14 DAY TRIAL // In what is probably his most candid interview ever, George Clooney is setting the record straight on an older feud (of sorts) with Russell Crowe, his real opinion on Leonardo DiCaprio and why he’d never be “in” Twitter.
In the latest issue of Esquire magazine, George drops the gloves and then picks up one again to smack Russell in the face. Their dispute goes back to an older interview in which Crowe accused George (and Harrison Ford and Robert De Niro) of being “sellouts” for doing commercials overseas.
He used the term “Frank Sinatra wannabe” for all of them but, when he realized what he’d done, he tried to apologize to Clooney in person and by means of a poetry book he send him. Clooney is still a long way from forgiving him.
“And that’s when he really went off on me. ‘Who the [expletive] does this guy think he is? He’s a Frank Sinatra wannabe.’ He really went after me. The truth is that [Russell Crowe] did send me a book of poems to apologize for insulting the [expletive] out of me, which he did. I think he said ‘I was misquoted’ and I was like, ‘Yeah, yeah. Whatever’,” Clooney tells the publication.
The “whatever” is enough hint that they’re still to kiss and make up.
Clooney also has less than nice things to say about DiCaprio, whom he met and hung out for a basketball game a while back. He doesn’t say something bad specifically about Leo, but he does make it clear that he believes he could use a finer selection of friends.
The actor recalls that, before the game, DiCaprio’s friends would boast that they would kick George and his friends’ butts but that never happened. “And the discrepancy between their game and how they talked about their game made me think of how important it is to have someone in your life to tell you what’s what. I’m not sure if Leo has someone like that,” he adds.
In the same interview, George defends his good friend and occasional collaborator Brad Pitt and explains why he’s not a fan of social media. The need for privacy is much more important for him, he says, hilariously saying he’d never be “in” Twitter like Ashton Kutcher.