George Clooney has been called "the Mayor of Hollywood."
He's friends with former President Barack Obama, Britain's Prince Harry, actors Don
Cheadle, Matt Damon, and Brad Pitt — and iconic model Cindy Crawford.
But that doesn't mean everyone's a fan.
For reasons ranging from the silly to the adorable, here are some celebs who just can't
stand Gorgeous George.
Once upon a time, Russell Crowe made a comment about Clooney — and the rest was beefy history.
"Well, we can do this the easy way…Ow…We're currently doing it the easy way."
According to The Guardian, Crowe told reporters in 2005,
"I don't do ads for suits in Spain like George Clooney.
[…] It's not the first time he's disappointed me."
After that little nugget, Clooney revealed to Esquire that Crowe attempted to make amends,
claiming,
"So [Russell] sends me a disc of his music and a thing of his poetry.
I think he said, 'I was all misquoted,' and I was like, 'Yeah, yeah.
Whatever.'"
Clooney assumed Crowe only reached out because they were about to cross paths during awards
season.
And he said he responded to Crowe's comments in a statement, which apparently ruffled Crowe's
feathers.
Clooney shared,
"That's when he really went off on me.
'Who the f--- does this guy think he is?
He's a Frank Sinatra wannabe.'
He really went after me."
Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio aren't exactly enemies, but there has been some trash talking
in their relationship.
Clooney recalled the time he and his friends played a game of basketball with DiCaprio
and his friends, telling Esquire in 2013,
"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."
"If there's anything that you want.
Just ask for it, old sport."
Following the feature, Clooney's publicist said in a statement to E! News:
"The Leo comments were all made in fun about basketball.
Not about Leo's life.
The [Esquire] writer and George were laughing about basketball buddies."
Regardless, DiCaprio ended up defending himself and his baller friends, telling ShortList,
"It's a mixture of actors and non-actors — guys I went to school with.
And guys that I met in the industry, such as Kevin Connolly and Tobey Maguire."
Sounds like that supposed feud was just a bunch of hoop-lah.
OK, this one's completely adorable.
While promoting her thriller Gravity at TIFF, Sandra Bullock shared that her son, Louis,
is a big fan of her co-star and longtime pal, Clooney.
"Louis' not like any other kid.
He looks you in the eye and he's a dude."
The actress told reporters,
"[Louis] thinks [Clooney is] the coolest dude.
If there's a choice between me, and George […] my son will leave me to be with George."
But that bond was put to the test once Louis saw a clip of his mom's movie.
"You need to focus.
Anything.
The sun.
The earth.
Give me coordinates."
"Can't breathe.
I can't breathe."
Sandra told Absolute Radio that Louis "[blamed] George" for what happened to her character.
She joked,
"He saw just one little clip that I was watching, I was flailing off asking for help, and he
was a little upset as to why George wasn't helping me."
That's pretty cute.
Years after Clooney and Ryan Gosling worked together on The Ides of March, there were
whispers regarding Gosling's opinion of Clooney.
Life & Style reported,
"[Ryan] can barely stand to share oxygen with him.
[…] Ryan was disgusted with George's antics [and] felt George would talk nonstop about
things like friends picking up prostitutes."
"You ok?"
"We're gonna be fine.
We have to do it, it's the right thing to do, and nothing bad happens when you're doing
the right thing."
But as juicy as the rumor may be, it appears to be nothing more than gossip.
In 2011, Gosling deadpanned to Extra of Clooney,
"He's, you know, he's hard to be around because he's so handsome, charming, smart, you know,
funny.
He's all those things.
Pretty depressing."
In an interview with New York magazine that same year, Gosling said he had a great experience
working with Clooney, sharing,
"He's like Bugs Bunny.
He's good at everything, and nothing really fazes him.
He's Bugs Bunny, and I'm Daffy Duck."
That's all, folks!
This is another lighthearted "feud" that's more of a funny story.
On a 2018 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Saoirse Ronan reminisced about a run-in she had with
Clooney at the 2008 Academy Awards.
Well, more like a run-in her mother had with Clooney at the 2008 Academy Awards.
As Ronan was doing interviews on the red carpet, her mom was busy trying to get the train of
her own dress out from under the foot of an A-list celebrity, who just happened to be
Mr. Clooney.
Eventually, he just walked away, totally oblivious to the incident.
Ronan said of her mom,
"She came up to me after and she was like, 'You'll never believe what just happened to
me.
You'll never believe what George Clooney just did to me.'"
When Clooney and director David O. Russell worked together on 1999's Three Kings, they
apparently butted heads — literally.
In a 2000 interview with Playboy, Clooney said he attempted to put a stop to Russell
screaming at people on set, but it didn't go well.
According to Clooney, Russell called him names, started yelling, and then things got physical.
Clooney claimed,
"[Russell] started banging me on the head with his head.
[…] I had him by the throat.
I was going to kill him.
Kill him.
Finally, he apologized, but I walked away."
In 2004, Clooney addressed the infamous moment, telling Premiere,
"Quite honestly, if he comes near me, I'll sock him right in the f------ mouth."
Yikes!
So what was Russell's response?
He allegedly said,
"I never physically attacked him.
If I ran into him, I'd say, 'Shut the f--- up, you lying-a-- b----.'"
But the bad blood didn't last forever.
Clooney told The Hollywood Reporter that he later ran into Russell at a party and asked
if they were quote "done" and Russell replied, "Please."
And that's that.
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