As 2024 comes to an end, we’re seeing plenty of wrap up lists of “best of” and “worst of,” as well as memorable moments from the year. Among those participating included The Hollywood Reporter, and not just when it comes to their slew of articles to do with movies and film performances from the year. Last week, the outlet posted about George Clooney and his impact on the 2024 presidential election.
When it comes to THR remembering “all we’ve been through in 2024,” one such example includes “when George Clooney wrote the dumbest op-ed ever[.]”
THR remembers all we've been through in 2024…
Like when George Clooney wrote the dumbest op-ed ever: https://t.co/Lswt49uiaW pic.twitter.com/dcCwisDJsd
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) December 23, 2024
The post shared to X links not to Clooney’s op-ed, which he wrote in July for The New York Times, but to “The Year in Entertainment: The 24 Weirdest, Wildest Moments of ‘24,” from earlier this month.
As is mentioned in the piece’s intro, “George Clooney wrote an op-ed for The New York Times that for some reason people took seriously (honestly, what was everyone thinking?).”
There’s more on the op-ed as well:
At the time, it seemed like a sensible enough idea. After all, during his 90-minute senior moment at the June debate against Donald Trump, Joe Biden looked like a surefire loser. So why shouldn’t Clooney, a major Democratic fundraiser, write an op-ed for The New York Times prompting the president to step aside and let a younger candidate run? What could possibly go wrong? Oy. But to be fair, Clooney wasn’t the only left-leaning celebrity who underdelivered this election cycle. Beyoncé, Will Ferrell, Richard Gere, Katy Perry, Dick Van Dyke — none of them were able to move the needle of public opinion enough to get Kamala Harris into the White House, not even Taylor Swift. In the end, America listened to Hulk Hogan. […]
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