Clooney Keeps His Digital Distance From Obama
Hollywood Newsroom is now Buzz Newsroom! Visit and bookmark our new site. Buzz is bigger and better, including sports, world news, gadgets and the entertainment news that you're used to. Same staff, just more stuff! Why Fark, Drudge and Huffington when you can Buzz!?As far as George Clooney is concerned, he and Scarlett Johansson are in the same boat.
“I have never texted or emailed Senator Obama. And I’ll offer a million dollars to anyone who could prove otherwise. In fact, I’ve only talked to the Senator once in the last year and a half….on the phone,” the Oscar-winning actor said Tuesday in a statement released by his publicist, Stan Rosenfield.
No, that’s not just a random statement. It’s in response to an item published by the Los Angeles Times Friday stating that Clooney “frequently text messages the Illinois senator with whom he’s been friends for many years.”
“I’ve spent more time with Senator McCain (he did my TV show) then I have with Senator Obama,” the jocular thesp continued.
“I would hope that my friend John McCain would join me in condemning this kind of politics. Although I support Senator Obama I would never be dumb enough to offer policy advice to either candidate. They seem to be doing fine without me.”
- from Variety