George Clooney didnât need a movie set, a script, or even a camera to get some of his biggest laughs.
According to Fox News, all he needed, he said, was a little creativity, a few famous friends, and a stack of very convincing stationery.
The longtime actor shared the stories during an appearance on Travis and Jason Kelceâs âNew Heightsâ podcast, where the brothers pressed him on a rumor that had circulated in Hollywood for years. Clooney didnât shy away from it â in fact, he leaned right in.
The conversation started when Jason asked about the whispers that he once sent fake notes to celebrities pretending to be former President Bill Clinton. Clooney said the truth was even funnier.
âSo, no â Jimmy Kimmel gave me a stack of stationery with a presidential seal and Bill Clintonâs name on it,â he explained. âAnd I would send notes to all these actors from Bill Clinton, Iâd sign it â and Iâd find a movie that wasnât a great film, and Iâd write, âI loved you in this film.ââ
Clooney said the prank didnât just happen once or twice. It snowballed.
âIâd write these notes, and Iâd send them. I sent to, like, 30 different actors. I guarantee you some of them are framed in some of their homes â guaranteed,â he said, laughing along with the Kelce brothers. He admitted he has pulled off countless tricks over the years, and the Clinton stunt was just one chapter.
Another came courtesy of Kimmel, who later gave him a different set of fake stationery â this time designed to look like it belonged to Brad Pitt, Clooneyâs longtime friend and âOceanâs Elevenâ co-star.
Clooney said the opportunity presented itself when he received a bulky book filled with dialect CDs. The odd gift sparked an idea, and he knew exactly who the target should be: Meryl Streep.
âSomebody sent me this book of dialects on CDs, where you could do an Irish accent, or you could do a French accent,â he said. âThereâs a guy who teaches . And I had this big book. I donât know why I had it, somebody sent it to me.â
Thatâs when Clooney decided to turn it into another Hollywood prank.
âAnd so I take a note with Brad Pittâs and I send it to Meryl Streep. And I go, âDear Meryl, from Brad â this guy helped me in my accent in the movie âTroy,â and I thought maybe you could use it,ââ he recalled. âAnd I sent her this book of accents from Brad Pitt.â
According to Clooney, Streep held onto the strange gift for years, baffled but silent â until he finally confessed.
âLike, four years later, I see her and I tell this story, and sheâs like, âOh my God, I was wondering why the fâ heâs sending me ,ââ he said.
Clooney said the Pranks between him and Pitt have gone both ways over the years, joking, âWeâve done a lot of terrible things to each other. Heâs done terrible things to me, man, so it all comes out.â
Before the episode wrapped, Clooney also touched on his marriage to Amal Clooney, prompting Travis to jump in with a question about their unusually peaceful relationship.
âYou claim that you and your wife havenât gotten in a fight in 10 years. Are you lying?â Travis asked.
âNo, Iâm not lying,â Clooney said, before flipping the question back on him. âTravis, shall we ask you the same question?â
Travis laughed as he shared that his relationship with Taylor Swift has followed the same pattern.
âWell, itâs only been two and a half years, and youâre right. I havenât gotten into an argument â never once,â he said.
