George Clooney was allegedly enraged when “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski implied Barack Obama was behind his New York Instances op-ed calling for former President Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 race.
Creator Chris Whipple alleged in his new e book, “Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris and the Odds within the Wildest Marketing campaign in Historical past,” and journalist Tara Palmeri’s Substack publication, “The Purple Letter,” that Clooney, 63, referred to as one of many MSNBC’s present’s producers, with whom he’s pleasant, to pontificate on the section.
“His cellphone lit up and it’s George Clooney — an excellent buddy of his — and Clooney went completely ballistic,” Whipple claimed. “What ensued was an change of F-bombs for, you already know, a number of minutes.”
The creator alleged that the “Ocean’s Eleven” star was “apoplectic” that Brzezinski, 57, had recommended on the air that Obama, 63, “put him as much as” the op-ed and no person had “challenged” the host on her perception.
Brzezinski’s actual phrases through the July 11, 2024 present had been, “This wasn’t George Clooney. … I believe that Barack Obama has quite a lot of affect, and I believe that there’s, there’s quite a bit there.”
Palmeri, quoting Whipple’s e book, went on to share the alleged change that occurred on the heated name.
“‘You [f–ked] me. You’re my buddy. You need to have stood up for me,’” Clooney allegedly instructed the MSNBC producer, whose title Whipple declined to show.
The “Morning Joe” staffer reportedly responded, “‘George, it’s simply not a film, the place you go script web page to script web page,” prompting the “Batman & Robin” star to allegedly hit again, “F–okay you.”
Whipple claimed the producer then responded, “‘[F–k] your self,’” which Palmeri, 37, praised.
The journalist stated, “I’ve acquired to provide it to the producer. Not quite a lot of them would most likely shout again at an A-list actor like that.”
Additional studying from Whipple’s e book, she acknowledged that Clooney allegedly referred to as the producer again at second time as a result of he was “so offended.”
“This can be a morning discuss present on a cable channel. No person offers a [f–k] if we are saying if [Biden] ought to get out or if he ought to keep in,” the producer then allegedly instructed the “Up within the Air” star, making an attempt to downplay the ordeal.
“No person [f–king] cares. It’s sky-writing. It’s [f–king] gone. George, I instructed you earlier than. We’ll attempt to handle it tomorrow morning. I promise you.”
Clooney allegedly responded, although, by saying, “I don’t know whether or not I belief you,” which actually pissed off the producer, who then allegedly replied, “Nicely, [f–k] you should you don’t belief me. Cease [f–king] calling me.”
Palmeri concluded, “Doesn’t sound just like the cool George Clooney that we all know.”
Web page Six has reached out to the actor’s rep for remark however didn’t instantly hear again.
