George Clooney is aware of higher than to let President Donald Trump get beneath his pores and skin.
Requested in regards to the politician calling him a “second rate movie ‘star’” and “failed political pundit,” on Fact Social final month, the Oscar winner advised “CBS Mornings” host Gayle King, “I don’t care.”
“I’ve known Donald Trump for a long time,” he continued. “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.”
Clooney mentioned he was “well aware” of the criticism he will get when he speaks up about politics, additionally reminding viewers about his conflict with billionaire DOGE orchestrator Elon Musk for complaining about his defective Tesla over a decade in the past.
In March, Trump lashed out at Clooney after he criticized the president’s assaults on the press throughout a “60 Minutes” interview selling his Broadway play “Good Night, and Good Luck.”
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Within the interview, he drew parallels between the play, which follows the battle between journalist Edward R. Murrow and Chilly Battle crusader Sen. Joseph McCarthy, and the present president’s disdain for the media.
“Why would the now highly discredited ’60 Minutes’ be doing a total ‘puff piece’ on George Clooney, a second rate movie ‘star,’ and failed political pundit,” Trump requested in his Fact Social put up.
Within the put up, Trump rehashed an previous spat he and Clooney had over the actor’s July 2024 op-ed imploring President Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential election.
“He fought hard for Sleepy Joe’s election and then, right after the Debate, dumped him like a dog,” the Republican wrote in final month’s Fact Social put up.
Again when Clooney’s controversial plea to Biden was revealed final summer time, Trump lambasted him as a “fake movie actor” who “never came close to making a great movie” and shouldn’t be sticking his nostril into politics.
However Clooney had a chilly clapback to Trump’s demand he “get out of politics and go back to television.”
“You know, I will if he does,” he winked throughout an look on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Watch Clooney’s full chat on “CBS Mornings” right here.
