George Clooney Fires Back at Donald Trump's 'Second-Rate Movie Star' Jab | TMZ Live - video Dailymotion

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George Clooney is staying cool after Trump labeled him a "second-rate movie star" and "failed political pundit" -- and let’s just say, the shade didn’t exactly rattle his espresso.

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00:00to the brewing war between George Clooney and President Trump.

00:04I don't know that this is a war.

00:06Well, Trump certainly would like it to be, because I know it would get a lot of headlines,

00:10and he is doing his best to try and pull George Clooney into it,

00:13because you may have seen George Clooney was on 60 Minutes.

00:17They did a piece where he was critical of the president and really all of D.C.

00:23and the way it's been running since this administration came into power.

00:27Well, President Trump saw that and fired back, basically calling Clooney a second-rate movie star.

00:35Also took a shot at 60 Minutes for doing a puff piece.

00:39So here's George Clooney this morning.

00:41He was sitting down with Gayle King, and this is his response to President Trump.

00:45President Trump called you a second-rate movie star.

00:48That's true.

00:48And a failed political...

00:49We were just saying that about you the other day, George.

00:53That's okay.

00:53And a failed political pundit.

00:55You know, we're saying it in jest, but what was your reaction?

00:58I don't care.

00:59I mean, I've known Donald Trump for a long time.

01:01You know, my job is not to please, you know, the president of the United States.

01:07My job is to try to tell the truth when I can and when I have the opportunity.

01:11And look, I'm well aware of the idea that people will not like that.

01:17There will be people that criticize that, and there are certainly people.

01:19You know, Elon Musk has, you know, weighed in every once in a while.

01:24That's their right to do it, and it's my right to say the other side.

01:28It's, I mean, it's hardly a war.

01:30You know, it's like Trump's gone after so many people that this isn't even a skirmish.

01:37You know what I mean?

01:38It's like, it's just what happens.

01:40If Clooney wanted to take the bait, then he would fire back up.

01:44Can I tell you something?

01:45Do you know one of the reasons I think he hasn't taken the bait?

01:48Because there's still a big controversy over the whole Biden thing.

01:52And it's true George Clooney came out and said Joe Biden should sit this one out.

01:56But he said it really late.

01:58And what's come out is a lot of people have said that they knew for a long, long time.

02:04But Clooney has said that he didn't know, and that's why he spoke up.

02:08But he's so, listen, I am way less connected than George Clooney.

02:13I heard this a year before it came out.

02:15And I talked to you about that, about a breakfast I had where this came out.

02:21And so I-

02:22I don't know if that was a year before Clooney.

02:23It was a year.

02:24It was almost a full year before that came out.

02:27Everybody knew.

02:28You just don't all of a sudden one day say, I'm not functioning particularly well.

02:33I mean, you saw it in the media, and a lot of the media didn't show it, but it was pretty damn evident.

02:39I think we very, got completely off the actual subject, but not a first for us.

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