George Clooney came to Jimmy Kimmel’s defense as the talk show host’s feud with President Donald Trump reached a new level.
“Jimmy’s a comedian, and I would argue that [press secretary] Karoline Leavitt didn’t mean shots should be fired,” Clooney, 64, said while attending the 51st Chaplin Award Gala on Monday, April 27. “She was making a joke. Fair enough. You look at that side and go, ’Well, jokes are jokes.’ But the rhetoric is a little dangerous. And we’ve seen it a lot lately.”
The actor, who was honored at the event in New York City, was referring to Leavitt’s now-viral remark from before...
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