Mile Lanciego
08/11/2024 at 2:52 p.m.
George Clooney returned to his residential Var to inaugurate the Cinéma Liberté in Brignoles on November 7. The actor took the opportunity to express his feelings after Trump's victory in the American elections.
George Clooney brought joy to the Brignolais this November 7. Since investing in the Canadel wine estate in the Var, the American actor has made regular notable appearances under the Provençal sun. He, who has been living with his family in Brignoles in a luxurious house since 2021, had not given any sign of life for a few days. A withdrawal from public life which corresponds to the date of the election of Donald Trump in the United States, last November 5. Present this Thursday at the inauguration of Cinéma Liberté in the charming southern city, the 63-year-old director seems to have come out of his reserve.
After a short speech to the 300 guests present, including several mayors of Provence Verte, George Clooney granted some confidences to “Nice Matin”. Brad Pitt's comrade in “Wolfs”, who never hid his voting intentions for Kamala Harris, spoke of the politician's victory with fair play: “There is an interesting thing about democracy: they have voted and they decided on a candidate. This is how democracy works,” he began.
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A heated exchange with Trump
George Clooney's impartiality did not last long, faced with his obvious disappointment after the election result: “Sometimes it's not the person you want. The good news is that democracy always wins, we will continue to live and present a candidate another day,” he continued. When a reporter later asked him what he thought of Trump, Amal Clooney's husband replied: “It's not the right time to talk about that.”
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George Clooney's political ideas made noise last summer, when the billionaire wrote an op-ed in “The New York Times”. The film producer thanked Joe Biden for having “saved democracy in 2020”, nevertheless explaining that he was impatiently awaiting a renewal: “We need a new candidate”. Statements to which Donald Trump himself responded. “What does George Clooney know about anything,” he said before getting annoyed: “He uses the Democratic argument to say that Biden, the WORST president in the history of the States -United, saved our democracy. »
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