Irish American George Clooney is not just an ardent supporter of President Obama, he's actually a friend.
That fact became clear during the President’s interview with Entertainment Tonight this week, where he discussed his friendship with Clooney, whom he called a 'wonderful guy.'
'The truth is we got to know each other because of a substantive issue,' Obama said. 'He is a terrific advocate on behalf of the people of Darfur, and to the people of Sudan who've been brutalized for a long time. And so when I was a senator - this was well before I was president - that was an issue that I was working together on a bipartisan basis, and George, who had traveled there, done documentaries there, and was very well-informed, came to testify in Congress. And so we got to know each other, and he is a good man, and a good friend.'
According to the Huffington Post, the President praised Clooney's humanitarian work, and noted the effect the actor's star power had on members of his White House staff.
'I will say that the couple of times he's come to the White House, I notice that the staff suddenly is circling around my office,' he said. 'They've got memos they need to make sure I see right away.'
Michelle Obama joked that she thinks it's a 'conspiracy" that she's never around when Clooney comes to town.
'Michelle is always frustrated because a lot of the events that George has been involved in, for some reason, she has something else going on,' the President added.
Clooney has been a deeply committed fundraiser for the Obama campaign throughout the 2012 election cycle, hosting an event at his Los Angeles home in May that raked in $15 million for the President's reelection campaign.
Clooney will also headline an Obama fundraiser in Geneva, Switzerland later this month. Tickets for the event start at $1,000 a person.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.BrianO | Aug 22, 2012, 04:39 PM EDT
Goerge Clooney to self " I think I made a big mistake" just check out the picture.
BrianO | Aug 22, 2012, 04:17 PM EDT
Soggy bottom boys gettin ready for a payday.
bob40wil | Aug 22, 2012, 11:20 AM EDT
Doing a little pandering to the Hollyweird liberal elete are you Barack.
BrianO | Aug 22, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
So glad obama can rub elbows with the 99% ers like clooney, he's just a regular guy running a fund raiser for a $1000 a pop, a real man of the people. so Michele is frustrated and wants a face to face with Clooney, ah well, life is hard.
Searlit | Aug 21, 2012, 10:28 PM EDT
Quite a pair of good compassionate men, I would say.
Springfield9 | Aug 21, 2012, 05:57 PM EDT
Clooney looks good - nobody said he has anything in his hat holder
mairint | Aug 21, 2012, 05:52 PM EDT
Oh you guys at IC - have you nothing else to write about? What a load of cods whallop!
aloistmartin | Aug 21, 2012, 05:07 PM EDT
EphraimKibbey@ Every Red Blooded American Loves: Corned Beef ( Brisket )and Cabbage with Green Potatoes and All the Fixings, Eh Laddie ?
EphraimKibbey | Aug 21, 2012, 04:07 PM EDT
An interesting article - thanks. It is good that we have commenters like Mohawker as it reminds the rest of us just what this president has had to deal with in congress. The unprecidented HATRED is truly revealing. It shows the world that RACISM is very alive and well. Hopefully it also inspires the rest of the world to work that much harder toward its irradication.
peterson | Aug 21, 2012, 03:45 PM EDT
Mohawker and the rest really have it right !!
Mohawker | Aug 21, 2012, 03:23 PM EDT
Here are two losers patting each other on their backs .If clooney is indeed of Irish heritage his connection must be his relatives must have owned a few obamas back when you could . How much does it cost for an obama nowadays anyhow ? My thought is too much .Besides he's not even born in America and has no legitimate claim to the presidency of our Great Nation . So in other words clooney should buy him for a gardener .
Mohawker | Aug 21, 2012, 02:55 PM EDT
a wonderful friend -- instead of him hobnobbing with fancy hollywood he should get his act together that is for sure -- i think it is a little bit to late for that
cillowen | Aug 21, 2012, 01:46 PM EDT
.............................good ACTORS
micky74007 | Aug 21, 2012, 01:39 PM EDT
Clooney is a good actor. So is 'Bama. So what does that tell you?
handsome68 | Aug 21, 2012, 12:14 PM EDT
George Clooney, despite his being a Hollywood liberal, is actually doing good by keeping up the pressure on President Obama to, in turn, keep the pressure on the leaders in Darfur. It is nice to know that there are some out there in La La Land that care more for the poor and the destitute than just their own bottom line.
Murph46 | Aug 21, 2012, 12:06 PM EDT
Who freakin cares?
FastEddy | Aug 21, 2012, 11:37 AM EDT
So is Woopie ...
johhnyb | Aug 21, 2012, 09:44 AM EDT
Of course President Obama is George's friend. The fact that he's the president is totally irrelevant and misleading. Isn't it?