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Actor George Clooney recently spoke with CNN about the country's political situation. The media agency will broadcast the actor’s Broadway show, Good Night and Good Luck, on June 7, 2025.
Reporter Anderson Cooper met Clooney on the Broadway set. At one point during the conversation, Cooper asked the actor if he thought Trumpism would go beyond the President’s second term. Clooney replied:
“I don’t think so. I think it would be very hard to do it. Remember this, Donald Trump is a celebrity. That’s what he is.”
The ER actor went on:
“I mean he’s got a star on Hollywood’s boulevard. I don’t have a star on Hollywood boulevard. I am not lobbying for one.”
Cooper weighed in, saying it felt like an oversight, to which George Clooney reiterated his previous argument that Trump was a celebrity. He added:
“But he’s also a celebrity and he is charming and to the people who like him, they think he’s funny. To a great many others, they don’t. And so when he is finished, and he will be finished, they are going to go have to go looking for someone who can deliver the message that he delivered with the same kind of charisma and they don’t have that.”
In another part of the interview, George Clooney mentioned that while McCarthyism was harmful, the kind of fear people experienced in today's environment, especially in places like law firms and universities, seemed even more widespread. He believed the situation had become more intense in the present day.
George Clooney looks back on the yesteryears of the country
Interestingly, Clooney is one of the co-writers of the play. Anderson Cooper asked Clooney why he felt so many were interested in the show. He said:
“I think they feel that they wanted a place, to be in a room together where they could hear and talk about who we are at our best and I think that’s a good outlet to give them as something.”
Anderson Cooper mentioned that many people in the room likely felt things were at their worst in the present moment. In response, George Clooney argued that the country had been through darker times before.
He pointed to 1968 as an example, when cities across the U.S. were on fire, the National Guard was stationed around major government buildings, and both Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy had been assassinated.
He admitted that the current moment felt frustrating and frightening, especially for those working in the news.
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George Clooney previously expressed his sentiment about CNN’s live broadcast of the Broadway show. He shared how thrilling it felt to take on a project that had never been done before, adding that CNN was the ideal platform to share this powerful story with the audience.
He spoke about the impact of live television and urged viewers to get ready for the experience. George Clooney also explained that, regardless of political views, the message of not confusing disagreement with disloyalty, valuing evidence and legal process, and refusing to live in fear of one another reflected the best version of what society could be.
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