Seth Meyers Somehow Goes Entire Interview Without Asking George Clooney About Shocking Report Biden Failed to Recognize Him
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Late Night host Seth Meyers conducted an entire interview with Hollywood star George Clooney on Monday without asking the actor about a reported incident where former President Joe Biden failed to recognize him at his own fundraiser.
While Clooney’s appearance on the show was hyped – airing just weeks after it was reported that Biden had failed to recognize Clooney at a fundraiser as his cognitive health continued to decline – Meyers failed to ask Clooney about the reported incident or about his friendship with Biden in general.
In their book Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again last month, CNN host Jake Tapper and Axios journalist Alex Thompson revealed several incidents which appeared to demonstrate Biden’s physical and cognitive decline, including a story about Biden’s awkward run-in with Clooney at a 2024 fundraiser the actor was hosting.
Tapper and Thompson wrote:
“You know George,” the assisting aide told the President, gently reminding him who was in front of him. “Yeah, yeah,” the President said to one of the most recognizable men in the world, the host of this lucrative fund-raiser. “Thank you for being here.”
“Hi, Mr. President,” Clooney said.
“How are ya?” the President replied.
“How was your trip?” Clooney asked.
“It was fine,” the President said.
It seemed clear that the President had not recognized Clooney.
“It was not O.K.,” recalled the Hollywood V.I.P. who had witnessed this moment. “That thing, the moment where you recognize someone you know—especially a famous person who’s doing a fucking fund-raiser for you—it was delayed. It was uncomfortable.”
“George Clooney,” the aide clarified for the President.
“Oh, yeah!” Biden said. “Hi, George!”
Clooney was shaken to his core. The President hadn’t recognized him, a man he had known for years.
Just one month after the reported incident, Clooney penned an opinion piece for the New York Times, calling for Biden to be replaced as the Democratic nominee, citing his apparent cognitive decline.
“It’s devastating to say it, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fund-raiser was not the Joe ‘big F-ing deal’ Biden of 2010,” wrote Clooney. “He wasn’t even the Joe Biden of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate.”
Meyers’ interview with Clooney on Monday evening was uneventful and largely revolved around Clooney’s acting career and recent Tony Awards nomination for Good Night, and Good Luck.
