George Clooney opened up about why he pushed President Joe Biden to leave the 2024 race and his worries about President Donald Trump in a new interview.
Actor George Clooney opened up about his decision to drop his support for former President Joe Biden in a new interview, saying seeing him «up close» last year was enough to dissuade him.
Clooney, a lifelong Democrat, defended his decision to pen a New York Times opinion piece calling for Biden to leave the presidential race just weeks after the A-lister and other Hollywood stars helped garner $30 million in donations for Biden at a Los Angeles fundraiser.
«I was raised to tell the truth», Clooney, the son of a journalist, said when asked about the essay on «60 Minutes» Sunday. «I had seen the president up close for his fundraiser, and I was surprised, and so I feel as if there were a lot of profiles in cowardice in my party through all of that. And I was not proud of that, and I also believed I had to tell the truth.»
Clooney’s essay came on the heels of Biden’s dismal debate showing that sent shockwaves through the party last June.
«I’ve always liked Joe Biden and I like him still», Clooney later added, revealing that he was «surprised» by Biden when he saw the former president in person.
