Overview
- In a CBS News Sunday Morning interview, Clooney said he has no regrets about his 2024 New York Times essay urging Joe Biden to step aside.
- He explained that he wanted a rapid Democratic primary to “battle-test” potential nominees.
- Clooney said naming Kamala Harris as the nominee was a mistake because it required her to run against her own record.
- Responding to Hunter Biden’s on-camera rant about him, Clooney called many of the claims “outright lies,” refused to engage in a public feud, and wished him well in recovery.
- He framed his intervention as a civic duty and said he accepts criticism, noting he became a prominent Hollywood voice pressing for a different Democratic candidate after Biden’s debate performance.