George Clooney Pushes Back at Donald Trump
The ex-president often whines about the so-called Hollywood Elite.
In 2017, George Clooney offered a savage response to Trump for that ‘Hollywood Elite’ comment.
It all goes back to 2017. George Clooney appeared for an interview with the Daily Beast, criticizing Donald Trump for calling him a “Hollywood elite living in a bubble.”
Clooney’s response comment has resurfaced several times. It is trending again.
In the resurfaced interview that is now going viral on X (formerly Twitter), Clooney, who sold insurance door-to-door back in Kentucky, called out Trump for his hypocrisy, stressing that the idea of “coastal elites living in a bubble is ridiculous” since many people come from the Mideast to have a career in Hollywood.
Recalling his challenges, the ER Star said he was “born and raised in Kentucky and had to sell insurance and women’s footwear door to door to make ends meet at a very young age. He also recounted doing all-nighters in liquor stores to ‘buy suits that were too big and too long’ and making ties out of the bottoms of pants so that he had a tie to go on job interviews.’
He further said his growing-up experience was “like to live without medical insurance for eight years.”
“Here’s the thing: I grew up in Kentucky. I sold insurance door-to-door. I sold ladies’ shoes. I worked at an all-night liquor store. I would buy suits that were too big and too long and cut the bottom of the pants off to make ties so I’d have a tie to go on job interviews. I grew up understanding what it was like to not have health insurance for eight years.”
Calling Trump a man born with a silver spoon in his mouth,” Clooney explained the struggles one faces in showbiz.
“He lives in a gold tower and has 12 people in his company. He doesn’t run a corporation of hundreds of thousands of people he employs and takes care of. He ran a company of 12 people! When you direct a film you have seven different unions all wanting different things, you have to find consensus with all of them, and you have to get them moving in the same direction. He’s never had to do any of that kind of stuff. I just look at it and I laugh when I see him say ‘Hollywood elite.’ Hollywood elite? I don’t have a star on Hollywood Boulevard. Donald Trump takes a dump in a gold toilet bowl and has a star on Hollywood Boulevard! F–k you!”
George Clooney’s fans hail him for clapping back at Trump
It is worth mentioning that Clooney’s scathing statements have reappeared on the internet ahead of the 2024 presidential election, in which Trump is the Republican frontrunner.
His fans have praised him for hitting back at Trump by calling the American actor and filmmaker a “fantastic” and “authentic” person.
Lambasting Trump, one of Clooney’s fans said: “Trump lives in a gold tower and has twelve people in his company. He doesn’t run a corporation of hundreds of thousands of people he employs and cares for. He ran a company of twelve people! George Clooney is unstoppable.”
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“Donald Trump calling anyone “elite” is preposterous. Mr. Trump is so elite he thinks you need ID to buy bread at a grocery store, another wrote.
“Clooney gave a fantastic response by sharing his own life story so amazingly,” another added.
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