Another Hollywood star sounds off on Trump's MAGA-fied nation as he bids adieu to America
Robert Davis
December 30, 2025
Actor George Clooney and Amal Clooney host their annual fundraiser 'The Albie Awards' in London, Britain, October 3, 2025. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File Photo
Hollywood star George Clooney sounded off on Trump's MAGA-fied America in a new cover story for Variety Magazine published on Tuesday as he announced that he's leaving the country to live in Europe.
The interview was published after Clooney and his family were granted French citizenship, according to reports.
Clooney spoke to Variety about the state of the media following Paramount-Skydance-owned CBS News' hiring of Bari Weiss as its editor-in-chief. Weiss, a controversial former opinion writer at The New York Times, has been at the center of multiple controversies since taking over, including the decision to spike a story about the Trump administration's efforts to send deportees to the infamous CECOT prison in El Salvador
“Bari Weiss is dismantling CBS News as we speak,” Clooney told the outlet. “Am I worried about film studios? Sure. It’s my business, but my primary loyalty is to my country. I’m much more worried about how we inform ourselves and how we’re going to discern reality without a functioning press.”
Clooney also chimed in on recent Supreme Court rulings and the state of the Trump administration. He expressed optimism about America recovering from the Trump administration.
“Just straight up, it’s the economy, stupid,” Clooney said. “It’s more expensive now than it was when Joe Biden left office. And powerful people tend to overplay their hands. I think that cruelty, like separating children from their parents, although popular with small groups of people, doesn’t play well with most Americans.”
Read the entire Variety interview by clicking here.
Robert Davis
December 30, 2025
RAW STORY
Actor George Clooney and Amal Clooney host their annual fundraiser 'The Albie Awards' in London, Britain, October 3, 2025. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File Photo
Hollywood star George Clooney sounded off on Trump's MAGA-fied America in a new cover story for Variety Magazine published on Tuesday as he announced that he's leaving the country to live in Europe.
The interview was published after Clooney and his family were granted French citizenship, according to reports.
Clooney spoke to Variety about the state of the media following Paramount-Skydance-owned CBS News' hiring of Bari Weiss as its editor-in-chief. Weiss, a controversial former opinion writer at The New York Times, has been at the center of multiple controversies since taking over, including the decision to spike a story about the Trump administration's efforts to send deportees to the infamous CECOT prison in El Salvador
“Bari Weiss is dismantling CBS News as we speak,” Clooney told the outlet. “Am I worried about film studios? Sure. It’s my business, but my primary loyalty is to my country. I’m much more worried about how we inform ourselves and how we’re going to discern reality without a functioning press.”
Clooney also chimed in on recent Supreme Court rulings and the state of the Trump administration. He expressed optimism about America recovering from the Trump administration.
“Just straight up, it’s the economy, stupid,” Clooney said. “It’s more expensive now than it was when Joe Biden left office. And powerful people tend to overplay their hands. I think that cruelty, like separating children from their parents, although popular with small groups of people, doesn’t play well with most Americans.”
Read the entire Variety interview by clicking here.
George Clooney slams networks that rolled over for Trump in profane rant
George Clooney on November 2, 2025 (Image: Screengrab via CBS This Morning / YouTube)
France grants citizenship to George and Amal Clooney and their twins Ella and AlexanderGeorge Clooney on November 2, 2025 (Image: Screengrab via CBS This Morning / YouTube)
December 30, 2025
ALTERNET
Actor, director and producer George Clooney recently threw several jabs at media companies that settled with President Donald Trump rather than fight his lawsuits in court.
During a Tuesday interview with Variety while promoting his new film "Jay Kelly," Clooney not only spoke about the president — who he said he used to "know very well" — but about networks that he feels enabled Trump during the early part of his second term. He specifically harped on CBS, having just played legendary CBS anchor Edward R. Murrow in a stage production of the film Good Night and Good Luck (which he co-wrote, starred in and directed).
At the time of the play, CBS' parent company, Paramount, settled with Trump for $16 million after the president sued them over 60 Minutes' interview with 2024 Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. After Paramount settled, the Trump administration approved the company's proposed merger with media giant Skydance.
CBS' new owners then installed conservative columnist Bari Weiss as the new editor-in-chief of the vaunted network's news division. Weiss recently made headlines for killing a 60 Minutes segment about the Trump administration's deportations to an El Salvadoran mega-prison without due process, though a Canadian broadcaster ran the segment, which then spread virally through social media.
"Bari Weiss is dismantling CBS News as we speak," Clooney told Variety. "I’m worried about how we inform ourselves and how we’re going to discern reality without a functioning press."
Clooney also tore into ABC News, which settled with then-President-elect Trump in December of last year after he sued the network over anchor George Stephanopoulos' assertion that Trump had been found guilty of sexually assaulting writer E. Jean Carroll. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who oversaw the case, found Trump liable for sexual abuse and not assault, but clarified that the two were effectively the same thing as the public understood them. Clooney lamented that both major networks chose to concede rather than stand up for themselves.
"If CBS and ABC had challenged those lawsuits and said, 'Go f—— yourself,' we wouldn’t be where we are in the country," Clooney said. "That’s simply the truth."
Click here to read Clooney's full interview.
Actor, director and producer George Clooney recently threw several jabs at media companies that settled with President Donald Trump rather than fight his lawsuits in court.
During a Tuesday interview with Variety while promoting his new film "Jay Kelly," Clooney not only spoke about the president — who he said he used to "know very well" — but about networks that he feels enabled Trump during the early part of his second term. He specifically harped on CBS, having just played legendary CBS anchor Edward R. Murrow in a stage production of the film Good Night and Good Luck (which he co-wrote, starred in and directed).
At the time of the play, CBS' parent company, Paramount, settled with Trump for $16 million after the president sued them over 60 Minutes' interview with 2024 Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. After Paramount settled, the Trump administration approved the company's proposed merger with media giant Skydance.
CBS' new owners then installed conservative columnist Bari Weiss as the new editor-in-chief of the vaunted network's news division. Weiss recently made headlines for killing a 60 Minutes segment about the Trump administration's deportations to an El Salvadoran mega-prison without due process, though a Canadian broadcaster ran the segment, which then spread virally through social media.
"Bari Weiss is dismantling CBS News as we speak," Clooney told Variety. "I’m worried about how we inform ourselves and how we’re going to discern reality without a functioning press."
Clooney also tore into ABC News, which settled with then-President-elect Trump in December of last year after he sued the network over anchor George Stephanopoulos' assertion that Trump had been found guilty of sexually assaulting writer E. Jean Carroll. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who oversaw the case, found Trump liable for sexual abuse and not assault, but clarified that the two were effectively the same thing as the public understood them. Clooney lamented that both major networks chose to concede rather than stand up for themselves.
"If CBS and ABC had challenged those lawsuits and said, 'Go f—— yourself,' we wouldn’t be where we are in the country," Clooney said. "That’s simply the truth."
Click here to read Clooney's full interview.
Via AP news wire
Tuesday 30 December 2025
Call them Monsieur and Madame Clooney.
France’s government says that George Clooney, his wife Amal and their twins Ella and Alexander have been awarded French citizenship.
The naturalizations of the Kentucky-born star of the “Oceans” series of heist movies and his family were announced last weekend in the Journal Officiel, where French government decrees are published.
The government notice indicated that human rights lawyer Amal Clooney was naturalized under her maiden name, Amal Alamuddin. It also noted that George Clooney's middle name is Timothy.
The couple purchased an estate in France in 2021. In an interview with Esquire in October, Clooney described their “farm in France” as their primary residence — a decision the 64-year-old actor and his 47-year-old wife made with their children in mind.
“I was worried about raising our kids in L.A., in the culture of Hollywood,” he told the magazine. “I don’t want them to be walking around worried about paparazzi. I don’t want them being compared to somebody else’s famous kids.”
Growing up away from the spotlight in France, “they’re not on their iPads, you know?” he said. "They have dinner with grown-ups and have to take their dishes in. They have a much better life."
Representatives for George Clooney did not respond to The Associated Press’ request for comment Monday.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether Clooney retained his American citizenship. Amal Clooney was born in Lebanon and raised in the U.K. The 8-year-old twins were born in London.
Call them Monsieur and Madame Clooney.
France’s government says that George Clooney, his wife Amal and their twins Ella and Alexander have been awarded French citizenship.
The naturalizations of the Kentucky-born star of the “Oceans” series of heist movies and his family were announced last weekend in the Journal Officiel, where French government decrees are published.
The government notice indicated that human rights lawyer Amal Clooney was naturalized under her maiden name, Amal Alamuddin. It also noted that George Clooney's middle name is Timothy.
The couple purchased an estate in France in 2021. In an interview with Esquire in October, Clooney described their “farm in France” as their primary residence — a decision the 64-year-old actor and his 47-year-old wife made with their children in mind.
“I was worried about raising our kids in L.A., in the culture of Hollywood,” he told the magazine. “I don’t want them to be walking around worried about paparazzi. I don’t want them being compared to somebody else’s famous kids.”
Growing up away from the spotlight in France, “they’re not on their iPads, you know?” he said. "They have dinner with grown-ups and have to take their dishes in. They have a much better life."
Representatives for George Clooney did not respond to The Associated Press’ request for comment Monday.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether Clooney retained his American citizenship. Amal Clooney was born in Lebanon and raised in the U.K. The 8-year-old twins were born in London.
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