Hollywood A-lister, who was raised a Democrat, supported Kamala Harris after urging Joe Biden to drop out of the race. “I was raised a Democrat in Kentucky,” Clooney, 63, told Colbert and the studio audience. “So I’ve had a lot of fun in my life, as you can imagine.”.
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He continued: “And you know, I’ve lost a lot of elections. The first time I voted, it was 1980, so I was a Carter guy and Reagan won. And then I lost to some Bushes. And I won with some Clintons and Obamas. “You know, this is Democracy. And this is how it works,” he conceded.
Colbert interjected to joke: “How did it go this time for you? I forgot who you were supporting.”. “It didn’t work out. That’s what happens,” the Oceans Twelve actor said, shrugging. “It’s part of democracy. And there are people who agree and people who disagree and most of us still like each other. And we’ll get through it.”.
Clooney went on to use his seven-year-old son Alexander’s love of chess as an example of how to lose graciously. “He plays a lot of older kids. And he’s not winning all the time, as you can imagine. And he gets upset, and I say, ‘Listen, you shake the guy’s hand and you say good game I’ll get you next time,’” the ER alum said, adding that “you’ve gotta live by those rules.”.
Indirectly speaking to Trump, Clooney said: “Alright, okay. Good for you. I hope you do well because our country needs it, and we will meet you in 3.5 years and see where we go next.”. “Let’s not get out over our skis, George,” he teased. “You know you play by the rules, but both sides have to believe there should be rules.”.
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