George Clooney slams Donald Trump after his Twitter tirade at Meryl Streep branding star ‘overrated’ asking ‘aren’t you supposed to be running the country?’
The actor has worked with the Oscar winning actress in the past and came out in support of her Golden Globes speech which blasted the billionaire
GEORGE Clooney has hit out at Donald Trump over his comments about Meryl Streep after she made a politically charged speech at this year's Golden Globes.
The President-elect branded the award winning star “one of the most overrated actresses in Hollywood” on social media in the wake of her criticism of the billionaire, who she did not mention by name.
He then discussed their roles working as husband and wife on the movie Fantastic Mr. Fox and said with a smile: "I will tell you even as a fox, a female fox, she’s overrated.”
The actor then suggested maybe the President-elect should be concentrate on his upcoming role as leader of the free world posing the question to Trump: “Aren’t you supposed to be running the country?”
The event was held by The Clooney Foundation for Justice on Monday and was in support of White Helmets, which is a documentary on Netflix which highlights the work done by Syrians who are trying to help those who have been victims of bombings in the country.
The actor revealed he gets involved in causes as he wants to use his star power to help highlight them and bring them into the public consciousness.
Trump had tweeted his anger over Streep's comments earlier in the day and branded the actress an "overrated Hillary flunky."
"People keep saying I intended to mock the reporter’s disability, as if Meryl Streep and others could read my mind, and I did no such thing.
"And remember, Meryl Streep introduced Hillary Clinton at her convention, and a lot of these people supported Hillary."
The President-elect received criticism in 2015 when he mocked a disabled reporter from the paper where he seemed to imitate his disability.
The three time Oscar winner then discussed the topic of Hollywood being "vilified" for being a multicultural place and reviewed the backgrounds of a number of her colleagues dotted around the room.
She said: "You and all of us in this room really belong to the most vilified segments in American society right now. Think about it: Hollywood, foreigners and the press."
She said that Hollywood is a community filled with people from all over the world, united in the mission to show different people and make audiences feel what they feel.
Streep said: "If we kick them all out, you'll have nothing to watch but football and mixed martial arts, which are not the arts."
She said support was needed among her peers for the Committee to Protect Journalists "because we're going to need them going forward, and they'll need us to safeguard the truth".
Golden Globes 2017 full winners list
Best Motion Picture, Drama
Moonlight
Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
La La Land
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Emma Stone, La La Land
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Viola Davis, Fences
Best Director, Motion Picture
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
La La Land
Best Original Score, Motion Picture
La La Land
Best Motion Picture, Animated
Zootopia
Best Original Song, Motion Picture
"City of Stars," La La Land
Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
Elle, France
Best Television Series, Drama
The Crown
Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy
Atlanta
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
The People v. O.J. Simpson
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama
Billy Bob Thornton, Goliath
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical, or Comedy
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Tom Hiddleston, The Night Manager
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Hugh Laurie, The Night Manager
Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series, Drama
Claire Foy, The Crown
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Olivia Colman, The Night Manager
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Sarah Paulson, The People v. O.J. Simpson
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
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