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Thu Apr 24, 2025, 10:59 PM 14 hrs ago

Megyn Kelly Delivers 11-Minute Rant About George Clooney After He Blasts Her for Not Being a Journalist: 'Are Hollywood

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Megyn Kelly Delivers 11-Minute Rant About George Clooney After He Blasts Her for Not Being a Journalist: ‘Are Hollywood Roles Getting a Little Hard to Come by as You Age?”

George Clooney recently stuck up for himself against Megyn Kelly, but the former Fox News anchor did not take his criticism lightly.

During Clooney’s appearance alongside Patti LuPone on Variety‘s Broadway Actors on Actors, LuPone noted that Clooney has been labeled “a communist” and “a fascist” for his political activism over the years. Clooney, for his part, made no apologies about speaking “truth to power,” adding that “I didn’t give up my constitutional rights when I became an actor.”

“I don’t care much in terms of what they say,” Clooney said. “You see Megyn Kelly, who’s come out and said I’m not a journalist. I didn’t say I was a journalist.”

LuPone interjected: “Neither is she. ”

He continued, “I’ve at least been to Darfur and Sudan and the Congo and been shot at to try to get stories out. I’m not quite sure what she’s done to be a journalist.”

Clooney is currently starring on Broadway as famed journalist Edward R. Murrow in “Good Night, and Good Luck.” At the end of the play, adapted from the actor-director’s 2005 movie of the same name, there’s a montage that features real-life news clips with Kelly, Elon Musk and more.

“ We don’t tell people what to think when we show that montage at the end,” Clooney said. “We only show her words in this play. We don’t tell people what to think. It’s not out of context. We don’t manipulate it. We literally just go, ‘These are your words.’”

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/megyn-kelly-delivers-11-minute-203141898.html

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Megyn Kelly Delivers 11-Minute Rant About George Clooney After He Blasts Her for Not Being a Journalist: 'Are Hollywood (Original Post) question everything 14 hrs ago OP
Internet nobody attacks aging Hollywood star Johonny 14 hrs ago #1
The difference is, of course: Clooney plays a jounalist on stage, while Ms Kelly plays one on television. marble falls 14 hrs ago #2
Megyn Kelly is still a thing?? Who knew.. NoMoreRepugs 14 hrs ago #3
She claims to be a journalist but only deals in MAGAt personal attacks, and was paid millions to get lost. UTUSN 11 hrs ago #4
Good on George Clooney... Cha 11 hrs ago #5
Since he trashed President Biden last year SocialDemocrat61 7 hrs ago #6

Johonny

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1. Internet nobody attacks aging Hollywood star
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 11:13 PM
14 hrs ago

In least interesting political fight of 2025. Who wins, who cares?

marble falls

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2. The difference is, of course: Clooney plays a jounalist on stage, while Ms Kelly plays one on television.
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 11:13 PM
14 hrs ago

UTUSN

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4. She claims to be a journalist but only deals in MAGAt personal attacks, and was paid millions to get lost.
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 01:46 AM
11 hrs ago

Cha

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5. Good on George Clooney...
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 02:08 AM
11 hrs ago

MK is a Fascist Gaslighting ex fox Screws Stooge... in the sewer.

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