Everyone knows that Barack Obama is a big basketball fan, but how is his game?
George Clooney is one of the few people that can answer that question, but he didn’t offer many details when it came to his one-on-one game with the former president.
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In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published Wednesday Clooney revealed that Obama recently spent the night at his estate in Sonning, England where the two played a game of basketball.
“I shot the lights out that day,” Clooney said. “I think it really bothered him.”
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Unfortunately there’s no video of the two going at it, but based on Clooney’s bragging it sounds like he came out on top against the former commander-in-chief.
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Despite the fact that the “Gravity” star handled Obama on the court, they have become regular friends and text one another from time to time. Clooney even admitted to sending some racy texts to the former president, but claimed he cleans up his act a little more than he does with his other famous friends.
“Sometimes, sure,” he told The Hollywood Reporter. “A little bit. Not Scaramucci-racy, but . . . you know, I have over the years with my friends said a lot of really [outrageous things]. I’ve had an email exchange with Sacha Baron Cohen that’s some of the filthiest stuff, honestly. Amal will be on the chain and she’ll be upstairs and I’ll hear her scream, ‘No!’ because it’s just foul, and you think, ‘Well, that would probably not be great if it came out.'”