{"id":2434655,"date":"2025-05-14T14:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T18:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-clooney-was-shaken-to-his-core-by-a-behind-the-scenes-interaction-with-joe-biden-report\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T14:34:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T18:34:53","slug":"george-clooney-was-shaken-to-his-core-by-a-behind-the-scenes-interaction-with-joe-biden-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-clooney-was-shaken-to-his-core-by-a-behind-the-scenes-interaction-with-joe-biden-report\/","title":{"rendered":"George Clooney Was &#8216;Shaken to His Core&#8217; by a Behind-the-Scenes Interaction with Joe Biden: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorge-clooney-was-shaken-to-his-core-by-a-behind-the-scenes-interaction-with-joe-biden-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2434655&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On June 15, 2024, a significant Democratic fundraising event in Los Angeles, co-hosted by George Clooney, raised over $30 million for President Joe Biden&#8217;s re-election campaign. The gathering included notable attendees like Barack Obama and Julia Roberts and aimed to boost Biden&#8217;s campaign against Donald Trump. However, Clooney observed troubling signs regarding Biden&#8217;s health. Upon arrival from a G-7 summit, Biden appeared frail and was assisted with small, hesitant steps, alarming attendees. <\/p>\n<p>Clooney, who had known Biden for years, experienced discomfort when the president failed to recognize him during a greeting, prompting concerns about Biden&#8217;s cognitive state. This incident shook Clooney, who had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jerry-nadler-walks-back-call-for-biden-to-step-aside-after-pressure-from-white-house-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Jerry Nadler walks back ... for Biden to step aside after pressure from White House - Washington Examiner\">previously expressed worries<\/a> about Biden&#8217;s health. The moment was significant enough that Clooney later wrote an Op-Ed for the New York Times on July 10, urging Biden to reconsider his candidacy due to his evident decline.<\/p>\n<p>Clooney&#8217;s call for Biden to step down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-cube-likely-to-meet-with-biden-administration-about-contract-with-black-americans\/\" title=\"Ice Cube Likely To Meet With Biden Administration About \u2018Contract With Black Americans\u2019\">received backlash<\/a>,notably from Trump,who mocked the actor&#8217;s timing.ultimately, Biden announced the end of his re-election bid on July 21, 2024.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>On June 15, 2024, a high-profile Democratic fundraiser in Los Angeles, co-hosted by George Clooney, raised over $30 million for then-President Joe Biden&rsquo;s re-election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The event, attended by bigwigs like Barack Obama and Julia Roberts, was meant to energize Biden&rsquo;s doomed bid against now-President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/no-george-clooney-dont-get-retcon-joe-bidens-legacy-make-look-better\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clooney<\/a>, a lifelong Democrat with a history of hosting major fundraisers, expected a robust performance from Biden, whom he had known for years. Instead, he witnessed a troubling scene that reshaped his view of the president&rsquo;s fitness for office.<\/p>\n<p>According to an excerpt from &ldquo;Original Sin&rdquo; by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/the-political-scene\/how-joe-biden-handed-the-presidency-to-donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> in The New Yorker, Biden appeared frail upon arriving from a G-7 summit in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The President appeared severely diminished, as if he&rsquo;d aged a decade since Clooney last saw him, in December, 2022,&rdquo; the authors wrote.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Biden moved slowly, guided by an aide, taking tiny steps that alarmed attendees.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was like watching someone who was not alive,&rdquo; a Hollywood V.I.P. recalled. &ldquo;It was startling. And we all looked at each other. It was so awful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As Biden greeted guests, he repeatedly said, &ldquo;Thank you for being here.&rdquo; When he reached Clooney, the president&rsquo;s lack of recognition was stark. Despite their long acquaintance, Biden offered the same generic greeting, prompting an aide to remind him, &ldquo;You know George.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Clooney attempted small talk, asking about Biden&rsquo;s trip, but received vague responses.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It seemed clear that the President had not recognized Clooney,&rdquo; the authors noted, a moment that left the actor deeply unsettled.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was not OK,&rdquo; the Hollywood V.I.P. said. &ldquo;That thing, the moment where you recognize someone you know &mdash; especially a famous person who&rsquo;s doing a f***ing fund-raiser for you &mdash; it was delayed. It was uncomfortable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;Original Sin&rdquo; authors wrote: &ldquo;Clooney was shaken to his core. The President hadn&rsquo;t recognized him, a man he had known for years. Clooney had expressed concern about Biden&rsquo;s health before &mdash; a White House aide had told him a few months before that they were working on getting the President to take longer steps when he walked &mdash; but obviously the problem went <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/explosive-new-book-bidens-inner-circle-preparing-politically-untenable-move-won-re-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">far beyond his gait<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was much graver.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The fundraiser became a turning point. On July 10, 2024, Clooney published a New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/george-clooney-calls-biden-drop-race-just-weeks-hosting-glitzy-fundraiser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Op-Ed<\/a> urging Biden to exit the race, citing his diminished capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Clooney&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >abrupt call drew sharp backlash<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-drops-bomb-george-clooney-slams-late-discovery-bidens-decline-get-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seized the moment<\/a>, mocking the liberal actor&rsquo;s late pivot.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/112765421764921160\/embed\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So now fake movie actor George Clooney, who never came close to making a great movie, is getting into the act,&rdquo; Trump said of Clooney&rsquo;s about-face on . &ldquo;He&rsquo;s turned on Crooked Joe like the rats they both are.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden officially ended his re-election bid on July 21, 2024.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The event featured notable figures such as Barack Obama and Julia Roberts and aimed to invigorate Biden&#8217;s struggling campaign against now-President Donald Trump. Clooney, a dedicated Democrat known for organizing significant fundraisers, anticipated a strong showing from Biden, whom he had known for years. However, he was taken aback by what he perceived as the president&#8217;s frailty upon his arrival from a G-7 summit in Italy. According to an excerpt from &#8220;Original Sin&#8221; by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson published in The New Yorker, Biden seemed significantly aged since their last meeting in December 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Biden moved slowly with the assistance of an aide and took small steps that alarmed those present. A Hollywood VIP remarked that it felt like watching someone who was not fully alive; it was shocking and uncomfortable for everyone involved. As Biden greeted attendees with repeated thanks for their presence, his failure to recognize Clooney stood out starkly despite their long relationship-prompting an aide to remind him of who Clooney was. When Clooney tried to engage him in conversation about his trip but received vague replies instead.<\/p>\n<p>The authors noted that it appeared the President did not recognize Clooney at all-a moment that deeply unsettled the actor. One attendee expressed discomfort at how delayed Biden&#8217;s recognition was during such an important occasion where someone famous was fundraising on his behalf. The authors of &#8220;Original Sin&#8221; described how shaken Clooney felt after realizing the President didn&#8217;t recognize him after years of acquaintance; this raised concerns about Biden&#8217;s health which had been previously discussed among aides regarding his walking issues.<\/p>\n<p>This event marked a pivotal moment leading up to July 10, 2024 when Clooney published an Op-Ed in the New York Times urging Biden to withdraw from the race due to concerns over his diminished capacity-a call met with significant backlash including mockery from Trump who criticized both actors&#8217; actions during this time.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Joe Biden officially ended his re-election campaign on July 21, 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2434656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Clooney-v-Biden.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[11445,36238,35750,34524,32320],"class_list":["post-2434655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-behind-the-scenes","tag-celebrity-news","tag-emotional-moment","tag-george-clooney","tag-joe-biden"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Clooney-v-Biden.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2434655"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2434659,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434655\/revisions\/2434659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2434656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2434655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2434655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2434655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}