Gosh, I sure hope I get to interview Clooney one day soon.
Commentator, editor, teacher, public servant, best-selling author and adviser to four presidents – for 30 years, David Gergen interviewed George Clooney at his Italian villa a few weeks ago and he lived to tell.
His wild weekend with the actor where “wine and talk both flowed copiously” from the moment he arrived at his Lake Como Villa is an awesome read.
Drunk night swimming? Partying until 4:30am? Read on!
“I lost track of time, but by 2 a.m. or so — when I was hammered and was reasonably certain that others were, too — we had become raucous. Out of nowhere, Clooney jumps out of his chair and starts climbing a fence that overlooks the lake below. From the top, fully clothed, he counted, One… two… and jumped. I heard three just before he hit the water. Within seconds, he was challenging our masculinity. Okay, guys, let’s see your stuff. One other guest was next up and jumped. Hell, I thought, I have an early morning plane and I don’t want wet clothes. So… what choice did I have? I stripped down to my skivvies, climbed that darn fence…. And whoa, it seemed like I was 30 feet above the water. One… two… I was in the water by three. It was very dark, a little cold, but terrific. So we kept jumping. Eventually we repaired to his kitchen in bathrobes, trying to warm up. Out came a bottle of limoncello, and the conversation flowed on until I finally crawled up to bed at 4:30.”
Click to continue and also hear about the time Clooney played one of his infamous pranks on Walter Cronkite.
http://www.parade.com/celebrity/2011/09/david-gergen-george-clooney-reflections.html