Seth Meyers blasted for avoiding obvious question during George Clooney interview

Daily Mail​

3 days ago

NBC's 'Late Night' host Seth Meyers has been blasted for failing to ask George Clooney about the reports that Joe Biden was unable to recognize the actor at a fundraiser last year.
Clooney, 63, was on the show to promote his Tony-nominated Broadway play 'Good Night, And Good Luck.'
However, Meyers did not ask Clooney about the shocking revelations that came out about the former president in the new book 'Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.'
The bombshell book by co-authors CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios correspondent Alex Thompson claimed that Biden was reportedly so impaired that he didn't recognize Clooney at a star-studded June 2024 Democratic fundraiser in Los Angeles, the book says, claiming it left the actor 'shaken to his core.'
'It was obvious to many standing there that the president did not know who George Clooney was,' the authors said.
Another Hollywood VIP guest reportedly said: 'It was like watching someone who was not alive. It was so awful.'
Critics blasted Meyers for focusing the interview on Clooney's Broadway debut and asking what his wife thought of his hair.
'AND the cover up of Joe's Dementia continues,' one person said. 'Not surprised,' said another.
'OH OF COURSE…LOL,' a third person said. A fourth person added, 'Was not in the script.'
'I'm sure they're saving it for whatever book they are cooking up,' said a fifth person. 'Convenient,' said another.
'Cut him slack! He was so enamored with Clooney's presence that he simply forgot,' said a seventh person.
Weeks after that LA fundraiser and following Biden's disastrous TV debate against Trump, Clooney wrote a now-infamous op-ed for The New York Times calling for Biden to drop out of the race.
The tactfully worded article didn't go into details, but Clooney wrote that, in private, the president was, indeed, 'the same man we all witnessed at the debate.'
Donald Trump blasted the Oscar-winning actor for his piece, saying, '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.'
In March, Trump slammed Clooney as a 'second-rate movie star' as he hit out at the Hollywood legend for comments he made on 60 Minutes.
Clooney spoke about his decision to drop his support for Biden - accusing the Democratic Party of 'cowardice' and covering up the ex-president's ailing health while claiming he was forced to 'tell the truth' in a bombshell op-ed calling for him to step down.
The president quickly responded on Truth Social to blast Clooney and the role he played in Biden's demise.
'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,' he wrote.
Clooney has also been under fire after a bombshell class-action lawsuit accused his tequila brand, Casamigos, of selling possibly fake tequila to 'cut corners.'
Casamigos and Don Julio, both owned by spirit company Diageo, face allegations in a federal suit of using spirits other than tequila in their bottles, while the brands market themselves as 100 percent agave.
The liquor has slammed the claims, calling them 'categorically false.'