Trump calls '60 Minutes' George Clooney segment a 'puff piece'
- Donald Trump criticized George Clooney on Truth Social, calling him a 'second rate movie star' and a failed political pundit after Clooney's CBS interview about press freedom and his Broadway play, Good Night, and Good Luck.
- In the interview, Clooney spoke about the importance of journalistic freedom and noted defamation lawsuits against media organizations, calling them efforts to 'make journalists smaller.'
- Clooney humorously responded to Trump's attack, suggesting he would return to television if Trump did as well.
- The Broadway play Good Night, and Good Luck is scheduled to open on April 3 and will run until June 8 at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York.
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Donald Trump, annoyed by actor George Clooney's comments on a TV show: "A failed political pundit"
Donald Trump has criticized actor and Democratic activist George Clooney, calling him a "failed political pundit" and describing his interview with the American news show "60 Minutes" as a "filler piece."
Donald Trump rips George Clooney’s 60 Minutes interview: ‘Puff Piece’ on a ‘Second-Rate Movie Star’
US President Donald Trump lashed out at 60 Minutes for airing an interview with George Clooney, calling the actor a “second-rate movie star” and dismissing the segment as a “puff piece.”
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