George Clooney's Not Gay, But Did Have Botox on His Nuts

In the April 2008 issue of Esquire, George Clooney is taken on a tour of various websites which gossip about him, territory which proves ripe for commentary.

Clooney is asked about a site called "George Clooney is GAY, GAY, GAY". When asked about those rumors, Clooney responds, "No, I'm Gay, Gay. The third gay — that was pushing it."

Later in the interview, however, he does say that in a hypothetical girl-on-girl situation with Brad Pitt, he'd explore his homosexual side.

Said Clooney: "Well, you know, if I was a girl and he was a girl, and I was a lesbian and he was a lesbian, I'd be all over him."

Because a guy-on-guy situation, that's just sort of too far into triple-Gay territory.

Clooney also responds to comments made once by actor Rupert Everett to The Independent. Said Everett: "Clooney thinks that, provided he does films which are politically committed, he's allowed to do Ocean's 11, 12, and 13. But the Ocean's movies are a cancer to world culture. They're destroying us."

Responds Clooney: "You kind of go, dude, weren't you in Dunston Checks In?"

Finally, Clooney joked he's never had plastic surgery, except in one area:

"I did get my balls done, though. I got them unwrinkled. It's the new thing in Hollywood — ball ironing."

Clooney also shows up muddy in the new edition of T Men's Fashion magazine in the New York Times.

Previously
Steve Carell Puts Out for George Clooney [tr]
George Clooney Cruised By Toe-Tapper in the Men's Room [tr]
Fabio and George Clooney's West Hollywood Catfight [tr]
Matt Damon Jokes That George Clooney is Gay [tr]

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Steve Carell Puts Out for George Clooney

Is there any Hollywood leading man that can resist the charms of George Clooney?

While we're familiar with his men's room rendezvous with Brad Pitt and his ongoing love affair with Matt Damon, and his obvious flirtations with Fabio, CBS News on LOGO's Itay Hod worked the Oscar red carpet and discovered that Clooney and Steve Carell also have a past.

When Hod encountered Carell on the red carpet, Carell said, "I saw George Clooney a couple moments ago. My heart palpitated."

Moments later Clooney explained Carell's weakness: "He can say that because I was with him one drunken evening, and he puts out."

By George, pretty soon folks might start believing him!

See the red carpet clip, AFTER THE JUMP...

Top image via Time magazine's cover story on Clooney.

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George Clooney Cruised By Toe-Tapper in the Men's Room

At the October 12 American Cinemateque tribute to Julia Roberts, George Clooney sent in a special video message from a men's restroom. Mid-message he was interrupted by — a toe-tapper.

See who the toe-tapper is, AFTER THE JUMP...

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This meme is going to be with us forever. Here's the clip:

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Saving Laguna Beach's Boom Boom Room: PR and Prayers

Laguna Beach resident Fred Karger talks to the L.A. Times' Dana Parsons about his battle to save the coastal resort town's bastion of gay nightlife, the historic Boom Boom Room bar and Coast Hotel.

If you remember, Karger recently took an ad out in Variety pleading with George Clooney and Brad Pitt, once rumored to be interested in the property, to help 'Save the Boom'.

As a former public relations man, Karger knew what kind of publicity that might get his cause.

Said Karger: "It worked beyond my wildest dreams about getting attention. And that was without any reaction from them. It got a lot of attention. That was my hope, by invoking their names. There are still a lot of people who think they bought it, and this was to kind of further that rumor a little bit and have fun with it. These guys, they kind of kid each other...Brad Pitt is the one who has said he won't get married until everyone can...It was all done humorously. And the ad, which I wrote, was tongue-in-cheek, meant to get their attention and, bottom line, to find a new buyer [for the Boom Boom property]."

Karger's plan just may be working. On Save the Boom's blog, Karger writes "The ad has triggered an outpouring of support and interest in our efforts to find a buyer who will keep the historic Coast Inn and the landmark Boom Boom Room as gay businesses...we have received many calls and emails from potential buyers and press from the UK, Asia, Italy, Canada and throughout the U.S. We have meetings coming up, and have put some of the serious buyers in direct contact with the property owner."

It can be a blast trying to save a Boom [la times]
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The action was a follow-up to the recent Daily Variety ad taken out by Laguna Beach resident Fred Karger and Mayor Bob Gentry asking the actors, once thought to be interested in buying the property, to reconsider.

Said the ad: "Now we are appealing to both of you to buy our 60-year-old landmark before it is converted into a boutique hotel...Both of you are true leaders in human and civil rights. Over 100 years of gay history that the Boom represents is a stake in Laguna Beach."

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