Hunter Biden recently made headlines by speaking openly about the ongoing Hunter Biden George Clooney feud during an interview with Channel 5’s Andrew Callaghan. This intense exchange was sparked by Clooney’s 2023 New York Times op-ed urging President Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race due to concerns about his health and capacity to lead.
The underlying tension between Hunter Biden and George Clooney stems from public statements and backdoor disputes that reveal a complex and bitter dynamic between the Biden family and the actor-activist. Hunter’s detailed account sheds light on the personal and political stakes behind this unexpected clash.
Background of Clooney’s Controversial Critique of President Biden
Last year, George Clooney wrote an opinion piece titled
I Love Joe Biden, But We Need a New Nominee,
urging the sitting president to step aside from the 2024 election due to what Clooney described as diminishing cognitive abilities. This article ignited public debate about Biden’s fitness for office and upset the president’s inner circle.
Adding to the tension, an account surfaced describing an awkward moment at a high-profile fundraiser, where President Biden appeared to not immediately recognize Clooney. According to Jake Tapper’s book, Biden looked
“severely diminished, as if he’d aged a decade since Clooney last saw him in December 2022.”
During that encounter, an aide quietly reminded Biden of Clooney’s identity, to which Biden replied,
“Yeah, yeah. Thank you for being here.”
This interaction was seen by some as evidence that Biden was struggling, while others disputed the implications.
Hunter Biden’s Perspective on the Fundraiser Incident
Hunter Biden disputed the narrative that Clooney had to be introduced to the president at the fundraiser, providing his own detailed explanation during the interview. He emphasized how public events with the president typically involve staff announcing names of arriving guests to help Biden keep track.
“Here’s what [Clooney] said. He said that the president needed to be introduced to him at a fundraiser that he was ostensibly the host of. There’s this gigantic fundraiser in which George Clooney wasn’t really the host. He was the entertainment. God bless him. I appreciate when entertainers and movie stars are on our side, want to raise money and stuff like that. If you’re with the president at any given time, you probably have been at a rope line. What happens is people come to take pictures, usually before or after an event. The president will line up, people will come up and they’ll take a picture with them and he’ll say ‘Hello,’”
Hunter explained.
He elaborated further,
“There’s a person that stands next to the president, and they say, ‘Mr. President, George Clooney and Julia Roberts.’ ‘Hey, George, Julia, how you doing?’ And you may have been filming him all day, and he may know George for the last 30 years, and he may have met him 15 times, but the guy on his shoulder, who’s usually a military officer, has one job to say the name of the person that’s walking up. That’s it. And George Clooney is now going to rationalize why he attempted to cut the knees out from a sitting president, the most successful president in the history of his party in his life in terms of the legislative policies that he wanted to see passed, had to justify somehow him going above and beyond to write an op-ed in The New York Times to try to force the sitting president of the United States out of the out of the race. And so he makes up this story about how the president had to be introduced to him.”
Hidden Frustrations Around Clooney’s Opposition to Biden
Hunter also revealed underlying reasons for Clooney’s animosity toward his father, linking it to tensions involving an international arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Clooney reportedly expressed anger over Biden’s refusal to honor an arrest warrant, which Clooney’s wife is said to have played a key role in crafting.
“By the way, I remember that George Clooney wasn’t going to show up to that fundraiser. He was bitching to the White House staff, the senior staff that he was so angry that the president would criticize the arrest warrant that was executed for Netanyahu, and the president, when asked if they would arrest Netanyahu if he came to the United States, said he would not have the authority, nor would he do that. I guess George Clooney’s wife was the principal architect of that arrest, of that warrant for Netanyahu. And I don’t judge that in one way or another if it was the right thing or not. He was very, very angry that my dad did not pay homage to her or something. And I understand defending your wife or something, but I saw the text messages that he wrote, reams of text messages like, ‘How dare he do that.’ And he kept promising that he was going to embarrass the president and pull out of the fundraiser,”
Hunter continued.
Hunter’s Scathing Rebuke of Clooney’s Influence and Motives
Hunter did not hold back harsh criticism for Clooney’s political interference and influence, including an alleged impact on actor Jack Black’s choices. He dismissed Clooney’s authority to challenge a sitting president with emotional intensity and explicit language.
“No. 1, I agree with Quentin Tarantino [you can find the Quentin-George story here]. F-king George Clooney is not a f-king actor. He is f-king like… I don’t know what he is. He’s a brand. And by the way, God bless him. You know what? He supposedly treats his friends really well. You know what I mean? Buys them things, and he’s got a really great place in Lake Como, and he’s great friends with Barack Obama. F-k you. What do you have to do with f-king anything? Why do I have to f-king listen to you? What right do you have to step on a man who’s given 52 years of his f-king life to the service of this country and decide that you, George Clooney, are going to take out basically a full page ad in the f-king New York Times to undermine the president at a time in which, by the way, what do people care about the most? Why do you think that the Republicans have an advantage over us? Because they’re unified.”
Implications of the Feud and What Lies Ahead
This public clash between Hunter Biden and George Clooney exposes deep divisions within the political and celebrity worlds surrounding President Biden’s leadership and legacy. Hunter’s outspoken defense highlights his frustration with perceived betrayals from Hollywood allies, while Clooney’s intervention reflects broader debates about the future of the Democratic Party heading into 2024.
As the presidential race progresses, the Hunter Biden George Clooney feud adds a dramatic personal dimension to the political conversation, suggesting continuing tensions among influential supporters and critics. How this discord will affect Biden’s campaign and public perception remains uncertain, but it underscores the high stakes and emotional intensity that surround the 2024 election cycle.
Our Reader’s Queries
Q. Did George Clooney go to Harvard?
A. George Clooney went to Northern Kentucky University and the University of Cincinnati but did not finish his degree at either school.
