the mic drop heard around the world
Julie Miller: George Clooney Interrupts Engagement To Eviscerate Las Vegas Hotel Mogul
Wynn decided to make an appearance on Bloomberg to dredge up the old argument and further diss the groom-to-be. “George didn’t call me an asshole,” Wynn said. “He was a little into the tequila, but he is fun to be with. He’s a good storyteller. . . .George Clooney is fun to be with. . You just have to watch your timing.” Presumably having had enough with Wynn’s condescension and self-serving cable interviews, Clooney has issued a new statement in which he eviscerates the hotel tycoon’s argument piece by piece.
Steve Wynn and I have met three times, two times for dinner. That is the extent of our knowledge of one another, so I will refrain from trying to categorize him based on the little time we’ve spent together, but I will not let his version of the truth go unchallenged. He now says he didn’t call the president an ‘a——.’ That is false. He bellowed ‘I voted for the a——,’ and then called him the same thing several more times as the dinner came to an abrupt end. Again there were eight people at the table, eight witnesses. I did in turn, call him the same body part, and walked out. Again he can make up whatever story he wants, but these are the facts. He said I drank 16 shots of tequila. I didn’t drink one shot of tequila, not one. We were drinking but it was early and we still had two events to attend.
He said I live in a bubble. More of a bubble than Las Vegas? Honestly? He says I’m ‘molly coddled,’ that I’m surrounded by people who coddle me. I would suggest that Mr. Wynn look to his left and right and find anyone in his sphere that says anything but ‘yes’ to him. Emphatically. I did not attend a private boys’ school, I worked in tobacco fields and in stock rooms, and construction sites. I’ve been broke more of my life than I have been successful, and I understand the meaning of being an employee and how difficult it is to make ends meet. Steve is one of the richest men in the world and he should be congratulated for it, but he needs to take off his red sparkly dinner jacket and roll up his sleeves every once in a while and understand what most of the country is actually dealing with … or at least start with the fact that you can’t make up stories when eight people who are not on your payroll are sitting around you as witnesses.
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Thanks spanone
He can do serious -- he can do funny -- he can do intelligent. One of these times I hope TCM does a George Clooney retrospective so I can try to catch up on what I've missed of his filmography.
Two handsome men in that photo. 
So many great quotes.. where to begin..
"Steve is one of the richest men in the world and he should be congratulated for it, but he needs to take off his red sparkly dinner jacket and roll up his sleeves every once in a while and understand what most of the country is actually dealing with … or at least start with the fact that you can’t make up stories when eight people who are not on your payroll are sitting around you as witnesses."
"What happens in Vegas . . . doesn’t stay in Vegas when you are George Clooney and get in an argument with a hotel tycoon over President Obama. “There were 9 people at that table. . .So you can ask them. . .Steve likes to go on rants. . .HE called the president an asshole. . . that is a fact. . .I said the President was my longtime friend and then he said ‘your friend is an asshole.’ . . .At that point I told Steve that HE was an asshole and I wasn’t going to sit at his table while he was being such a jackass."
I'll just post another pic of George and the President.. from your link. 
That's what friends do.. they stick up for each other when they're being attacked by a jackass. Gotta love George Clooney, she. Mahalo~
I couldn't pass it up when I saw it, just had to post~
I think most of us know who was the asshole.. but, it's good to hear the details from George. 
Yes the do Marie, they really do!
Clooney scores! 
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besides being so very handsome and an outstanding actor / director, he gives off the same vibe to me as does Bruce Springsteen - they are celebrities who never forgot where they came from, and who care deeply for the plight of people not as fortunate and successful as them; yes INDEED. As for Mr. Wynn, he can royally fuck himself.
Very well said.
of his own whine.
thanks tomm2thumbs
His stock was an aberration at $35 a share back in 2008... back when Bush tanked the economy. The interviewer on Fox caught him in the lie of blaming Obama!!!
Thank you tomm2thumbs! Priceless indeed! 
what a great 'private' citizen he is. You go George!
