George Clooney slams Donald Trump as he shares brutal response to president
George Clooney has made it abundantly
clear that he's not bothered by Donald Trump's opinion
of him, and he's standing firm on his contentious political stance against the current president.
While promoting his upcoming Broadway debut, Good Night and Good Luck, on CBS Mornings, the Oscar-winning actor and longtime activist was questioned by host Gayle King about
Trump's previous description of him
as a "fake movie actor" on Truth Social and Clooney retorted with
a frosty statement
.
"I don't care. 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 criticise that. Elon Musk has weighed in [about me]. That is their right. It's my right to say the other side," Clooney said.
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The dispute flared up again last summer after the Oceans 11 actor, 63, wrote a headline-grabbing op-ed in The New York Times urging
Joe Biden
to step aside as the Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential election. The Out of Sight star contended that Biden had "saved democracy before" and could do so again - this time by making way for a younger candidate better equipped to defeat Trump.
U.S. President Donald Trump and George Clooney have engaged in a war of words
The former president took to Truth Social to respond to the suggestion. "So now fake movie actor George Clooney, who never came close to making a great movie, is getting into the act. He's turned on Crooked Joe like the rats they both are," Trump wrote.
He continued, "What does Clooney know about anything? He uses the Democrat 'talking point' that Biden, the WORST President in the history of the United States, has 'saved our Democracy. Crooked Joe Biden didn't save our Democracy, he brought our Democracy to its knees. Clooney should get out of politics and go back to television. Movies never really worked for him! ! !"
Clooney addressed the rant during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where Kimmel read out Trump's quote calling on him to leave politics. "I will if he does. That's a trade-off I'd do," Clooney responded, prompting the studio audience to erupt in applause.
However, the actor didn't stop there. In a recent interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, Clooney explained his decision to speak out was simply a matter of responsibility.
"I don't know if it was brave," he said. "It was a civic duty because I found that people on my side of the street - you know, I'm a Democrat in Kentucky so I get it - when I saw people on my side of the street not telling the truth I thought that was time to..."
He went on to say, "The idea of freedom of speech is you can't demand freedom of speech and then say, 'But don't say bad things about me.' That's the deal. You have to take your stand if you believe in it. Take a stand, stand for it and then deal with the consequences. That's the rules."
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