George Clooney covers the December issue of Esquire and talks about his relationship with other A-listers such as Brad Pitt, Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Clooney talked about his feud with Crowe, his admiration for Pitt and bonding with DiCaprio in Cabo over a game of basketball.
He explained that Crowe apologized to him for “insulting the sh-t out of me” by sending him a “book of poems.”
"He picked a fight with me. He started it for no reason at all. He put out this thing saying, ‘George Clooney, Harrison Ford, and Robert De Niro are sellouts.’ And I put out a statement saying, ‘He’s probably right. And I’m glad he told us, ’cause Bob and Harrison and I were also thinking about starting a band, which would also fall under the heading of bad use of celebrity.,” he explained.
He added that he sent him a note that read, “‘Dude, the only people who succeed when two famous people are fighting is People magazine. What the f--k is wrong with you?’"
Clooney went on to say with the help of some friends, they beat DiCaprio
“three straight: 11–0, 11–0, 11–0” in basketball even though “you have all these guys talking sh-t,” Huffington Post reports.
As for Pitt, Clooney called him “incredibly talented and smart,” and he thinks he’s really handled fame the right way.
“For a long time now, Brad has been the biggest movie star in the world. He’s bigger than me, bigger than DiCaprio. And I really admire how he deals with that. It’s not easy for him,” he said. “But he tries to be the most honest version of Brad Pitt that he can be. And he also remains unavailable. He’s still a giant movie star because you can’t get to him."
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