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George Clooney’s tradition with his wife Amal Clooney that he is used as a joke in Hollywood

George Clooney’s tradition with his wife Amal Clooney that he is used as a joke in Hollywood

George Clooney may be one of Hollywood’s most respected actors, thanks to his work on and off screen, but he’s also a notorious prankster.

The 63-year-old star has developed a reputation as a prankster on set and among his industry colleagues and friends. and the latest one is about letter writing.

While George has spoken a lot in the past about exchanging sweet letters with his wife Amal Clooney, which has greatly contributed to their romance, he is now using it to have a little laugh.

During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, He recalled that the host once gave him fake stationery as a fun gift.bearing the names of former President Bill Clinton and his close friend and The Wolves co-star Brad Pitt.

“I got a letter from President Clinton and I had this paper duplicated. I don’t know if it’s a crime or not,” Jimmy told the crowd. “I gave it to you because I knew it would be in good hands and you’d have a lot of fun with it.”

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George admitted to using Jimmy’s stationery to play pranks on Hollywood actors

At this point, George then confessed that he had used the stationery to send letters to prominent figures, saying: “Every actor I know, I send them a letter from Bill Clinton… I try to find their worst movie and I say, ‘I was on a plane and I saw your…’, you know.”

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Jimmy added that he also sent him stationery for Richard Kind, and George called the fake Brad Pitt “brutal,” admitting that he sent it to “everyone,” including Don Cheadle, Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep.

THE NIGHT OF THE CORRESPONDENTS AT THE WHITE HOUSE© Getty Images
He often sent letters to the Hollywood elite posing as Bill Clinton.

“I sent it to Tom Cruise and told him they wanted to do it (Interview with the Vampire 2), but this time Brad wants to play Lestat,” he told the laughing studio audience. “And I sent it to Meryl Streep with a box of dialect CDs and I said, ‘This guy helped me with my accent in Troy and I think he could really help you.'”

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The host then added to the story that the Troy The actor told him that Tom actually called and said, “Yeah, that’s cool, you can play Lestat, that’s good, that’s fine with me,” and Brad mumbled, “What are you talking about?”

Brad Pitt and George Clooney attend the Los Angeles premiere of The Apple Original "The Wolves" at the TCL Chinese Theatre on September 18, 2024 in Hollywood, California.© Getty Images
He most often pretended to be his best friend Brad Pitt

George, stunned, revealed that many of his victims somehow manage to understand that he might be behind it all. “Usually there’s an element of guesswork in my case. Usually they can guess it.”

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Jimmy then asked if he had been blamed for things he didn’t do, and the Syrian The star replied with a laugh: “No, but I will say this: once you’ve done really bad, long-term things, it’s like having nuclear weapons.”

Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt star in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles.© Getty Images
George sent a letter to Tom pretending to be Brad, asking for information about “Interview with the Vampire 2”

“Everybody is so terrified that you could do it,” he continued. “There was someone named Richard Kind and they wanted to do it, I think it was Punk’d or one of those concerts (expletive), and they wanted to piss me off. And they called all my friends and they said, “No! He might put a dead body in my apartment.”