Clooney, O'Reilly spar over tsunami telethon

[mountainvue]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/10/oreilly.clooney/index.html

Monday, January 10, 2005 Posted: 10:47 PM EST (0347 GMT)

(CNN) -- Three years after they jousted over a celebrity telethon that raised millions for 9/11 victims, Fox News' Bill O'Reilly and actor George Clooney are at it again, this time over what will happen to funds pledged in a telethon for tsunami victims.

In a letter sent by e-mail Monday, Clooney lashed out at the host of "The O'Reilly Factor," saying comments he made last week on his program will lead to lower contributions in Saturday's celebrity-driven telethon.

The caustic message from Clooney also challenges O'Reilly to serve as a presenter in the event.

"This is your chance to put your considerable money where your considerable mouth is," Clooney writes in the note sarcastically signed "Your fan."

[Ediacara]

1. put your considerable money where your considerable mouth is

LOL, wow, when Clooney's not scripted, he's fucking BRILLIANT!

[gatorboy]

3. He's brilliant when he is scripted....

..When he's a Dapper Dan man!


Mah hair!

[kysrsoze]

25. Clooney is very cool. He doesn't give a shit what anybody thinks

I respect him for doing what he wants and calling bullshit when he sees it.

[Catherine Vincent]

2. I like this Clooney fella.

He's right. O'Reily don't care about the tsunami victims. He just wants to bad mouth the celebrities and liberals. Asswipe.

[mountainvue]

7. Yup. He made a big deal about the 9/11

money not going to the Red Cross. I guess his fact checker missed that the 9/11 telethon was to benefit United Way.:eyes:

[bluestateguy]

4. It is very hard to get into a public war of words with a talk show host

Why? Because the talk show host has the microphone every day. They see too it that they always get the last word. And they can yammer on and on about it for three hours every day. The person on the other side usually does not get quite that level of exposure.

[StaggerLee]

22. True

Maybe Jon Stewart can fill that gap for Mr Clooney.

Hey Jon - are ya listenin'?

:D

[Goldeneye]

5. Was this necessary?

Why couldn't they have used a pic of Clooney instead?

[quiet.american]

8. lol -- amen! n/t

[nashville_brook]

11. nice fake contact lenses -- yak!

[DulceDecorum]

12. Ahh, the falafel smirk .....

WHERE ARE HIS HANDS
AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

http://www.falaphilia.com/

[genieroze]

13. Take it away, my eyes are burning.

:puke:

[AngryOldDem]

34. Yours are just burning?

Mine are melting out of my head...

That man is just disgusting.

[chookie]

15. GET ME AN EMERGENCY ANTIDOTE -- STAT!!

[Goldeneye]

16. Nicely done...what a relief that picture is...

[TOhioLiberal]

19. Hubba hubba!

What a FINE looking man! (So sorry, drool moment over...;))

[0007]

31. I agree and I'm a straight male.

Is hubba hubba telling me your a foxy old timer? LOL!

[TOhioLiberal]

35. I don't know...

...is 42 old? LOL :) ;) :7

[ninkasi]

21. Hey, unfair!

I thought I was over and done with menopause, and that picture is giving me serious hot flashes again!

[Catamount]

24. Now that's what I mean! Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:)

[mountainvue]

33. I'm printing that out and putting it on my wall.

Whew!

[XanaDUer]

17. Hmmm, he sort of *does* look like something Ed Gein

constructed after he finished re-upholstering the furniture.

[Catamount]

23. How about a picture of George to make up for this? Pleassssseee

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

29. I never noticed the resemblance before

[quiet.american]

6. Now, there's one "George" I like! n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

9. Another great retort..

"But Clooney wrote in his note, "it was not the Red Cross but the United Way that sponsored that telethon... an easy mistake to make... if you're 3."

[Goldeneye]

10. can't you just hear him saying that?

[mountainvue]

14. Yes! n/t

[Rowdyboy]

18. Clooney told me a joke and brushed my elbow during the filming of

"O, Brother Where Art Thou?" (I was an extra lucky enough to be positioned close to him). He was an extraordinarily nice guy who was always polite oto the extras who asked for pictures/autographs (even after the director told them not to).

He is one extremely cool guy.

[mountainvue]

20. I am sooo jealous. I would've passed

out!:)

[Rowdyboy]

26. He was extremely sexy....John Turturo was pretty impressive too

It was the scene wher his daughters performed the song "In the Hedges..." and later when daddy talked to them, they told him he wasn't "bona fide" and the mama said a train hit him and "all that was left was a greasy spot!"

It was probably the most fun I've ever had with my clothes on.

[AzDar]

28. That movie is one of my favorites...an underrated masterpiece imho! n/t

[American Tragedy]

27. I'd think twice about calling in if I thought O'Reilly was a participant

[ashling]

30. Go George, go!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=95911

[King Coal]

32. He should tell him to just pay half of what he had to pay to get out

of the sexual harrassment suit.