George Clooney Recalls Gifting 14 Of His Friends $1 Million Each!
Back in 2017, George Clooney’s friend Rande Gerber appeared on MSNBC where he shared that Clooney gifted several of his closest friends loads of money. While Clooney never spoke out or confirmed reports about his big gifts, he’s doing so now in a new interview!
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While speaking with GQ, which crowned Clooney its Icon of the Year, he explained that he made this sweet gesture in 2013, before he was married and had kids. He said he just wanted to do something that would relay the appreciation he holds for all his friends who helped him in his time of need.
“I was a single guy. All of us were aging. I was 52 or something. And most of my friends are older than me. And I thought, what I do have are these guys who’ve all, over a period of 35 years, helped me in one way or another. I’ve slept on their couches when I was broke. They loaned me money when I was broke. They helped me when I needed help over the years. And I’ve helped them over the years. We’re all good friends. And I thought, you know, without them I don’t have any of this. And we’re all really close, and I just thought basically if I get hit by a bus, they’re all in the will. So why the fuck am I waiting to get hit by a bus?”
So how did he give it to them? Well, the actor pulled a move reminiscent of his “Ocean’s” franchise – he rented an old van that read “Florist,” and loaded up 14 cases each with a million dollars in cash; and then invited his friends over.
“I just held up a map and I just pointed to all the places I got to go in the world and all the things I’ve gotten to see because of them,” Clooney recalled. “And I said, ‘How do you repay people like that?’ And I said, ‘Oh, well: How about a million bucks?'”
He went on to share,
“You know, it’s funny,” Clooney said. “I remember talking to one really rich asshole who I ran into in a hotel in Vegas—certainly a lot richer than I am. And I remember the story about the cash had come out, and he was like, ‘Why would you do that?’” He concluded: “And I was like, ‘Why wouldn’t you do that, you schmuck?’ “
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