

Irritated George might be soothed by this morning's UK press. The Daily Telegraph (of all papers) front-pages a big picture of George with Brad on a bed, wearing pyjamas and robe respectively. They look like A-gays of a certain age. Headline, 'In Bed With Brad and George.'

Meh, two entitled Hollywood cunts sniffing at each other

Didn't George pull the "in bed" promotion stunt with Rande Gerber and Cindy Crawford? There is so much bullshit with George and Brad. Aging out of an industry is a bitch.

[quote]“Quentin said some sh!t about me recently, so I’m a little irritated by him. He did some interview where he was naming movie stars, and he was talking about [Brad], and somebody else, and then this guy goes, 'Well, what about George?' He goes, he’s not a movie star. And then he literally said something like, ‘Name me a movie since the millennium.’ And I was like, ‘Since the millennium? That’s kind of my whole fµck!ng career. So now I’m like, all right, dude, fuck off'. I don’t mind giving him shit. He gave me shit. But no, look, we’re really lucky we got to work with these great directors. Director and screenplay is what keeps you alive.”

He's not very sophisticated...he talks like a teenager. And yes, he is "really lucky" to work with great directors because he's not a good actor, IMO.

(I've heard first-hand that he's nice to crew members, so I'll compliment him on that.)

The reason George is probably "irritated" with Quentin is because Quentin was positively effusive in his glowing praise of Brad Pitt as the last of the true movie stars. He cited Inglorious Bastards as the moment when he was looking at the frame in his viewfinder as Brad enter the scene and he talked about how he just dominated the scene, the frame, the whole fucking thing. Tarantino was waxing so eloquently I expected him to orgasm.

OP- Brad Pitt and George Clooney have one thing in common they’re both

HOMOS

WEHT his friendship with Marky Mark? Wasn't it reported they even shared hotel rooms before?

I’m so happy Quentin got under his skin enough to cry about it publicly.

Quentin makes entertainment. You might not like his style but he provides a movie theater experience. He knows how to rile up audiences.

Seeing his movies in the cinemas have been the most fun experiences. I’ll never forget the lady in front of me was horrified when Jennifer Jason Leigh blew snot out of her nose in “The Hateful Eight”. The woman complained about it for at least 10 minutes to her husband.

My sphicter feels your pain.

George, I think what Quentin Tarantino meant is that a movie star can actually open a movie.

Box office history shows that isn’t you. (And Apple has already pulled the theatrical release of your latest film because they don’t want to waste money promoting it.)

^Did not know that about pulling the theatrical release of his new movie. Ouch. Look at the box office numbers & budget for George's Tomorrowland. It's amazing that anyone would give him another opportunity to make films.

Everyone else in Michael Clayton acted rings around him.

In bed with Madonna.

I've seen Clooney in a lot of movies. The American, Good Night and Good Luck, Syriana, Ides of March, Michael Clayton, the Oceans movies, The Descendants, Up In The Air, Monuments Men. They were pretty good mostly. I liked them. But I've never considered him a "movie star." IMO a "Movie Star" should generate excitement. He has never, IMO generated an excitement.

R96, his ego will allow anyone and everyone to get under his skin. He was just raging (again) over his experience filming with David O Russell. Why does he think the public wants to hear his petty grievances? There's such a lack of decorum invading every sector of society. Just shut up and look pretty. That's your job.

Poor George looks like Brad’s father.

I really enjoyed "Burn After Reading," too. Meant to name that in my list.

Oh Gayorg, if you need someone to flatter you, you’re a narcissist.

Clooney to make Broadway debut

The latest surprise for theatergoers dropped earlier this week when it was announced that two-time Academy Award winner and eternal heartthrob George Clooney will make his Broadway debut next spring in a stage adaptation of Good Night, and Good Luck, a historical drama set in the world of broadcast journalism at the height of Red-Scare politics. Clooney, who played Fred Friendly in the 2005 film he directed and also co-wrote with Grant Heslov, will now step into the lead role of Edward R. Murrow—again co-writing the stage play with Heslov but leaving the directing to Tony winner David Cromer.

Will Biden attend!

I don't think George's head tilting and bobbing will translate well to live on a Broadway stage. He will probably overact to compensate. Narcissist George doesn't know his limits.

What’s next for Clooney? Watch for late night DUI arrest.

Maybe he’ll slap a cop.

While he's doing the play in NYC maybe a male model will run naked from his suite at The Carlyle Hotel and trip and fall on the UES.

Lots of stories of George entertaining the local male models at the Carlyle back in the day.

Clooney on Broadway? I've lived too long because now I've heard everything. NYT: 'Clooney pays off critics for positive review's"

It’s wayyy past time for George to get canceled.

We never got any Clooney dick-pics. This is outrages and just plain wrong.

He peaked in the Facts of Life.

Clooney is not a movie star. He's definitely a TV star and he was featured in a few popular movies but he's not a movie star.

1. He does not open a tent-pole movie like movie stars do.

2. He is not offered movies with a 200M budget because there's no guarantee his name would help them recoup.

3. His big boxoffice career lasted less than 15 years. His first big movie was The Perfect Storm in 2000, his last was Gravity in 2013 and he played a supporting role in it.

So there you have it. Quentin was right.

How thin skinned can he be to let something like this get him all up in his fee-fees? He wasn’t this upset when SOUTH PARK let him have it - TWICE.

Clooney is always quick to mention Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Clark Gable in his interviews to make it seem like he is in their league.

He doesn't live in America. He lives in the UK, and also has a villa in Italy he allegedly just sold, so he could get something in France. I think he doesn't much care for the Extreme Right and the neo- fascists running Italy right now.

Not a huge Clooney fan, but he is a movie star.

I’m with R115- peaked on facts.Wonder if any of those ‘’facts girls’’ got a peek? He was adorable,on that show. Not the acting of course but that face and sorry to admit- I love big hair on guys. Ok ok don’t be so nasty.

[quote]Clooney is always quick to mention Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Clark Gable in his interviews to make it seem like he is in their league.

[quote]"That’s kind of my whole fucking career.'”

[quote]“So now I’m like, all right, dude, fuck off. I don’t mind giving him shit."

Spoken just like Cary, Jimmy and Clark indeed. Plus a vulgar wedding in Venice, and coffee commercials, similarly conjure up memories of our golden age greats.

[quote]Clooney is always quick to mention Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Clark Gable in his interviews to make it seem like he is in their league.

Quick and often to mention... He does the humble background act when it suits his purposes, but mostly likes mugging for the cameras with that patented look of the harried movie atar en route to something even more glamorous, "must run, but we'll talk...soon!" and the smile and the little wave. Not that there's anything wrong with that, he's not the best or worst actor/celebrity to employ the trick.

A Google image search for "George and Amal" is interesting. Both have the look down: the clothes, the smile, the always be in motion look. But damn, Donald and Ivana give them a run for the forced body language and barely concealed contempt - though their better looks and clothes and teeth give off more brightness to distract from the look of two people who will not be long in the same room together. Even the beat photos reveal a forced "chemistry."

He's cornered the silver-haired, well put together man of a certain age thing (I should.know), but there's not much to him beyond that. His gravitas efforts like Monuments Men which he also directed are hammy as fuck, a complete ruin of a great story that practically tells itself. He's not the.worst actor, but he's no Cary Grant (who had a lot more than great hair and a couple of "dashing" poses.)

Living in Europe my opinion of him has grown dimmer from those ducking Nescafé ads of which he is brand ambassador.and which could have bought him 4, 5, or 6 Lake Como houses in 2010 money. I can hardly blame him for not turning down €40M or €60M, but they're just a constant reminder of his lightness and insubstantiality.

Tarantino was right.

R123, agree with your observations of George and Amal. I appreciate your description of contempt - that's exactly the vibe. George has spent the last decade trying to make Amal a great star, humanitarian & fashion icon. The devil is in the details of the contract. Arranged pap shots while she's in NYC, the Met ball a few years ago & their very own Albies gala (bringing out all of their celebrity friends). I think what we see is anger in George's face. No doubt that he loves his kids but it seems he's living with the toll of having his wings clipped.

Tarantino has always been a petty little bitch. And if he's straight, I'm a dolphin.

Agree with both r123 and r124 and would like to add:

Any Jewish actors who attend the Clooneys' upcoming Albie Awards ought to be ashamed of themselves. The beard's uncle is a well-known arms dealer Ziad Takieddine who supplies Hamas. Her whole family is allegedly involved but are silent partners and it's how they obtained their wealth. Is The Clooney Foundation a money laundry for her shady family?

The body language between him and his beard has always been wooden, choreographed and joyless starting with the tacky People magazine "wedding" photos. They don't even appear to be friends who enjoy each other's company. I've never seen a photo of them laughing and joking together like with George and Julia Roberts who are always laughing together, and Julia knows he's gay so it's not a flirtation.

The beard and her arms dealing family have George over a barrel. They know about his sexuality and they know what happened on Lake Como. For the rest of his life, they call the shots. That is why he always looks tense and stiff with her. But what is the alternative for him? To be exposed and loss of his career and earning ability? I hope they make his life miserable.

In conclusion: his Fixers screwed up hiring him a camera thirsty beard with a shady family who have backed him into a corner and intimidate him. They should have hired him a naive, pretty young thing with no agenda or baggage to deflect from his Como fiasco and then he would have been in charge of his life not her and her family.

Wow.Did not know Clooney back story.You guys are good-up for more if you got it?

While we’re talking ‘beard’’ marriages- what do you guys know about Candice Owen’s-George Farmer. He’s the son of British aristocrat.

Allegedly Clooney was out until his star began to rise. I think maybe his PR team thought it might be better to go back in the closet. Allegedly Jude Law did the same thing, but he’s much more extreme than Clooney in the sense that he’s sworn off men completely. Law has worked overtime establishing his reputation as a womanizing ladies man. But he doesn’t have as many skeletons as Clooney does, I’m sure.

Oh man! This is great-what else?

Ditto. Meeting my therapist at 10 but I’ll be back.

[quote]Allegedly Clooney was out until his star began to rise.

It was supposedly an open secret on ER set that he was with ER hairstylist Waldo Sanchez. After ER, Waldo traveled everywhere with George. George's Caesar haircut must have required a lot of attention, LOL. Waldo has worked on many of George's movies and Waldo was also a groomsman in the sham "wedding", his photo is in People magazine spread. Waldo was good looking up until the time of the wedding, has since let himself go. In that recent interview where Clooney rants about David O. Russell, he mentions "my buddy Waldo grabbed me and held me back from hitting David..." I think that was Geroge's way of getting in front of the story about Waldo and I also suspect David O. Russell may have lobbed a few slurs....

George and Noah Wyle were enjoying each other's company and even took a European vacation together before Waldo was hired at ER and Noah got dumped. Word got out to the tabloids about their European vacation (Enquirer?) and his publicist had to issue a statement saying it was a "buddies vacation" and the guy who played Dr. Benton was also on the trip. I believe it was the Enquirer who then published photos of Dr. Benton in L.A. at the time he was supposed to be in Europe with Geroge and Noah, lol.

Supposedly he was also with Marky Mark during the movies they made together. Coincidentally, the blonde French beard he was with at the time sued him when her contract expired and was threatening to expose him and Marky. She sued around the time of A Perfect Storm. He settled with her and she got 1M and a modest L.A. house.

Additionally, Marky Mark was supposedly originally cast in Matt Damon's role in Ocean's 11. The two wanting to share a hotel room got George's people in a panic as the paps were swarming Vegas so they replaced Marky. Then his PR floated the story George was "canoodling" with Julia in Vegas to misdirect the paps. Julia being the good friend she is, went along with the ruse even though she was already with Vera's husband behind the scenes. George's people then urged him to get a place in Europe to lessen the chances of getting caught by paps. He got the place on Lake Como after Ocean's 11, Marky Mark got religion after the Ocean's debacle.

Notice George going out of his way in interviews to tell a story about Marky Mark turning down a role in Ocean's 11? He says Marky said "fuck no". That's just more getting in front of the story, pre-emptive strike, damage control. etc.

*dear old muriel

Drunk Drew & Waldo

I read the Drew and Waldo story was put out as damage control after the daily mail comments section was rife with George and Waldo comments and anecdotes.

I've also read the beard's mother Baria (who by the way hates America/Americans) frequently calls and complains to DM about mean comments about her man face daughter. I guess Baria is a Prince Harry of sorts when it comes to daily mail comments section. She sued daily mail or had George sue them about some article insinuating her daughter married "up" or something along those lines. Daily mail had to make amends by running an article about how it was George who married "up". Baria was also caught shoplifting a purse in Milan and invoked Geroge's name, "do you know WHO my son in law is?" LOL.

Drew is an old friend of George's and obviously would help out with a puff piece article to deflect. Didn't she do a movie with George? Anyway, DM chose the worst possible photo of Waldo as is their m.o.

Why should George Clooney care what Quentin Tarantino thinks of his stardom?

These celebrities are so thin-skinned.

Who?

[quote] Why should George Clooney care what Quentin Tarantino thinks of his stardom?

I wonder if part of the issue is that Clooney worked with Tarantino on From Dusk to Dawn decades ago and probably considered him a friend.

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#9 is Waldo.

Wow-that was great. I need a cigarette…

R140 1million each for keeping his secrets?

[quote]1million each for keeping his secrets?

Yes, most of the guys (not all) were the same guys that were at the Como party when the twink got hurt and told the police they didn't see or hear anything.

Very clever to do it publicly.

And they must be some juicy secrets...here is the article where he confirms it & describes picking up the 14 million in cash.

After reading this GQ article from 2020, George's greatest love is himself. Interesting to watch a celebrity lose clout and see how they try to stay relevant.

R123

[quote] His gravitas efforts like Monuments Men which he also directed are hammy as fuck, a complete ruin of a great story that practically tells itself.

Yes, a great book and great story and Clooney's debacle did not do justice to either. Terrible, terrible movie.

And Clooney daring to compare himself to Cary Grant exposes the Clooney self serving idiocy. Grant could act rings and rings around mediocre George across a long and varied career. There is no comparison and trying to tie himself to Grant is preposterous and anyone familiar with Grant's catalog and range of films can easily see that.

Buy a clue, George.

And, lastly, he looked like Nathan Detroit when he strolled up to attend the Sussex wedding. Attached to the camera seeking and loving marital unit.

Clooney comparing himself to Cary Grant? I’m sorry I hadn’t heard George was suffering from Alzheimer’s. Maybe the car/cycle crash exacerbated the condition. He was a face -WAS a face and that’s all.

R125, word on the streets is that you are NOT a dolphin…

Every single man pictured in R140 is not straight, except George.

That said, this is such old news. We’ve ran this over millions of times, like a possum, that ended up on the interstate during rush hour.

No one gives a shit about who fucks who, or about Amal’s uncle, or her klepto mother, or about the twink in Italy, or where Waldo may be.

R149 Ok- sorry George-we’ll let it go - - - for today.

[quote]He is NOT a star.

And neither is Patti LuPone!

R149 = low level Sunshine Sachs peon.

R152 doesn’t get sarcasm, which is fine, since the rest of my post after my 1st sentence, wasn’t sarcasm at all.

This is very old news. This comes up every 4 months or so, & has, since the Italian wedding extravaganza.

And no, not at Sunny Sachs, lol!

Ok r153 my bad, sweetie.

I've never heard of the Lake Como twink anywhere but here.

I found out about it at AGC. Several blogs carried the story but mysteriously it disappeared. You can say what you want but I believe it. We’re going to have to agree to disagree.

Clooney and Gerber are butt slime.

No r155, you haven't heard about the Italian twink on many sites because that's what a Crisis Management Team aka Fixers are for, to bury their client's misdeeds and keep the story out of the press and save their client's ass!

Super Injunctions also prevent the press from reporting on legal matters. A barrister beard would come in handy for getting a Super Injunction Court Order in the UK and for preventing the Daily Mail and others from reporting on it.

The press didn't report on Weinstein's misdeeds for many years either because he used the best, most ruthless Fixers in the business, Sunshine Sachs Fixers. Until he was finally exposed. But he got away with it for many years thanks to Sunshine.

Clooney also used Sunshine Sachs Fixers which is the real reason he was at the Sussex wedding. Sunshine Sachs was Meghan's PR Firm at the time and he owed them a huge favor, they saved his career!

Clooney's agent is Bryan Lourd who was an enabler of Weinstein, Bryan would know to get in touch with Sunshine Sachs to "fix" George's problem. Bryan Lourd is also the mastermind behind the whole humanitarian "brand" for Clooney and his beard and sits on the board of the questionable Clooney Foundation.

The beard was just a junior entertainment lawyer before she was hired for this lucrative bearding gig. George's PR padded her resume and manufactured the human rights "brand" for her.

The humanitarian angle for him and human rights for her is supposed to create reasonable doubt in the public's mind that he could have done anything seedy or that she would help cover it up for him.

Also, Sunshine Sachs aren't perfect. The story got out on Lake Como because Sunshine forgot to silence the teen's co-workers (he was a waiter) and they went looking for him when he never returned to work after he attended a party at Casa de Clooney!

Google Ken Sunshine, creepy looking mother fucker, bunch of photos of him with Weinstein.

R157 he is scary looking. Too much PS has feminized his face.

Amal is one of those tall, skinny, long-necked women who, weirdly enough, doesn’t have a good body. She looks gangly and sterile.

HE CAN GO FUCK HIMSELF!!!!!

R157-great stuff but if Amal was only a jr. entertainment lawyer does she really have family that sells arms to Hammas?

[quote]The beard was just a junior entertainment lawyer before she was hired for this lucrative bearding gig. George's PR padded her resume and manufactured the human rights "brand" for her.

She started as an entertainment lawyer but she was working as a human rights lawyer for nearly a decade before she met Clooney.

Juicy thread, finally good gossip

Question: If we haven’t seen George Clooney dic pic - does that mean he has NOTHING to hide?

Re: R140: Richard Kind & Tommy Hinkley? They were on the first season of Mad About You together (1992). That's probably how Hinkley ended up pig-sitting.

Amal being an entertainment lawyer doesn't preclude her family from selling arms. Both can be true. Also, she has an LLM which is equivalent to a U.S. Master's degree not a J.D.

Someone on another site said she's still listed as a junior barrister on her firm's roster. Her firm just uses the Clooney name to raise the profile of their cases. She doesn't actually work on any of the cases, just comes in at the end to make a speech written for her and get attention for the case based on the Clooney name. Her colleagues dislike her as she doesn't do any actual work and is a lightweight.

All her awards, Time magazine covers and UN speaking engagements are purchased by George's PR. Just like Harry and Meghan's awards, Time magazine cover and UN speaking engagements are purchased for them by their PR. A jumped-up junior barrister and a jumped up dlist cable actress buying themselves unearned accolades.

She was hired by George's people when she was 33 or 34 and couldn't have been working as a Human Rights lawyer for ten years prior since she was 23 as she spent quite a few years as an entertainment lawyer and that math doesn't add up. Also, her father donated very expensive equipment to her university thus the prestigious schooling.

Amal tells a sob story of fleeing Lebanon to a refugee camp and eating only rice. In reality, her family fled Lebanon in her uncle's private jet and lived in his mansion in France until they made their way to Britain. Her uncle is (or was) banned from entering the UK.

She and George have a chateau in France now, wonder how often they get together with Uncle Ziad.

Clooney has produced many projects with billionaire Ron Burkle who was a frequent flyer on Epstein's plane. Clooney and Rande have also done real estate deals in the Hamptons with Burkle.

Clooney even had the audacity to partner with Ron Burkle on that documentary about the abuse of wrestlers at Ohio State. HBO bought the doc but never aired it. I guess HBO knew all about Ron Burkle and maybe even about Clooney's Italian sexcapades.

Takes some nerve, Clooney must feel invincible given what he has been able to get away with.

He's not. He's at most a male celebutaunte.

He is no better than Diddy in reality.

I wouldn't go that far.

Never regularly opened movies. Never had his name alone above the title regularly. Never had his movies regularly positioned in the prime parts of the year..summer, holiday weekends, Christmas time. That's where any ole movie true movie stars put out would get their release dates. Even Julia Roberts as a woman would have her movies go up again super summer blockbusters and could hold her own. Quentin was right. And of course the only film he ever opened successfully was Ocean's 11. Look who he surrounded himself with. Nearly all of the most famous stars of the time. That was never gonna be in question.

He played a dopey cop on The Golden Girls. I think he's better at playing dopey than suave and intelligent.

Wonder if any journalist will ask him about his Biden please drop out letter during the press tour? If I recall correctly, he can get very testy when he's asked difficult questions, ex. Nespresso.

He also hated Leonardo DiCaprio because his friends were a bunch of club kids who are bad at basketball.

I can hold the fact that Russell Crowe is a dickhead, and love the fact that he called George Clooney a sell-out for his Nespresso ads, equally in my mind.

Brad and George are interviewed by GQ at Brad's Chateau Miraval in France. I couldn't help myself and read the article. George lives in his French chateau 9 minutes away and drove over in his Benz - had never been to Brad's before. The highlight is when Amal and the two kids drive up and interrupt the interview just after it started. The kids were introduced and off they went to play. Then Brad, George, Amal and the interviewer all sat down to resume the interview. Amal asks how did the interview go? George replies, "we just started." Pitt says "we got eight minutes of interview." George said, "your timing is perfect." "I'm sure that's sufficient," Amal says to the interviewer, laughing. Is that part of the deal? She gets to join in on George's magazine interview and be a part of the gang? Aside from that strange part of the interview, the biggest takeaway is how both Brad & George are not handling aging very well. A pinch of sadness and defensiveness throughout. Plus, it appears in one of Brad's photos that he has a camel toe.

Haven’t located ‘’Camel toe Brad’’ pic-anyone?

Of course money helps but even the most beautiful Hollywood hunk becomes a hideous fuck. All in good time my little pretty.All in good time.

There just isn’t much negative press/media about George Clooney. Well behaved guy or Catch and Kill??? We may never know.

R176, if you are on the level, so is Amal George's keeper/minder?

That all seems, to put it mildly, awkward.

I might say "Poor George", but I think he's a jerk, so "Boo Hoo".

Here's the picture - pants are not flattering on Brad.

JFC how about direct linking to the pic instead of the whole fucking article r181?

Hopeful candidates for the ‘’ Celeb-Death’’ thread. Fingers crossed.

Two ‘’has-Beens’’. Will be entertaining watching these two attempting to recapture their youth.

R92 Everyone talks like a teenager to you old prudes because you didn’t grow up with the internet and cyber devices so you think all conversation has to be formal or as if one is writing a dissertation.

R183, I think it will be much more satisfying to watch them aging out and experiencing their own fade from stardom. This interview made them look somewhat pathetic. Very wealthy know-it-alls but angry guys.

They all fade out eventually. Even the biggest stars.

Madonna was the most famous woman on the planet for years and even she went into decline. Time and age happen to everyone.

R185-too wordy-pleases condense.

I read some of the article and looked at the pictures.

Two old rich guys patting each other on the back. And, I notice that George once again brings up Cary Grant.

Just stop it, George.

You couldn't match Cary Grant , talent or looks wise, on your best day.

[quote] Madonna was the most famous woman on the planet for years

We are not amused.

George Clooney= Cary Grant -When?

Their skin has that fine ‘’Trumpian Leather’’ look - just lovely.

[quote]George Clooney= Cary Grant -When?

Whenever George is in need of an ego boost, he dares to go there. Try to imagine George sustaining the brilliant thrilling confection which is 'North By Northwest.' Me neither.

R189 George Clooney is much better looking than Cary Grant and that is saying a lot because Cary Grant was a good looking man.

R194-Thanks for sharing George.

Clooney is in the same category as Ronald Reagan to me. Reagan was supposedly a "well-known " actor before his presidency, but his filmography is like a graveyard of flops and bit parts. He was never a star. George Clooney is one of those public figures whose personal life and political views transcend his professional life, and that's all his fault. I do, however, think he would make a fabulous politician and should follow in Reagan's footsteps and run for president. He can't be any worse than Reagan or Trump, and the Democrats love him.

Clooney is too lazy to seek political office- an old cat to be petted and admired…

[quote]I do, however, think he would make a fabulous politician and should...run for president.

The deep background checks might be problematic.

R196 Reagan’s filmography is nowhere near on the same level of Clooney and I wasn’t even born yet. Reagan was never an A list star.

r65, of course they were all drunk including the twink, it was a party! Of course, it was an accident and not intentional. Accidents happen when people are drunk both during and after parties, sometimes with vehicles, sometimes on foot. The twink did slip and fall and was not thrown or pushed just chased.

Also, 16 is not full grown although the age of consent in Italy is 14. A wealthy famous 52-year-old (2013) and a 16-year-old is a staggering power imbalance. Especially if the accident was a result of the 52-year-old not wanting to take "no" for an answer.

The fact remains there would have been legal consequences for the average person. Money and his Fixers prevented there being any legal action and prevented it from going public. That's what Fixers do, they protect the rich and famous by cleaning up and burying their messes. Sometimes the messes are a result of bad decisions, or accidents or out of sheer evil (Trump, Weinstein).

Anyone who believes his very public wedding extravaganza wasn't major damage control is naive and unfamiliar with PR tactics.

After the twink was doxxed, it was confirmed the family lived around there and had since quietly relocated.

Whoever styled and lit Clooney for that photo shoot hates him.

The Italian twink story is debatable. I've only heard about it on DL, nowhere else.

Only because it has been scrubbed. If you search hard enough, some old gossip blogs mention it.

They both look fine for their age. And one thing that they don't have is any money worries, so I'm not really interested in hearing about their woes

Please someone expose this smug motherfucker.

Ditto!