George Clooney Jokes About Gwyneth Paltrow's Vanity Fair Feud During Interview With Julia Roberts
Posted on Wed Feb 5th, 2014 9:50am PDT By X17 Staff
And not just any interview ... the interview for the behind-the-scenes video from Vanity Fair's Hollywood Issue cover shoot!
George Clooney sat down with pal Julia Roberts for a chat with the mag, and when asked how it felt to be included annual cover, Clooney joked, "It's very exciting. I think it's going to be fun. That's what Gwyneth Paltrow told me to say." Let's hope Gwyneth finds this as funny as Julia did! "What the hell was that about?" George continued. "Why did I get pulled into that one?"
Paltrow reportedly tried to prevent her pals from having any involvement with the mag after it was confirmed that they were running their now infamous takedown piece about her, and VF editor-in-chief Graydon Carter recently broke his silence about the drama.
"We talked for about 20 minutes about the story and her reaction, or over-reaction, to it," Carter writes in the March issue. "At one point, she asked my advice as to what to do to get the 'haters' on her side. I suggested putting on 15 pounds. I joked that it works for me. She replied I had put on much more than that. Which I thought was fair and funny."
"There had also been conflicting reports that Gwyneth had coerced George Clooney into not being on our cover—clearly not true," he added. "There were reports that she was trying to scuttle our annual Oscar party, that she was going to organize a competing dinner. The Paltrow camp subsequently denied both claims."
In mid-2013, Carter asked contributing editor Vanessa Grigoriadis to pen a piece that essentially covered the love/hate relationship with Paltrow. "Once the story was assigned, the writer reached out to Paltrow's representatives and friends, and Paltrow sent the now-infamous email to her show-business pals," Carter claims. "She asked that they not speak to Vanity Fair about her, or about anything else ever again. Ever. Never. Kim Jong-un couldn't have issued a more blanket demand."
We love how he didn't end up running the piece but still manages to get a few jabs in!